Justin T. has won the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada with 80% support in a preferential voting system. His sycophants are clearly brimming with near orgasmic joy over at CBC News. Here’s a sampling from that bubble chamber:
I really hope that after the results the Liberals will continue to garner support from a broad section of Canada and then wipe out the Cons. I would be happy with a Liberal or NDP government and either other one as opposition. In 2015 Canadians need to put the CPC into 4th place status.
Many Conservative supporters must have seen the light. The numbers supporting Harper are much lower on these blogs than they used to be. If you consider at least half are paid Harperites and the others are Americans trying to disrupt our political system, doesn’t leave many true Harper supporters.
Heave Harper – Canada for Canadians – Save our Country
As a British Columbian, I can finally see a light at the end of the very dark tunnel we’ve been down: Mr. Trudeau as PM and Mr. Dix as premier of our province. Finally people who care about people and not just their corporate buddies.
And this is a surprise? Here we go again, government by the sheeple next time around.
So now these foolish people elect a substitute drama teacher to lead them.
I’m glad I’m old and reaching the end of my years so I won’t have to watch the tragedy that will follow.
Having a country that places celebrity over wisdom is not just stupid; it’s scary and demonstrates a complete lack of civilized judgement. God help the children.
God help us all. Mainly from morons like the featured commenter
If Canadians vote for Justin Hairdo then Canadians deserve him. Just as those who voted for Obama in the US — youths, minorities, the uneducated poor — are suffering the most under Obamanomics.
I get a warm gooey feeling all of a sudden.
JT: Libranno leader. Praise the lord and pass the ammo.
Can’t wait ’till his book of quotations get published.
Should look good next to Homer Simpson characters….
Am I missing something with this Dumb-ass, or are the libs really that stupid?. We on the right, are kind off getting run over with these lefty squirrels lately. It is time to shed the politeness and come out swinging. Although the is some encouraging, I heard Special K the other day say he is friends with this goof,and we know his record.
Trudeaubama, coming up…
That’s why I’m sleeping in my rocking chair wih a 12-gauge in my lap.
After Red Queen UN bee Redford was Elected in Alberta nothing surprises me anymore . Except how stupid people are these days. A UN shill with Eastern Marxist credentials voted in by so called Conservatives. The very ones who persecute them are heralded as savers of the poor.Mean while they are the most abused by the so called enlightened.
We all deserve what we vote for even if we personally voted the other way. Why? Because we took it for granted reason prevails over emotionalism & did nothing.The Liberal will only hasten the collapse of this Nation with no window dressing. Governments only job now seems to be to loot its populace. Not unusual since they first beggar Nations that they overrule.
Unless of course they are Marxist, which this Country has held way to many in every organ of its being, as socialist creep has invaded our institutions.
Trudeau’s rise to power is inevitable and unstoppable. The only difference people’s decisions will make is when not if. Just accept it. The prospect of PM Trudeau isn’t that scary I’m sure he’ll govern much like Harper ie a milquetoast. The scary part is how many people supported this guy to ‘make history’.
Tomorrow Justin P. gets to ask leader questions in QP. Think about that. As an aside, even Kady O’Malley noted on twitter today that the Dauphin gave his standard stump speech with a few changes in acceptance. Who thinks he can think on his feet?
Hey! – So how much am i suppose to get as a ‘paid Harperite’?! No one tells me anything! Where’s my moula?!
From the dingbat comment that opens this thread: “Finally people who care about people and not just their corporate buddies.”
Who’s this idiot kidding? Justin Trudeau’s corporate buddies in Power Corporation gave his father a leg up and Mulroney and Chretien and Martin — and, I suspect, the Shiny Pony Himself.
It’s the Librano$ who do big favours for their corporate buddies and who get big bucks in return, only their buddies in the MSM refuse to expose the connections.
er, I meant to say that it’s the Shiny Pony’s buddies in the MSM who refuse to expose the corruption.
The dems had to go with their token black guy, so the Unicorn Party needed their token white guy. Carries his father’s name and his mother’s brain. I listened to part of his speech – he has a lisp or was he channeling John McCallum?
Revnant Dream, nothing surprises me anymore either. Here’s the comment I left on Charles Adler’s Facebook page:
“With today’s current crop of Low Information Voters, I have little doubt that he’ll be the next PM. That saddens me … more than a little.”
