Ignatieff to change ad after Harper misquoted

[cranky]

The Liberal ad, which has been airing on TV for a week, accuses Harper of saying the Canada Health Act should be scrapped.

The Conservatives said the comments actually belong to David Somerville, the former head of the National Citizens Coalition, and they demanded the Liberals pull the ad and offer an apology.

The Liberals know the remarks belong to Somerville, because they correctly attributed it to him in 2004.

"Michael Ignatieff is misleading Canadians with a fabricated quote in his desperate new attack ad," said Tory campaign manager Jenni Byrne.

Ignatieff defended the quote, saying it was taken from "extremely reputable sources," including Macleans magazine and the Globe and Mail. The Globe later corrected its story, prompting the Liberals to say they would change the ad.

The Liberals tried to put a positive spin on it by inviting the public to go online and help choose a new Harper quote on health care.

Ignatieff to change ad after Harper misquoted -  Federal Election 2011 - News - MSN CA

 

[lone wolf]

So what? Harper wants to make co-operation over into a bad thing called coalition. It's no wonder he's screaming for a majority. That way he has control and doesn't have to get agreement from anyone - not even the people of Canada. Libcon platforms in this whole election have been built on out-of-context gossip and I'm-not-him. The promises are people-pleasing gimmicks.

 

[cranky]

So what? Harper wants to make co-operation over into a bad thing called coalition. It's no wonder he's screaming for a majority. That way he has control and doesn't have to get agreement from anyone - not even the people of Canada. Libcon platforms in this whole election have been built on out-of-context gossip and I'm-not-him. The promises are people-pleasing gimmicks.

show me an election where politicians were screaming for a minority.

 

[mentalfloss]

Conservatives criticizing Liberals about attack ads.

Conservatives criticizing anyone about attack ads. lol

 

[petros]

oOOOo Ignazieff is evil.


Maybe just maybe you're all right and they are all evil?

 

[cranky]

Conservatives criticizing Liberals about attack ads.

Conservatives criticizing anyone about attack ads. lol

The liberals pulled the ad. That is good enough to tell me that they crossed theline.

 

[mentalfloss]

The liberals pulled the ad. That is good enough to tell me that they crossed theline.

The cons kept theirs. That is good enough to tell me that I have no idea what your point is.

 

[lone wolf]

The liberals pulled the ad. That is good enough to tell me that they crossed theline.

Good gawrsh.... Could that be interpreted and spun into "Iggy has a conscience"?

 

[cranky]

Good gawrsh.... Could that be interpreted and spun into "Iggy has a conscience"?

Yes it could. but you would be wrong.

 

[lone wolf]

Yes it could. but you would be wrong.

As is most spin....

 

[cranky]

As is most spin....

the most damaging conservative ads don't spin, they just play actual footage of Iggy

 

[lone wolf]

...in out-of-context clips. That, my friend, is half-truth ... or SPIN.

 

[mentalfloss]

The worst kind of spin, actually.

 

[cranky]

ROTFLMAO how do you take "after all its you country as well as mine" out of context?

I think you guys are doing the spinning

 

[mentalfloss]

YouTube - Michael's response to Conservative personal attack ads.

 

[lone wolf]

ROTFLMAO how do you take "after all its you country as well as mine" out of context?

I think you guys are doing the spinning

I think you're reaching too far....

 

[mentalfloss]

Well you can't get more asinine than this, lol..

YouTube - Ignatieff America

That schtick seems old and overplayed anyway... Now THIS is how you do an attack ad..

 

[CDNBear]

Well you can't get more asinine than this, lol..

YouTube - Ignatieff America

I'm not trying to negate anything, but is that more or less asinine than attributing a comment by David Sommerville to Harper?

 

[cranky]

YouTube - Michael's response to Conservative personal attack ads.

wow, I'd have more respect for him if he just owed up to mistake and say something like "yep, I made a statement about the USA being my country because I wanted to appeal to more of my audience at that moment" but he is too arrogant to admit even that kind of mistake.

 

[CDNBear]

Now THIS is how you do an attack ad..

YouTube - The Stephen Harper Gravy Train (Liberal attack ad)

So attributing the violence in Toronto, by police under who were not under the PMO, is more honest and less spin?