28 Replies to “Wild Rose Country”

  2. In my NDP held riding in Redmonton I have seen a lot of activity from the UCP and virtually nothing from the NDP, I walked past the UCP riding campaign office and was glad handed by the candidate. I opened my mail box and found a UCP flier. I was relaxing after church today and two UCP workers knocked on my door. If effort counts….

    1. Effort doesn’t count.
      Ask all the earnest NDP and Liberal candidates who bravely campaign in rural western Canada for seats they have no hope of winning.
      Edmonton is going all-orange.
      Maybe even the outer suburbs of Sherwood Park and Stony Plain.

      It. Is. Going. To. Be. A. Nail-biting evening on May 29.
      If you live in Calgary, now is not the time to take a flier on some Wild Rose Separatist fringe party.
      Remember what happened the last time Notley got in.

  4. The NDP have come out ahead in 5 of the last 6 polls and tied another. So they are in the lead.

    This commentary is basically a long-winded “conservatives usually won in the past, so they will win in the future”. Commentary like that is useless. And it does not matter if the NDP won by vote-splitting last time they won. They pulled in 41% of the vote! So they can easily win again, since they’ve clearly been on the rise for many years! Danielle Smith has proved to be an uninspiring, wishy-washy non-leader, the polar opposite of Ron Desantis. Right now she is on a path towards defeat.

  5. Calgary is going solid red if our shopping trip was any indication today. We saw more masks than we did during covid so my son wanted to know why people in Calgary love Justin Trudeau so much.

    1. Red?
      Provincial Liberals haven’t elected anyone in more than a decade.
      Solid ORANGE?
      No.
      But more orange than is comfortable.

  7. Nurse Rachet wiped away the fiscal austerity of the Klein years by borrowing billions and hiring tens of thousands of government “workers”. These people weren’t needed before Rachet, and no doubt they aren’t needed now. Did Kenney fire them? Is Smith planning to fire them? Are these thousands of government employees cycling government money into the coffers of the NDP? Of course they are. There is no fighting the government parasite except by starving it. I was appalled that Rachet hadn’t retired from public life in disgrace and shame after her resounding defeat four years ago. Her political legacy is catastrophic. Now four years on, she may win again, this time not “by accident”. Government workers needed the Twitter Treatment as soon as UCP got in. Too late now.

  8. A vote for rachel-the-red is a vote for turdeau in a dress
    public sector unions destroy civilization
    the parasite is killing the host

  10. I would never vote for red, orange or green. But damn it, I am having a really hard time getting past Smith throwing the Wildrose under the bus back in 2014.

    1. Think about 2015.
      And 2016 through 2019.
      Remember the economic devastation.
      Every vote counts.
      Especially if you live in Calgary.

  11. You can get over Wildrose or you can enjoy life under the NDP for I’m thinking at least the next two terms.

    I’m calling it NDP and it won’t be close. And I suspect there will be some gerrymandering in close ridings.

      1. technically, it’s convenient manipulation of electoral boundaries to favour a parties voters- this has happened, my formally rural riding is now mixed with solid NDP territory. now they just have to swing a few votes, shouldn’t be difficult, voila, blue seat goes orange.

  12. If Albertans elect the NDP, then it becomes clear why there has been no movement on secession; they are even bigger pansies than the RoC.

  13. Unfortunately it is close. I don’t place too much credibility in polls as these are push polls. If there was a free and fair election, Smith will win. However, with all the successful cheating that has occurred recently it won’t be that. They just need to cheat on about a dozen ridings and Alberta joins the gulag come June. Many folks are scared that if the UCP wins, actual justice may break out regarding forced jabbing. These include oil company executive so ndp support will be coming from some surprising places.

  14. A vote for Rachael is a vote for the globalists. Last time she won was a surprise. I don’t think they were ready. I looked at their platform and was taken aback to discover that it was all just a modified version of Agenda 21. Notley and the NDP are Communists. They will support one- world- government tyranny, as does Trudeau.

  15. Rachael Notley is a very smart politician. She may not have an equal in Canada. That said, she was the premier of Alberta as recent as 4 years ago and voters remember her sleight-of-hand on the carbon tax. Next time it will be a sales tax.

    Smith has proved to this point to be inept. She appears to be unsure of conservative principals. She has apologized more in 6 months than the Bong. She is not instilling confidence.

    I believe the polls. It’s tight. I don’t think Notley will make too many unforced errors before the election. Smith could sink herself on any given day.

    1. Rachael Notley is a very smart politician

      That’s a very low bar. Nevertheless, when it comes to politicians, I never mistake “sociopathically cunning” for “smart”. Why do you think Notley is smart? Other than she’s got enough brains to understand that votes can easily be bought with government money.

      Smith has proved to this point to be inept. She has apologized more in 6 months than the Bong

      Junior has never apologized for any of his many outrages. But he does love to presume to apologize on behalf others for fake issues. Smith seems to apologize for her own gaffes. Which is exactly what I remember Ralph Klein doing, repeatedly, as he was his own gaffe machine. As I recall, Albertans loved him more with each backtrack and apology from Klein. They said it made him human and humble. In severe contradistinction to a Trudeau or other mere politicians.

      At any rate, I agree with you about the tightness. Too many voters willing to be bought by handouts and tax payer money. And NO, government workers, along with the rest of the government cartel, (teachers, health care workers, doctors, corporate contractors, etc.), are NOT tax payers.

    2. If I am Rachel Notley, I am staying quiet right now, because every few days Danielle says something ridiculous that may gain the UCP a few votes from fringe people, but for sure costs her tens of thousands of votes from regular Albertans. Honestly, is anyone advising her at all? She supposedly has worked in media–surely she must know that anything she says will be parsed and twisted and used against her. She needs to turn on her brain before talking or STFU, because right now, she is handing the election to the NDs.

      So many regular folks I talk to say they can’t vote ND, but now won’t vote UCP either and will probably stay home. You know the ND idealogues will show up to vote. Result: ND majority incoming. 🙁

      1. Danielle says something ridiculous that may gain the UCP a few votes from fringe people

        Careful now, you’re in danger of pissing on this blog’s carpet. 🤓

        1. That’s no carpet, that’s me, and I’d thank you to hold off until I’m fully awake, thanks.

  16. “Rachael Notley is a very smart politician. She may not have an equal in Canada.”

    A smart politician does not translate into a good leader. I think that the vast majority of Albertans realize this. Notley is a vicious, vindictive harridan who will stop at nothing to become premier. She is a master at applying the typical NDP modus operandi of avoiding putting forth commonsense alternative policies but rather focuses on digging up dirt on the current premier and slithering to the media with each new revelation. The media in turn, after much embellishment, delights in making any allegations public without the bothersome task of fact checking or putting matters into prospective. Slinging excrement in all directions in the hope that some of it sticks to an opponent is the only weapon in the NDP arsenal. Smith has a very tough road ahead with her every move being under the microscope and every misstep being magnified. Notley … not so much.

    For those Albertans still in the undecided category, just remember who our intrepid prime minister would rather see as premier. Notley would happily go along with the lunatic policies of Ottawa and, in the very unlikely event of her showing even the slightest hint of disagreement, a quick phone call from Trudeau’s turbanned sidekick would put her back on the straight and narrow.

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