Oh, Shiny Pony!
Oh nooos!Former Canadian Forces general Andrew Leslie will carry the Liberal banner in Orléans in next year's federal election, but his nomination Saturday was marred by a chaotic and divisive scene in which police had to break up a noisy scuffle.Not again!
Leslie, an advisor to Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, was acclaimed by Liberals in Ottawa-Orléans as their candidate for the 2015 election, when the riding will be known simply as Orléans.
But the event turned into a political embarrassment for Leslie when his only rival, Ottawa lawyer David Bertschi, showed up with some angry supporters to complain that the party had acted undemocratically last month in disqualifying him from seeking the nomination.
"Shame, shame, shame," some of those Liberals chanted as it became clear that Leslie was about to be acclaimed without a fight from his rival.
Oh, Shiny Pony! - Small Dead Animals
oh dear.
We need to keep these guys out of office.
How do you propose to do that?
How do you propose to do that?
Encourage him to keep speaking in public
Actually, I don't really believe it will be much of a problem, especially if the Dauphin Dummy keeps on with his natural idiocy, narcissism, and sense of entitlement. As the Canadian people get to know Justin more, they like him less.........for damned good reason.
The election campaign will expose him more.
And Harper will tear him into tiny bits in debate.
I predict a new Conservative gov't in 2015.
You can predict to your heart's content--apart from your vote it is unlikely to change the outcome. Actually, if anything you will garner more votes for other parties. This is what has happened in the US--the right has been seized by monomaniacal, angry tea partiers who, in their drive for ideological purity, have so far managed to successfully alienate moderate Republicans and swing voters.
You can predict to your heart's content--apart from your vote it is unlikely to change the outcome. Actually, if anything you will garner more votes for other parties. This is what has happened in the US--the right has been seized by monomaniacal, angry tea partiers who, in their drive for ideological purity, have so far managed to successfully alienate moderate Republicans and swing voters.
First of all, if you think I am an ideological purist, you are not paying attention.
Secondly, I guess you missed the mid-term elections, in which the "monomaniacal,
angry tea partiers who, in their drive for ideological purity" whipped the
corrupt useless Democrats so thoroughly even staunch Republicans were surprised.
Bad comparison. We aren't feeling the pains of mismanagement like the US. If Americans were given the choice between Steve and Justin who would win?
Oh, I'm paying attention. The defining fgeatuyre of an idealogue is that every issue is divided into black and white, good and evil. For example, General Leslie never accused Israel of "murdering women and children." You made that up. Or maybe you are just parroting Sun news. Regardless, this is the kind of fear and loathing politics that I'm talking about.
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They've had success in the mid-terms. But when it comes to the real thing, the Tea Party candidates have not had good success. Canada has even less patience with these types than the US.
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Who knows? Although I suppose you can draw a parallel between George Dubya and Trudeau--not the vsharpest knives in the drawer adn achieved success based on familial ties. Mismanagement? The US economy isn't doing too badly.
"Casualties are caused by the Israelis using very heavy weapons systems, firing indiscriminately onto Palestinian women and children," Andrew Leslie said at an event on Aug. 19.
Top Trudeau adviser breaks ranks, blames Israel for civilian deaths | DAVID AKIN
Are you really saying that because the CBC won't report it that it is untrue?
Bush graduated Yale with a B.A. in History, and Harvard with a Master's in Business Administration.
Trudeau has a B.A. in English (lol) and a B.Ed (even larger lol).....he failed at an attempt to get a Master's. (in "Environmental Geography", whatever that is......something that required an IQ, I guess)
I suggest G. W. Bush is a lot brighter than Justin..........and if that doesn't scare you off the Justin bandwagon, well.......
And what part of 18 TRILLION dollars don't you understand??
Bush, like Trudeau, suffered from the general impression of voters that he wasn't as smart as his father. He, too, was hounded by gaffes and ridiculed. He still ended up winning the election. Twice, in fact.
Nowhere does he accuse Israel of "murdering women and children." You made that up. Find me the "murder" word and I'll retract that with an apology.
The voters were correct both times.Bush, like Trudeau, suffered from the general impression of voters that he wasn't as smart as his father..
Bush, like Trudeau, suffered from the general impression of voters that he wasn't as smart as his father. He, too, was hounded by gaffes and ridiculed. He still ended up winning the election. Twice, in fact.
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You're kidding, right??
"...........firing indiscriminately onto Palestinian women and children,"
What the hell does that sound like to you???
Interesting that a B.A in History is so impressive to you, yet a B.A. in English isn't. They are both liberal arts degrees. Perhaps your ideological colours are showing again.
A couple of differences:
Bush's gaffes were funny, endearing almost, stemming from his tendency to tangle up his words. Trudeau's gaffes are simply idiotic, pointing up his incompetence.
Bush ran against two of the biggest idiots and con artists in the Democratic Party; John Kerry and Al Gore. Trudeau is running against the most skilled politician Canada has seen in a long, long time.