Norman Spector at his best:
In light of latest @niknanos #s http://tinyurl.com/3pqmwmw parliamentary press gallery will have to re-double efforts…
Norman Spector at his best:
In light of latest @niknanos #s http://tinyurl.com/3pqmwmw parliamentary press gallery will have to re-double efforts…
There has been a disconnect between the elctorate and what gets reported. One of the two will change.
More likely though, there will be meltdown starting in the Liberal camp. If they cant move the needle no matter whatm, and look to be losing ground….knoves should be unsheathed within the week. If they start to have a tough week it will be even faster.
As for the press…..well, I am sure more than a few of them will realize they may just have it wrong despite their desires. Can’t lose precious access to a majority government. Especially one that you believe in your soul has a long memory and will make you pay…..
Fear beats love, or hope any day.
Reading the phrase “Norm Spector at his best” certainly got me to sit up straight. š
Sort of like saying “Frank Sinatra Jr. at his best”.
Who is Norman Spector? Isn’t he a Red Tory from the old days? š
My gravest concern is Robert Fife. Will his fragile mental state remain “day to day”?
To Keith Bogg, Terry Moleski, Bob Fife and Craig Oliver:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo
nold: “Will his fragile mental state remain “day to day”?”
PET Cemetery’s Liberal Bob Rae Watch.
Mao Stlong’s nephew is a worser “fragile mental state”:
“Politics
This is actually a fascinating video — Bob Rae, talking about his own battle with depression and how he feels about life in Ottawa right now. … Bob Rae: up close and personal…”
http://thestar.blogs.com/politics/2010/10/bob-rae-up-close-and-personal.html
So, which piece on Norman’s website are we supposed to read on this point?
The PPG and the rest of the press cabal in Ottawa, the Craig’s the Janes & all the rest have been drinking their own bathwater for so long they think they are now spouting champagne to the masses.
QP yesterday had Jeffrey Simpson telling Craig & Jane that Canadians despised the Press more than the Tories . . Jane gagged and Craig looked like he had just sat on an Elton John dildo by mistake.
It was too funny
confused as to what you are referring to mark.
not a big fan of mr spector
Whatever one may think of Mr Spector’s politics he has about the most wicked wit in Canada and esp. enjoys skewering his fellow members of our chattering class.
Mark
Ottawa
I’d read it if I knew what I was supposed to be reading.
Norman is brilliant, although I disagree with him much of the time. He worked for Mulroney (Chief of Staff, I believe), so is thought to be a Conservative although it is not always obvious. A Red Tory is a good descriptor.
I have followed him for years. He is at his best when he takes on the petulant press. His very best is when he expresses his disgust at the CBC.
Norman has some unique insights into the workings of a PMO. He follows the Quebec french press.
“The Limits of Disclosure” describe inner workings of Parliament and, to me, makes a case for a Majority government.
Why is it that everyone in Canada knows how incredibly corrupt and deeply biased the Canadian MSM is, except for:
1. The Canadian MSM.
2. Devout Radical Leftists
mj go to the page and look down about 8 entries. Click on the link showing the widening lead.
Also linked in this one:
Frankly speaking Iām having difficulty squaring @niknanos #s http://tinyurl.com/3pqmwmw with what Iām reading in the papers
I’ve been kicking around these internets long enough to remember the electric showdowns on the Western Standard blog (when it was relevant) between Norman and a pair of Kates. As I recall he ‘won’ the first and lost the second. I like Norm’s work but I still have a bad feeling or two about that.
Weird thing for me was I read De’Toqueville’s Democracy in America around then and he was talking about how reducing the distance between the aristocracy and regular people made them dislike each other much more. I was like, wow man, still happening.
Hey, the CTV actually posted it:
http://www.ctv.ca/mini/election2011/
Fred, that caused my burrito to go everywhere, good thing I eat AND drink alone when I read these comments, too funny. If that happens again old owl faced Oliver WILL spit up a pellet on live TV, him Fife and the rest of the Iggy Twins Lickers posing as impartial `pundits` make me sick. Iggulas planned ressurection of the Frankenstein NEP to honor the Communist Trudeau should frighten Ontario worse than western Canada. Remember where the Trucks Pipe Valves Steel and Workers come from to operate our economy here Canada. You will cut your own small members off by voteing for another National Energy Program by voting Liberal Iggula. Remember the 62 cent dollar AND the NEP!
However, the idiots will argue that 55% of Canadians voted against the CPC.
Gobi: So?