What this country needs is someone to undue the damage Trudeau Senior did and I don’t think Trudeau Jr is the one for the job. That’s the talking point I use when people ask me about Shiny Pony. It tends start the discussion off on the wrong foot.
Too much pessimesim. PM Harper’s taken out Martin, Dion and Ignegative – he’ll take Trudeau. The media will carry his water of course – but they did the same for the afore mentioned as well to no avail.
Two years to an election. Trudeau can’t hide behind his insipid slogans forever – i don’t think he can think on feet. Given he’s a substitute drama teacher – not even a real drama teacher lol he can’t even act. The few times i’ve seen him u can literally see him acting. Lets hope he talks more of himself in the third person – that’s a real hoot.
PET Cemetery Report.
We told ‘im, go for the Injun vote.
‘im listens to us.
Ta. Chief Spence.
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“He also threw his support behind the aboriginal Idle No More movement, which has proven to be a headache for the Conservative government.” (G-M)
I think too many people, including many conservatives, are buying into all the media hype surrounding Justin. He’s got an awfully long road ahead of him to rebuild the Liberal party. Tonight, the Liberal party took the easy choice, picking style and a well-known name over substance. Marc Garneau would have been a better choice if they really wanted to put their party on a new footing with a real chance of electoral success. Current polls put Justin ahead only because we are nowhere near an actual election; NDP supporters can safely park their vote with the new kid on the block because their votes don’t count right now. I seriously doubt that either the Tories or the NDP are going to simply roll over and concede the next election to Justin.
I would have been more worried if Joyce Murray had been boosted into the drivers seat. She was Suzuki’s endorsement and would have out greened Liz May. Of course we can expect her to accept the environment shadow position when offered. That should finish the Canadian economy and put us on par with the USA.
I really don’t get the negativity of some folks here including Robert W. A pissant, silver spoon, genetic lottery winner assumes the leadership of a run down, broke-ass third party and you all freak out?
Yes there are low info voters and Liberal Idol is an example but what do you think we need to do about it? Lay down..?…sheesh.
Every time I hear the paid poster line it reminds of this kid I played baseball with 50 years ago. One night our team is getting waxed 13-1 by a superior team and he is screaming that they paid off the umpires. Nice part of the story he eventually grew up and now is a grandfather of six ;those who use the paid poster line still have the mentality of an eight year old
I answered the phone this evening and a telemarketer told me that I had won a free stay in Mexico pending an afternoon spent at a workshop viewing info on timeshares. I’m actually more excited about that than the Shiny Pony, to be honest with you.
The lefties always project that conservatives are paid commenters because the lefites are.
It’s very obvious before and after elections when you compare the amount of leftie comments.
The money tap is turned off and the lefties go home.
LAS: “Trudeau’s rise to power is inevitable and unstoppable. ” I am not quite so pessimistic. One thing the Liberal leadership contest demonstrated to me was how thin on the ground the Liberals are as a party. It was Justin Trudeau vs a bunch of women and a couple of has-beens. Nothing against women, but the line-up of opponents did seem a bit light. People are keen on Justin at this point because he represents anything they want to think he represents, but he will need to show a lot more substance, I think, to become PM. I would also not bee too surprised to see a rift develop in the party. This is a “new guard” of sorts. I see why Liberals elected Trudeau, but I wonder how many expect him to be much more than a figurehead. He may have big plans . . . but what are their plans for him? Much more will unfold before the next election.
“PM Harper’s taken out Martin, Dion and Ignegative – he’ll take Trudeau. ”
I doubt it. The sneaky bugger has pulled too many fast ones. Has sunk Canada’s reputation, and now the economy is slowing, because businesses are not inspired to take chances under a Conservative government. That last one is the real kicker, and is what is likely to sink him.
I’m not thrilled with Trudeau. I personally like Garneau, and frankly I would have preferred a hybrid of the two, but Trudeau is what is his, and he isn’t Harper.
