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Trex
#1Nov 17th, 2008
Who is it going to be?

And which way is the party going to slide. To the left, down the middle, which way to go ?

I figure Iggy to take the center (slightly fiscal right) and try and push Harpo further into the
right-wing wasteland.
A potentially winning tactic in my opinion.

Bob almost certainly will sound as if he has a sound grip on fiscal responsibilities, but when elected will quickly swerve into left field taxing and spending as fast as he can.
Can the people of Ontario and the ex-dippers forgive Bob?

Who would be the quickest to pull the plug on Harper, Iggy or Bob?
I figure Bob.

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lone wolf
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Nov 17th, 2008
Bob ... if Ontario can get over the blame game and fabricated facts.
 
#juan
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Nov 17th, 2008
Surely to God there is another choice.

One guy has spent most of his adult life in the U.S. and the other has a reputation, at least in Ontario, of tanking the economy of that province. They should maybe advertise for successful business people.....No lawyers.....
 
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Nov 17th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by #juanView Post

Surely to God there is another choice.

One guy has spent most of his adult life in the U.S. and the other has a reputation, at least in Ontario, of tanking the economy. They should maybe advertise for successful business people.....No lawyers.....

Yeah ... gotta love how Ontario managed to set off a worldwide recession. That's one of the long tall tales that will get in his way.
 
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Nov 17th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by lone wolfView Post

Yeah ... gotta love how Ontario managed to set off a worldwide recession. That's one of the long tall tales that will get in his way.

Come on Wolf, nobody said that...And Bob Rae certainly doesn't have a rep for being an economic genius.
 
Risus
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Nov 17th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by lone wolfView Post

Bob ... if Ontario can get over the blame game and fabricated facts.

There are NO fabricated facts there....
 
lone wolf
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Nov 17th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by RisusView Post

There are NO fabricated facts there....

Reading that from you gives it all the credibility in the world....
 
lone wolf
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Nov 17th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by #juanView Post

Come on Wolf, nobody said that...And Bob Rae certainly doesn't have a rep for being an economic genius.

Oh ... wait til the talk-before-you-think crowd set upon this thread. It's already started....
 
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Nov 17th, 2008
Bob is the man with the moral fabric though that is not always an asset in the politico game.

BTW, he didn't tank Ontario's economy back in the dipper days. He dealt with the lies and mess left behind.
He subsequently left the dippers to free market it up in a law practice. Only after he made some right wing style coin did he throw his hat in the ring again. Not for the dippers as we know.

Iggy is a slimy one and should be avoided IMO.
 
Trex
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Nov 17th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by #juanView Post

Surely to God there is another choice.

One guy has spent most of his adult life in the U.S. and the other has a reputation, at least in Ontario, of tanking the economy of that province. They should maybe advertise for successful business people.....No lawyers.....

Ok Juan,
You asked and so you shall recieve,
Sheila Copps claims Liberals yearn for return of Paul Martin. Really. - Full Comment

Trex
 
TenPenny
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Nov 17th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by eh1ehView Post

Bob is the man with the moral fabric though that is not always an asset in the politico game.

Moral fabric is obviously quite stretchy. Which party is it that he represents, anyway?
 
lone wolf
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Nov 17th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by TenPennyView Post

Moral fabric is obviously quite stretchy. Which party is it that he represents, anyway?

It all depends. Is this fabric going to end up as a horse costume?
 
darkbeaver
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Nov 17th, 2008
The one which offers the most for the least will prevail. The recipients of that offer don't reside in Canada. Look for change to be the bases of the leadership struggle. It's popular now. I sense our drivil meters will be overloaded for no gain whatever. Iggy's an American, he'll be our first duel citizen primemotivator won't he?
 
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Nov 17th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by TrexView Post

Ok Juan,
You asked and so you shall recieve,
Sheila Copps claims Liberals yearn for return of Paul Martin. Really. - Full Comment

Trex

I don't think the electorate would let Martin back in and that is too bad. Martin knew the job of finance minister backwards and forwards, which is something we seem to need about now. I don't think Martin could get elected and I hope to hell sheila Copps can't either. Between me an you and the gate post, I don't think either Iggy or Rae could win an election. There must be somebody else out there.
Last edited by #juan; Nov 17th, 2008 at 04:04 PM..
 
DurkaDurka
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Nov 17th, 2008
Bring John Turner back, he's only 90 or so.
 
Socrates the Greek
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Nov 17th, 2008
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Brian Tobin
Former Premier of Newfoundland and Federal Cabinet Minister

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Tobin would have won a land slide had he ran on this last 2008 Federal Election.........
Should he surface up unexpectedly and let’s keep in mind that such a scenario happening may be remote but should it happen, Harper will be running for cover.......


