Heh.
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I am much reproached for spending time outside of Canada — naughty me,” he said. “I don’t know what to do with my shame about that.”

Reports that the Conservatives are secretly paying his diesel bills remain, as yet, unconfirmed.
Via

“It’s almost as if he is repeating Donolo’s private conversation with him: “Look Mike, you’ve got to get out there and shake every hand, kiss every baby, put everything you’ve got into this – or we’re dead.”
Except he screwed up the last part.”

The “sheeple” respond. More from today’s pithy comments file – “Michael,your eight seconds were up a long time ago.”

Plus: “Really? Did he really quote Chavez referring to PMSH? “

Ridin’ the Ignatieff express;

“Every time I sit down with Canadians and talk to Canadians and I’m with Canadians, it seems to work. It’s the part of my job I like the best…”

It’s always the best way to learn about a new country.

Stelmach’s loyal soldiers succeed in stopping the WRA from getting their share of the pork.
My, won’t it be fun when the next WRA gov’t cuts the knees off Stelmach too?
h/t Daveberta.

Don’t think of it as a coalition poll gone horribly wrong… think of it as the beginning of the end of the Liberal Party.

Dear Mr. Ignatieff,

This is your map.

Now, take your marker….

Michael Ignatieff says…

Canadians want accountability from their MPs, but he’s not sure they want to see every restaurant receipt politicians submit.

Related from the CTF: Reveal MP expenses.

C=me²

In which C is Canadianness, m is Michael, and e is expat years spent in a vacuum.

…it’s exactly the kind of place he detests on a personal level: rural; conservative; Christian; gun-owning; Ukrainian.

h/t Maz2

Ezra wants him fired.

Let’s take this one step at a time.
The CBC’s pollster of record is major Liberal donor. He plots out strategies to beat the Conservatives. And he gives that strategic advice to the Liberals in private — a fact that we only learn about because he blabbed about it to Martin.
Yet Graves appears on the CBC not as a “Liberal pollster” or “Liberal strategist” or “Liberal donor” or “Liberal”, but as the CBC’s trustworthy, neutral, reliable, independent analyst, who cares only about enlightening viewers.
What a scandal.
Could you imagine if the CBC were to hire a Tory strategist as their chief Parliamentary correspondent — while secretly allowing him to continue to work for the Conservatives, and donate thousands upon thousands of dollars to them?
It’s too absurd to even ask the question.

More at Bourque.

Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
Michael Ignatieff, 2010 – “I don’t want to make false accusations but you don’t get cocaine at a corner drug store, right? You have to get it from somewhere, from someone and usually that means organized crime.”
Canadian Press, 2004 – Authorities suggest organized crime is behind an attempt to transport cocaine using the Sheila Ann, a ship operated by Canada Steamship Lines, the company Prime Minister Paul Martin transferred control of to his three sons last year.
h/t Stephen

Let’s hear some names.

“As I said before; they have real options, a real chance to outflank the conservatives…”

Every time I think of this young parliamentarian I feel a twinge of sadness for the substitute teaching community and “what might have been”.

TRUDEAU: Shelly, you went to an election campaign…
GLOVER: Can I finish? Would you mind if I finished, because I certainly didn’t interrupt you Justin Trudeau.
TRUDEAU: Shelly, you’re totally…
GLOVER: I would like to finish if that’s okay.
GLOVER: You need a leader. And your leader didn’t even hang around after a failed motion that divided your party.
TRUDEAU: You’re ridiculous.

More, from Canada’s best known member of the Lucky Y-Chromosome Club.

“I don’t think my troops are shooting at me,” he said…
(Retitled and bumped.)
Ouuuuuuch!

h/t Orville

Heh.

Learning the wrong lessons from Adscam.

Lorne Gunter; (link fixed)

But let’s assume for a moment that the goal of campaign equity is both attainable and desirable. How can it be achieved if the arbiters of our elections -Elections Canada -appear bent on favouring some parties and prosecuting others?

Flashback – “Shortly after the results of the investigation [of questionable Liberal donations] began to make its way onto the pages of major publications, Elections Canada pulled down the database search function and replaced it with a version that renders the site useless.”

Now is the time at SDA when we juxtapose!
Winnipeg Free Press, Feb.4th – I’m left wondering why it seems three trained daycare staff members can’t count to 11.
Toronto Sun, Feb.1st – I’m left wondering why it seems a Harvard trained professor can’t count to -56B.