This is good news for the Conservatives, to have such a vapid dimwit as an opponent. However, you can never be too careful so they need to hammer away as usual. It’s rather shameful though that Canada would have a teacher with no resume nor achievements as the leader of a major party.
he represents anything they want to think he represents,
That’s all he needs.
he will need to show a lot more substance
Just like that Obama fellow. Good speaker but until he gets into specifics I don’t think he can be a serious presidential contender.
Who said I was being pessimistic? Harper has lost whatever mojo he had if any and he’s going to take the CPC down with him. Trudeau will be a relatively innocuous placeholder while the CPC (hopefully) gets serious (or just more statist). Maybe we’ll even get some sane drug policy.
PM Harper’s taken out Martin, Dion and Ignegative
LOL. The first was sandbagged and the latter two took themselves out. Harper is an awful strategist who just happens to be standing in the right place at the right time.
As an American, I have always found that conservative principals represent the antithesis of subversive ideologies and that conservativism represents a common bond between people of different nations firmly based on a foundation of mutual respect. To the contrary, the liberal is always the disruptor with elitist ideologies that are disingenuous to the core.
Under the flag of “people who care about people” 100 million perished in the last century through invasive war, inflicted starvation, and purposeful genocide. Billions more suffered and still languish, prisoners of their statist nations.
In every case, the people were deceived.
Canadians do not deserve deception. Justin (the shiny pony) Trudeau, has proven,once again that misdirection is an essential component of sleight of hand trickery. Mind your wallets Canada. (Always the first event of the big show.)
Have yet to see the vote break down cause I would be interested in seeing how many members as opposed to “supporters” voted.
That being said I’m not surprised that the liberals are continuing the same winning strategy that has worked so well for the last three elections. They had an opportunity to go for policy and select a leader that can debate these ideas successfully, but choose instead to select a gimmick and a leader with a famous last name that has yet to demonstrate the ability to articulate a principled idea.
I know the current talking point from the liberal pundits is to expect an onslaught of “negative attack ads” but my expectation is that all the conservative party need do is let Justin be himself and merely replay the video.
None of this is as the libs want to suggest, a fabrication about Justin. He did state Quebecers should run the government, that Alberta is to blame for a bad economy, and that Quebec should separate if Harper remains PM.
They can whine all they want, won’t stop the conservatives from pointing it out.
Who really GAF?
If a majority of Canadians decide that a prom queen should lead them, then they’ll have to deal with the prom party hangover.
However, smart folks won’t dine, dance, or puke. Are your wagons arranged?
I’ll arrange the wagons when I have to, until then I will not acquiesce to a ponce.
Well, for my part, I made a strategic choice: I decided to watch the entirety of Justin’s speech, so that I could comment on it in a meaningful way, which forced me to forgo the obvious — a one-for-the-history-books conclusion to the Masters championship. As it happens, the sudden death play-off went that fourth extra hole, so I was able to cover the waterfront. Congratulations to Adam Scott, who actually, you know, won something of value (three Aussies in the top 6 — they’re that good; who knew?) And as my wife, the great public servant that she is, who was working this evening, informed me — “Everybody was watching the Masters”. This after my sister told me this afternoon in no uncertain and completely unsolicited terms, “there is no talk about Justin Trudeau”.
As for Justin’s speech, I found it quite tenuous and flat. Not terrible or anything, just tenuous and flat (and judging by the pans by the CBC, so did the crowd). By my read of history, in order for the lead opposition party (let alone a third-place party) to win an election and form a government, the leader needs to personify the anger and outrage that people feel toward the current government. That’s what all of Winston S. Churchill, John Diefenbaker, Margaret Thatcher, Joe Clark, Brian Mulroney, Preston Manning and Stephen Harper were able to do. Justin didn’t convey that in the slightest way; he more or less stood there in his Don Draper grey suit (and for all of Don’s tenuousness, at least he knows enough to wear a dark tie) and said, “I might be prime minister one day”. The teleprompter was an unmitigated disaster for him.
Aside from that, I’d say that he made two further strategic errors:
– “I want to speak to Quebec for a couple of minutes…” — in French only, and,
– more significantly, the disasterous “unhyphenated Liberals” remark. He almost had me with “the Liberal Party has moved away from Canadians.” And then he got on about the “unhyphenated Liberals” stuff: are you kidding me? Like that’s the problem? Really? So, the Liberals are going to be united, going forward, in how they cut up the cash? How about, “Canadians do not accept, and have not forgotten, our consistent abuse of power; we apologize for that, and it won’t happen again.” I am reminded, very much, of the idea of “unhyphenated Canadians” back in the day, which was — and is — a very big conservative (big and small “c”) meme. Odious.