As for Iggy or Bob, Iggy may bring a new smile to Canadian politics even though it has been said that he has spend many years in the US. Bob because of the Ontarian baggage he may be another DION, Bob is a good politician, but the baggage is a problem...
Last edited by Socrates the Greek; Feb 9th, 2009 at 02:30 PM..
 
scratch
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Nov 17th, 2008
I said it earlier Tobin should not opted out the first time, now he need to re-think his options.
 
Risus
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Nov 17th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by #juanView Post

Come on Wolf, nobody said that...And Bob Rae certainly doesn't have a rep for being an economic genius.

Bob Rae is an Imbecile.
 
Colpy
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Nov 17th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by scratchView Post

I said it earlier Tobin should not opted out the first time, now he need to re-think his options.

I quote, yet again, Clyde Wells, the brightest politician to come out of Newfoundland in a long, long time.....if not ever:

"If you waded through Brian Tobin's deepest thoughts, you wouldn't get your ankles wet"

Bang on.

Tobin ain't got the smarts.

Ignatief and Rae both have big baggage, but they also have some brains......not so Mr. Tobin.
 
Risus
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Nov 17th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by ColpyView Post

I quote, yet again, Clyde Wells, the brightest politician to come out of Newfoundland in a long, long time.....if not ever:

"If you waded through Brian Tobin's deepest thoughts, you wouldn't get your ankles wet"

Bang on.

Tobin ain't got the smarts.

Ignatief and Rae both have big baggage, but they also have some brains......not so Mr. Tobin.

Ignatief did some dirty campaigning in the last election....
 
scratch
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Nov 17th, 2008
Risus you will be the death of me.
 
TenPenny
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Nov 17th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by ColpyView Post

I quote, yet again, Clyde Wells, the brightest politician to come out of Newfoundland in a long, long time.....if not ever:

"If you waded through Brian Tobin's deepest thoughts, you wouldn't get your ankles wet"

Bang on.

Tobin ain't got the smarts.

Ignatief and Rae both have big baggage, but they also have some brains......not so Mr. Tobin.

I've understood from friends on the rock, that it's Tobin's personal life and baggage that made him back away from public life as he did.

If that's true, you certainly won't see him enter this race.
 
SirJosephPorter
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Nov 17th, 2008
Who is it going to be?

Trex, I don’t really care. Whoever wins, I will support the Liberal party. Liberal party is closest to my worldview, strong support for civil rights, minority rights, sound fiscal management (something conservatives seem to be sorely lacking), multiculturalism, environmentalism, not following USA’s lead blindly in everything (again, something conservatives seem to do by natural instinct) etc.

Liberal party represents my centre left politics very well. I don’t agree with Liberal party on everything, but there are sufficient areas of agreement so that I consider myself a liberal and a Liberal party supporter.

So I don’t really care who wins, they are all acceptable to me.
 
Socrates the Greek
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Nov 17th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by scratchView Post

I said it earlier Tobin should not opted out the first time, now he need to re-think his options.

Good day Scratch, political chess is interesting to watch, Trudeau was a master in that game, a great example comes to mind when in 1979 Trudeau and the Liberals suffered a narrow defeat at the polls. A few months later, he announced his intention to resign as Liberal leader and to retire from public life. Three weeks after this announcement, the Progressive Conservative government of Joe Clark was defeated in the Commons and a new general election was called. Trudeau was persuaded by the Liberal caucus to remain as leader, and on 8 February 1980 - less than 3 months after his retirement - he was returned once again as prime minister with a parliamentary majority, thus accomplishing a remarkable resurrection.
 
scratch
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Nov 17th, 2008
Politics can truly be strange.
 
lone wolf
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Nov 17th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by RisusView Post

Bob Rae is an Imbecile.

I'll bet he'd think the same of you....
 
Risus
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Nov 17th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by lone wolfView Post

I'll bet he'd think the same of you....

Except I would be right
 
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Nov 17th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by RisusView Post

Except I would be right

...and so would he ... plus he'd know when he was in office in Ontario.
 
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Nov 17th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by lone wolfView Post

...and so would he ... plus he'd know when he was in office in Ontario.

Being an NDPer you obviously wouldn't recognize the truth if it hit you in the face, so I understand your non answers. He screwed Ontario, and will screw Canada if he ever became Prime Minister.
 
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Nov 17th, 2008
Quote: Originally Posted by RisusView Post

Being an NDPer you obviously wouldn't recognize the truth if it hit you in the face, so I understand your non answers. He screwed Ontario, and will screw Canada if he ever became Prime Minister.

NDPer? You know this how? I recognize one great truth and that is you don't have a clue about what you speak. You just speak.
 

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