What’s neat about the Nanos poll results, if you look at them, is that the Conservatives are trending upward pretty much everywhere, while the Liberals are trending downward–except in Ontario. But in Ontario they’re gaining ground, but not against the Conservatives. They’re simply stealing NDP votes. While this may be a diabolical plot to hatch the coalition, it ain’t going to work. It’s quite clear that across the country (seriously, did you see the Atlantic & BC numbers?) people really, really hate the idea of a coalition and just want to get a majority to get everyone to shut up and stop having elections. This is the happiest I’ve been in a long while!
It’s early days Liberal Media have five weeks to turn mundane issues into a national scandal, and frankly their desperation on air is embarrassing to watch. The usual liberal campaigners tarted up as political pundit’s voices get high each time the polls show Harper is gaining ground. Oh the Liberal Media will not tolerate the will of the people without an epic battle and Conservative smear campaign and it’s free to the Liberal Party to boot.
What will Giggles Taber do?
You gotta love those numbers. As I’ve said to anybody that would listen, the Fiberals have turned left to fight the NDP for their narrow territory, instead of going into the center to re-establish their traditional turf.
Amazingly bad strategy, but consistent. The results speak for themselves.
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves and pop the corks off the bottles. Four weeks is an eternity in a campaign
As far as the MSM or PPG re-doubling their efforts in campaigning for the Liberals and the Separatists, I’m not sure what more those slimy dipshits could do that they haven’t already tried. Did anyone hear Jane Taber say she was out campaigning with the Liberals last week before she corrected herself?
Several things come to mind. First, it looks like the supposed scandals the Ottawa Press Gallery has been harping on for months has had absolutely no impact on the voters. If Nick can’t find it then it really ain’t there.
Second, the regional breakdowns are even more interesting than the national figures. In Ontario, the Liberals are static and the Tories are gaining, with the Dips dumping. Suggests two shifts happening: Liberals deserting to the Tories, and Dippers deserting to the Liberals. In Quebec, the Tories are holding unchanged, with the Liberals losing to the Bloc, Greens, Dips. So much for the arena controversy meaning anything. Iggy’s chance of becoming PM just went to zilch. BC looks to be much closer to a wipeout this time running, with the Libs losing support to everyone including Dizzy Lizzy.
Jane, I agree with you, which is why the Tory strategy has to remain disciplined and stay on message. As the weeks go by, the losers start to get frantic and make dumb mistakes. That’s what iced Campbell’s campaign in 1993 (not that GST and party split wasn’t going to bury them anyway). But there’s still many weeks to go, and funny things always happen in elections.
As for the MSM, I’m personally looking forward to the number of heart attacks among the OPG on election night. There isn’t one of them that isn’t on Koko’s Little List (for all you Gilbert and Sullivan fans).
What’s clear so far is polling is unreliable, in the early days of the election campaign. Bumps and blips notwithstanding, the Tories retain their lead and seem unbeatable. The Liberals have used all their powder already and the debates should be Harper’s. He should attack all of them as coalition partners with clearly left wing agendas (cap and trade, how could you have been so silly Mr Ignatieff?).
What I find intriguing is the one day shifts and the poaching of the NDP vote by the Liberals, who, IMO would be nowhere if not for that.
I think the Tories will shift gears soon and focus on good government. They will contrast themselves with the Grits – the Tories want to use fiscal policy to enable individuals to make their own decisions while the Grits want to use fiscal policy to make those decisions for individuals.
Harper must shake the cobwebs off the previous mismanagement of the Grits when handed massive amounts of taxpayer dollars – HRDC, gun registry, Chretien’s interference in business development loans and grants (Auberge) and the grandaddy of them all – Adscam.
Mr Harper needs to point out that the Grits haven’t repudiated their tax and misspend policies; in fact they haven’t even returned taxpayer money that the Gomery Inquiry noted they owed (not the $16,000 BS argument they try to use).
Will Harper get a majority? This will be difficult. Remember, Chretien did it with a fractured Reform/PC alternative, thus ruling Ontario. The Tories need a net gain of only 13 seats to get a working majority. That would be an amazing achievement.
Going forward should a Tory majority not be achieved (don’t get me wrong I still still think they can) it will nevertheless be a remarkable achievement. Though Mr Harper hasn’t attained three straight majorities, he will have won three straight elections. Everything will be fine as long as the Tories don’t do anything stupid like push Mr. Harper out, which was one of the goals of the opposition election ploy.
The coalition threat, IMO, is now dead and buried, except as a debate hammer. No way they try that one unless Tory support is seriously eroded, or risk enraging voters big time.
Polls will become meaningful only after the debates, IMO.