The numbers from yesterday’s Strategic Counsel poll, which show the Conservatives sitting at 41 percent nationally and 46 percent in Ontario, must be a bit of a shock to Ignatieff’s team, but perhaps the most significant numbers are those showing a rather stunning level of change in the level of women’s support for the Liberals. The Liberals have historically held a significant advantage in that regard, but the poll shows women’s preferences practically reversed from April: 36 percent of women polled now prefer the Conservatives, compared to only 28 percent for the Liberals.
What could account for this stunning turn? Ignatieff doesn’t exactly come across as a redneck wife beater. The problem can’t attributed to his undeniably vampire-like physiognomy either, inasmuch as vampires are hugely popular these days in popular romance entertainment. So why are female voters storming out, proverbially speaking, and calling a cab? Is it his dainty hand gestures? Is it the way he seems to be in a perpetual state of outrage without him ever giving a genuine reason for it? Is it perhaps the dry rustling sound emanating from his head each time he arches one of his thatchy brows?
In the interests of exploring the possible reasons for the rather stunning turn among women, I invite our female readers to give their own personal take.
Male readers may speculate wildly.
I am beginning to lose count of how many times Ignatieff has changed his stance and opinions on various issues because they have proven to be too inconvenient politically. To me, that is that hallmark of a coward. I would respect a man more that argues with me, stick to his guns, and me still think he is wrong rather than a man who changes his mind because he is fearful of offending.
Also, when I watch Ignatieff speak, he looks like an extremely condescending person. Everytime he blinks and puts out that fake smile, before saying, “Look……….” when he starts his sentence, I cringe.
And the shoulders thing. Ignatieff has got to have the most startling lack of thickness in his shoulders that I have ever seen. Those shoulders are very similar to Prince Charles’ shoulders, and he frankly doesn’t strike me as very masculine, either.
That story regarding Ignatieff telling his brother, that at shcool he is not address him as his brother would disturb me, as well as the casual way that he abandoned family.
And it bothers me that he says I can have a “better Canada” when he hasn’t even been here to fight for it when it counted (2 referendums), to have debated Canadian issues with fellow citizens when elections were happening, and to call our flag a “beer label” (let alone a cheap version of one).
I’ve voted for the NDP, the Conservatives,and the Liberals, but a man like Ignatieff transcentds party lines. This man is a hypocrite, he is a fake, and he is a coward; everything that I could ever despise in a guy.
At the risk of being labeled a chauvinist…..
Stereotypically guys are reputed to select leaders objectively and women to select leaders subjectively…..
My opinion is that women think by a different process than men but end up with the same choice—both genders use intuition and subjective cues—-both genders size up Iggy as a creep—-
Women will be polite to him and men wouldn’t follow him through water.
Dion projected the image of a fairy…
Iggy projects the image of a pedantic know-it-all.
a lot of women don’t like the old horror moviestars like vlad, boris, bela or igula
“EBD – why wouldn’t you vote for him? That’s why I wouldn’t vote for him.” – Black Mamba (5:05 pm)
I wouldn’t vote for him because I’m not a woman.
I’m kidding. It wasn’t my intention to suggest that already-Conservative women wouldn’t, erm, not vote him for any different reasons than Conservative men wouldn’t, I was just curious as to female SDA commenters’ impressions of Ignatieff because, clearly, something’s going on there. As Indiana Homez noted above, the Liberals have enjoyed significant and disproportionate levels of voting support from women for (45?) years, regardless of who the leader was; it seems to be the case that Ignatieff is not so much *not* connecting with women as actively, erm…disconnecting.
Maybe it’s the Warren K. advantage…speaking of which, Bourque has a “Rosedale Gang” poll up, asking “Who do you blame most for (Ignatieff’s) difficulties?” Last time I checked, Katsmeat was winning by a large margin.
Vote early, vote often.
smart woman only link honest, kind, hard working man and if they are smart enough and find one, they will stick with only one man for long period of time not changed it. period.
some small error can be allowed in politic
if they have husband work in politic party
Madona( half Italian- franch canadian),
JLO( spanich) and
ELizebeth taylor ( jewish) are not welcome
to this theory
natahyahoo love them all
when men do a big mistake it is time to say
goodbye we can not afford for big mistake in home and in run the government time to retired
Michael Ignatieff is still 62
has two more years to be worry to reach 64:
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyv3PJs-
KBw&feature=related
Compare/contrast PM Harper with Iffy and Iffy’s Harvard buddy,O.
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“The track of the storm
Spengler from the Asia Times thinks there’s a rough road ahead. While there have been tough times before, he argues the coming days will be different. “President Barack Obama may be remembered for permanent depression, the way that Leon Trotsky’s name is linked with permanent revolution. Fiscal stimulus combined with near-zero interest rates have proven to be a toxic cocktail for the United States, the macroeconomic equivalent of barbiturates and alcohol. … Obama inherited a crisis, to be sure, but he has made it much worse.” How? In part by taking the worst mistakes of the past and doubling down on them. One example, according to Forbes, involves the housing market.”
http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/10/06/the-track-of-the-storm/#comments
wallyj@7:49
Not sure how the gay population views Iggy, but through the course of several political conversations after PMSH’s first minority win, I attempted to convince a gay acquaintance of the merits of conservatism (or at least libertarianism).