I think a lot about the Obama-Trudeau comparison, which is quite prevalent around here. There are a couple of major disconnects, at least, IMO, that are quite under-estimated, actually, if I can be blunt:
– There is no historical injustice that Justin can exploit, in the same way that Barack Obama may have been able to do at some point. Mr. Trudeau, Sr., in my opinion, saw to that; and,
– As Conrad Black explained in his column in the last day or two, we have a superior health care system that Stephen Harper undertook to defend in 2006. Apparently, even “British criminals” get a good shake. I can personally attest to that fact, on account of my father’s recent outcome (and he’s not even a “British criminal”). Our health care system is actually a source of competitive advantage, at about one-half the cost of the American one — which it was always intended to be.
We’ll see how he does.
The Dauphin has to go to work tomorrow, opposing a man who works relentlessly…
Sean, Shiny Pony may just be the next Kim Campbell.
…..the number of supporters of Harper are much lower…if you consider at least half are paid Harperites and the others are Americans trying to disrupt our politicial system…….
Gee I haven’t received my Harparite cheque yet, is it in the mail?
As for Americans trying to disrupt our system, since when did Tides, Soros, Rockerfellers etc…etc…etc…..etc…. support Harper. Obviously the Shiny Pony groupies have already been smoking the drugs that their beloved new leader wants to legalize, they’ve already lost touch with reality.
So the Desmarais family/Power Corp got their boy elected to continue their incestuous relationship between politics, finance and business, both in Canada and abroad. We’ll see how well it works this time.
Acquiesce? Ponce?
Whatever are you talking about?
Puss-in-Boots isn’t the problem, he’s a symptom of the problem. And nobody expects you to acquiesece. Circling your wagons is not Latin for “giving up”.
However, not everyone will vote for him, ie, those with brain cells and those old enough to remember how awful his father was.
Is this the fault of the electorate? Yes. Years of leftism seeping into every pore of society has done its twisted work.
But not everyone has drunk the Kool-aid.
Yeah, I remember Trudeaumania in the early months of 1968. A new guy at the top, fresh ideas, youth on the move. Good stuff, we thought.
Ten years later, we had double digit inflation, 20% borrowing rates, stagflation, the fuddle-duddle salute, and a country that came within a couple of percentage points of splitting itself in two; in fact it still might.
Sure hope we learned enough to not do it all over again.
Wow. Justin Bieber wins in a landslide. Harper is doomed… what Justin who!!!
Ha! good point. Then again I’m not the one that forfeited the next election to the low info voters and the ponce.
Sorry LAS. The only certain thing about politics is that it is uncertain.
Just like the other Justin, this one has a pet monkey too.
In this case the pet monkey is the Quebec vote which he will have to first re-capture from the NDP before he can think about winning the ROC.
Just a puppet in the making.
“in the making”..?..
Amen. You are right about nothing surprising us anymore. Who would have thought that the people of Alberta would have allowed themselves to be so deceived, and, as deceived as the Americans.
∞ ≠ ø is absolutely correct about “Under the flag of “people who care about people” 100 million perished in the last century through invasive war, inflicted starvation, and purposeful genocide. Billions more suffered and still languish, prisoners of their statist nations.”
The people seem to be always deceived by the devils promising utopia on
earth.
David Southam, excellent analysis, and bravo for having the courage to watch the coronation. Unfortunately I think that the vast majority of the people are degraded and are only concerned with what feels good, who will promise them the biggest cheques, solve all their problems, and who has a pretty face. We only have to look to the south, to Ontario, to Alberta, and what is about to happen in BC.
I guess we as a nation have not fallen enough yet. It took some other people seventy years to wake up to the lies.
It was a crafty bit of “fire and brimstone” that turned the tide in Alberta Ken…don’t count us out yet…
If world leaders want to know what hair conditioner, how to bikini wax is the best and latest gossip about the Kardashions JT is da man!
Betcha Harpers cat is smarter than Bieber, I mean Trudeau