NationStates Jolt Archive

Tsk tsk tsk. Liberals in Canada are acting very naughty again.

Mike Klander, a senior Liberal executive in Ontario, has resigned. What made him resign? It involved a blog and people reading it.

Mike Klander thought he could get rid of the evidence, but thanks to internet caching, folks like you and I can view it. You can see it here: http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:c9UjAVHOcscJ:www.klander.blogspot.com/+klander+chow-chow&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Here is nice notable tidbits


Top 10 Reasons the Liberals Will Win

1. Our tax cut is better than theirs
2. Harper creeps people out
3. Our jet is bigger than theirs
4. Layton is a weasel
5. They have Ralph Klein
6. We have Earl Provost
7. Unemployment is down to 6.6%
8. Inflation is at 1.8%
9. We won't knock on your door
10. Ontario



Jack Layton...A-hole of the Week

I'm going away for a couple of days so I thought I would find something smart and witty to put up on my blog before I left. Unfortunatley I couldn't think of anything so I just want to say that I think Jack Layton is an asshole... for no reason other than it makes me feel good to say it...and because he is.



This Campaign Will Piss Me Off
The campaign hasn't even started but I'm going out on a limb to predict the the top ten things that will make me sick.

1. Being dragged out to a Liberal rally, lied to so I'm there 30 minutes early, and then forced to stand in a hot room that's way too small to give the appearance that everyone wants to be there.
2. The terms "culture of entitlement", "adscam" or "whistleblower"...blow this!
3. Harper being flanked by the sexy Rona Ambrose at every opportunity
4. Harper being flanked by the ethnic Rahim Jaffer at every opportunity
5. Anyone who tells me that the only poll that counts is the one on election day
6. The media's overuse of the terms "vote-rich", "seat-rich" or "battleground" Ontario
7. Candidates who tell me that their "dedicated" and "committed" - yeah so what! So was Stalin
8. The 10 day break during Christmas...I celebrate Christmas for two, maybe three days, it not like we're fasting in the desert or something
9. Talk of a Liberal "breakthrough" in BC...I've heard it before
10. Olivia Chow


Then there is this - http://www.urbandetail.ca/media/pictures/share/chowchowchow.jpg

And finally, a 'professional' writing about the situation: http://weblogs.macleans.ca/paulwells/archives/week_2005_12_25-2005_12_31.asp#001993

Beer and popcorn, now this?

Canada is starting to have nice bright blue future ;)

NOOO!!!! KILL ALL THESE CONSERVATIVES COMMIES!!!

*roar*

But yes, I admit this liberal should be quarted and hanged.

Canada City']
Beer and popcorn, now this?

Canada is starting to have nice bright blue future ;)

Maybe so, but unfortunately I don't think I can trust the Conservatives to respect my position on many issues that I feel are important to Canada. I won't vote Red because I think it's time for a change, I won't vote Blue because of their social policy. So that leaves Yellow or Green. What pretty colours! (Sorry, bad political humour intended.)

Wow...if more people would talk like him, i would always vote for their party.

There's a man who knows what should be said and how to act.

Canada City']Here is nice notable tidbits

Jack Layton...A-hole of the Week

I'm going away for a couple of days so I thought I would find something smart and witty to put up on my blog before I left. Unfortunatley I couldn't think of anything so I just want to say that I think Jack Layton is an asshole... for no reason other than it makes me feel good to say it...and because he is.



So this is what passes for wit in small-c conservativeland these days, mmm?

How sad.

Maybe so, but unfortunately I don't think I can trust the Conservatives to respect my position on many issues that I feel are important to Canada. I won't vote Red because I think it's time for a change, I won't vote Blue because of their social policy. So that leaves Yellow or Green. What pretty colours! (Sorry, bad political humour intended.)Yellow? who's yellow?

So this is what passes for wit in small-c conservativeland these days, mmm?

How sad.

You have one of the (ex) most respected members of the liberal party who is saying people look gay with certain fashion accessaries, compaing an asian-canadian to a dog, and calling Jack Layton an asshole.

Do you honestly believe that this is the type of party that should be running Canada?

And please don't pull that "Canada City is not Canadian" bullshit. I want a real answer.

Don't forget, Klander rhymes with slander! ;)

Too bad I'm not familliar with Canadian politics.

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Wow, we didn't even have to wait until the end of the mortem on political propoganda for the mudslinging to resume... :rolleyes:

Canada City']compaing an asian-canadian to a dogThis is one example that the Liberals took asian-canadian votes for granted.:mad:

Raymond Chan is an ass too.
And please don't pull that "Canada City is not Canadian" bullshit.Well... :D

The sad fact is that, despite this racist, homophobic vitriol- inspired drivel, people will still vote liberal:headbang:

The sad fact is that, despite this racist, homophobic vitriol- inspired drivel, people will still vote liberal:headbang:

Actually to the latest polls, that might not be true.

But I wouldn't even trust the polls, because 20% of Canadians are undecided votes, most of them NOT living in urban areas, but small towns. They won't benefit from the liberal child care program....

EDIT: http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/10339

Pretty big change within a few weeks. The ontario is nearly split 50/50, which is good because Ontario is bascailly cancelling itself out.

Now then, besides the fact that an unpaid volunteer making dumbassed statements in blog is hardly newsworthy, when I looked at your quoted comments the last one really struck me:

This Campaign Will Piss Me Off
The campaign hasn't even started but I'm going out on a limb to predict the the top ten things that will make me sick.


1. Being dragged out to a Liberal rally, lied to so I'm there 30 minutes early, and then forced to stand in a hot room that's way too small to give the appearance that everyone wants to be there.
2. The terms "culture of entitlement", "adscam" or "whistleblower"...blow this!
3. Harper being flanked by the sexy Rona Ambrose at every opportunity
4. Harper being flanked by the ethnic Rahim Jaffer at every opportunity
5. Anyone who tells me that the only poll that counts is the one on election day
6. The media's overuse of the terms "vote-rich", "seat-rich" or "battleground" Ontario
7. Candidates who tell me that their "dedicated" and "committed" - yeah so what! So was Stalin
8. The 10 day break during Christmas...I celebrate Christmas for two, maybe three days, it not like we're fasting in the desert or something
9. Talk of a Liberal "breakthrough" in BC...I've heard it before
10. Olivia Chow


Which of those is patently offensive to the opposition? Hell, the first one seems to be a pointed complaint about his own party, and the rest deal mostly with some facts of campaigning in general which we ALL find annoying.

Politicians who drag others around for photo ops to improve their image (Martin and Bono come to mind), or the fact that politicians and the media use repeated buzzword rhetoric, or that a ten-day break is uncalled for?

I mean really - which of these comments is in such poor taste? Hell, most of those are the very things most voters find annoying about the elections - whatever their party!

I confess I am a border line fanatic/psychotic Liberal Party supporter but I can't see myself supporting the liberal party this time. The economy is in great shape unemployment is at a 30 year record low and the budget is solid... I say lets vote for those irresponsible but well intended money spenders... the NDP. I'd be very inclinded to vote Left this time. The Liberal Party has shown way too much arrogance and misbehaviour.