Being somewhat receptive to my arguments and naturally inquisitive anyway, he eventually came around to the dark side in the next election…although I’m fairly confident the deciding factor was PMSH’s choice of Armani.
in simple terms, Iggy is an odd ball
grates just about everyone
EBD- You really are very good in describing the essential qualities or not, of certain people. Your original post pretty much fits to a tee the man in question, and I recognize him as you describe him. Women’s descriptions are interesting, but I cannot of course see it quite the same as they do. Vive la differance!
Didn’t think I would ever vote for the Katman. More women supporting PMSH? Must be the crooning 🙂
Dear Michael,
It’s you, not me.
From my point of view , male , Iggy seems to me to be a bitch trying to be the alpha male . I could be wrong but it’s the impression i get .
Creepy. Condescending. Catatonic.
Ever notice when Igroid is trying to stress a certain issue, he very methodically (probably unconsciously) engages his pincers (ie forefinger and thumb) along with an upraised pinky?
I can’t help but be reminded of a big ol’ orangutan grooming a mate, finding a juicy grub, and holding it up to savor. I actually expect him to inadvertantly motion it toward his mouth, before coming back to reality.
Don’t know why it strikes me like that…..
My take FWIW:
Iggy is just confused.
Call me out if you must but DNA plays a big role in any persons particular brand of ability to function at any given level ;at any particular time.
The Iggster comes from the ruling classes of times gone by…refugees of a sort …still feeling the shame and licking the wounds of injustice(so they believe and maybe so)…foisted on them so long ago.
Democracy meant that one didn’t just get the keys to the palace of opportunity handed to them upon ‘coming of age’.Mostly in our social order one has to hussle for them.
That would mean having to mingle with the common folk and sell one’s self…something the aristocratic crowd finds hard to stomach.
The alternative would be to hide in that vaccuous world of acedemia and the suedo-intellectual safe bubble that it resides in.
Poor Mikey… he thought he could up his status with his peers as Canada’s number one cerebral star and was assured an easy route there by the LPC recruiting team.
Little did he know that they were out of touch …so now he has to fend for himself and since his pride doesn’t allow him to gracefully admit to a misjudgment, he will continue with his self delusion ’till
such time as he ends up no more than a hollow shell.
Women are more intuitive than we men so they probably sense that Iggy, despite his efforts to appear personable, is really a cold fish.
Iggy didn’t help himself with that crack about having to give women candidates safe seats to make sure they win.
I think a lot of women do tend to gravitate more to politicians who appear to be kinder and gentler, but this doesn’t work when it is such an obvious fake.
Ignatieff is the ultimate beta male.
vlad the ignatieffer: she’s just not that into you
As hard as the liberal leaning Canadian media tries to prop up it’s “natural ruling party” it can’t.
We’ve all been here for the CBC/CTV/all media left wing brainwashing effort of the last xx years. Some of us have been immune. Some of us have laughed it off. Some of us have recovered. It seems to have worked better on women. Discuss.
Women hate Iggy in part because he is our anti-viagra. He’s a limp wristed, false smiling, oddly feminine turd (I emphasize turd, I’m completely convinced that he’s so full of crap there’s more turd than there is man). As a woman, I’m sure that if I were in a dark alley with Iggy and a mugger came up, he’d be hiding behind me telling the mugger to just take me and spare him. Dont need losers like him around, we women know we can do better, and we know our options ARE better than him.
MI (in French), ME in English is all about himself (like his clone in America BO – is MI dog named me?), all of the time. He would be boring and he would be undependable – as Irene Swaine has stated so well…women do not want a limp wristed turd leading the country they live in…we have enough of them elsewhere. Our Prime Minister has the persona of Winston Churchill; the leader of the opposition is a Neville Chamberlain. Our Prime Minister is better looking than Mr. Churchill but if he smoked, I think he would smoke a pipe. I think Neville smoked cigarettes and if the leader of the opposition smoked, I think he would smoke roll your own pot. He is a weedy, seedy looking person without personality or note…he is just there… snapping and snarling at others to ‘do something’.
Boring, depressing, grey and ..as you said said well EBD. ..”he seems to be in a perpetual state of outrage without him ever giving a genuine reason for it? Is it perhaps the dry rustling sound emanating from his head each time he arches one of his thatchy brows?”
That ‘rustle’ that you so eloquently attribute to his eyebrows, would make me picture a middle aged woman worn out and emmanating a ragged death rustle – whilst her husband the well dressed ‘gentleman’, polishes his fingernails and hopes that the wife he has harried to death, dies fast and soon and does not leave any death mess to inconvenience or embarrass him.