They have been insinuating our troops are war criminals for a couple of years now, they brought up the abortion debate when there was no need to do so, they have played games and screamed scandal at almost everything that the Harper government has done, they have voted against their own motions, and they have a leader who makes no decisions (when he does he later changes his mind) provides no real direction and refuses to accept responsibility for any of it.
How's all of that divisiveness working out for you?
There is still hope though; here is Ignatieff's latest speech, with commentary by Scott Feschuk
As Warren Kinsella said so eloquently some time ago: 'When they start laughing at you it's all over. Fini.'
Showing posts with label Culture War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Culture War. Show all posts
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Ignatieff: We didn't start the culture war, they did.
Ignatieff gets up in front of a paying audience and attempts to re-write history.
Ignatieff said the Conservatives have accused the Liberals of “trying to start a culture war’, but suggests it’s the Conservatives that have really done that. The Liberal leader said “let’s be clear: we didn’t end the 25-year consensus on a women’s right to choose. They did.”
Really? I could have sworn that it was Ignatieff and the Liberals that first played the abortion card with their criticism of the maternal health initiative; a program to help save the lives of women and vulnerable children in the developing world with such things as safer drinking water, inoculations, and improved nutrition.
The Liberals brought the subject of abortion up and they were the ones that tried to, and continue to, play divisive political games with abortion including their motion which ended horribly for Ignatieff and the divided Liberals.
But it is the conservatives who started this entire thing. Ya, right. (Springer has some thoughts on this as does Sandy here.)
And I bet Iffy said it all with a straight face. The same way that he said he was in politics to unite and not divide.
BS! Do they teach revisionist history at Harvard?
My sympathies to the suckers that paid for the privilege of having someone lie to them.
More arrogance from Iffy: He is now claiming to be more Canadian than the 99% of us who didn't live elsewhere for 34 years!
Edited for spelling. Thanks M!
Ignatieff said the Conservatives have accused the Liberals of “trying to start a culture war’, but suggests it’s the Conservatives that have really done that. The Liberal leader said “let’s be clear: we didn’t end the 25-year consensus on a women’s right to choose. They did.”
Really? I could have sworn that it was Ignatieff and the Liberals that first played the abortion card with their criticism of the maternal health initiative; a program to help save the lives of women and vulnerable children in the developing world with such things as safer drinking water, inoculations, and improved nutrition.
The Liberals brought the subject of abortion up and they were the ones that tried to, and continue to, play divisive political games with abortion including their motion which ended horribly for Ignatieff and the divided Liberals.
But it is the conservatives who started this entire thing. Ya, right. (Springer has some thoughts on this as does Sandy here.)
And I bet Iffy said it all with a straight face. The same way that he said he was in politics to unite and not divide.
BS! Do they teach revisionist history at Harvard?
My sympathies to the suckers that paid for the privilege of having someone lie to them.
More arrogance from Iffy: He is now claiming to be more Canadian than the 99% of us who didn't live elsewhere for 34 years!
Edited for spelling. Thanks M!
Sunday, May 16, 2010
More of the same from the Liberals, and proof the coalition lives!
More divisiveness from the Liberals, but this time it is directed towards Alberta and provincial politics.
From the Calgary Herald:Alberta Liberals need to ruthlessly exploit a "civil war" among conservatives if they want to make gains in the next election; or so says Warren Kinsella.
"When the right wing is splitting up, take advantage of it. Play them off against each other, get tough and creative," Kinsella said.
A "Civil War"? Not that this is a surprise coming from the party that wants to start a culture war to divide Canadians in a sad attempt to gain votes, but WK also said something even more interesting that is going to make Peter Donolo reach for the TUMS this morning.
From the Calgary Herald:Alberta Liberals need to ruthlessly exploit a "civil war" among conservatives if they want to make gains in the next election; or so says Warren Kinsella.
"When the right wing is splitting up, take advantage of it. Play them off against each other, get tough and creative," Kinsella said.
A "Civil War"? Not that this is a surprise coming from the party that wants to start a culture war to divide Canadians in a sad attempt to gain votes, but WK also said something even more interesting that is going to make Peter Donolo reach for the TUMS this morning.
The coalition lives!
Kinsella said the federal Liberals and NDP are inching toward some sort of co-operation, which may put pressure on provincial counterparts to do the same.
"If the other guys are splitting up, is it a good idea to consolidate to take advantage of that? I don't think it's such a bad idea at all," Kinsella said while speaking about a vote on a controversial resolution to co-operate with other "progressive" political parties in the next election.
Warren, thanks for the confirmation on what so many of us already knew was the truth.
Enjoy your Sunday, but if you are heading off to any type of religious services please be careful as the Liberals may use that against you as part of their culture war.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Even the normally left leaning MSM thinks Ignatieff is wrong
Even the normally left leaning members of the MSM think Ignatieff is wrong on his support of C-232, the private members bill to make it mandatory for Supreme Court Justices to be fully bilingual. (which would disqualify 7 of the 9 current SC Justices!!)
The Toronto Star: "The Senate should exercise its responsibility for sober second thought and block this bill."
Robert Silver (Globe and Mail):"So, about that Senate rubber stamp... if ever there was a bill that was crying out for a "sober second thought" - some deeper study, this is it. "
So we have the these normally left leaning members of the MSM against it, we have former SC Justices against it, and of course many bloggers are against it; now the question is, aside from Ignatieff and the opposition MP's who voted for this nonsense, is there ANYONE out there who does support this?
The Toronto Star: "The Senate should exercise its responsibility for sober second thought and block this bill."
Robert Silver (Globe and Mail):"So, about that Senate rubber stamp... if ever there was a bill that was crying out for a "sober second thought" - some deeper study, this is it. "
So we have the these normally left leaning members of the MSM against it, we have former SC Justices against it, and of course many bloggers are against it; now the question is, aside from Ignatieff and the opposition MP's who voted for this nonsense, is there ANYONE out there who does support this?
Saturday, April 24, 2010
A prime minister has one simple job: To keep the country together and not seek polarization...
Michael Ignatieff: "A prime minister has one simple job: To keep the country together and not seek polarization...."
So why do almost all of your policy ideas do just that?
Speaking to the press on his book/while I am here lets talk politics so the taxpayers can pay for this tour, Michael Ignatieff continues to follow the Graves doctrine of divisive politics.
On the gun registry:
The Opposition leader has vowed the Liberal caucus will vote against a Conservative private member's bill to scrap the registry.
"When I talk to cops, they say, "When we go into buildings, we check the registry. We don't send officers in unless we check it."
(Really? So tell me this; if the registry says that there are no guns in that 'building', do the police go in without a care in the world and assume that they will be safe, or do they do the smart thing and assume that EVERY 'building' potentially has a gun in it and prepare accordingly? It sounds to me that the registry may be providing a false sense of security and may actually open the police up to more danger, which if so, is another reason why it needs to go.)
Making it mandatory that Supreme Court Justices be bilingual:
First of all, there's a French fact in Saskatchewan, which is important. It's not the case that French isn't a part of the cultural heritage of the West, just look at the place names. (where have I heard that before?) The West wants in . . . to these great national institutions, but we are a bilingual country. And this is not a minor matter because a quarter of the cases come from Quebec. This isn't me creating a new obstacle that the West has to overcome. This is our country and I want the West to participate and I want our law schools to be sending out the message: "You want to get on the Supreme Court? You might want to study a little French."
(Sorry Iffy but Canadians want the best legal minds to be on the bench, not the best linguists. This is totally needless. divisive and reeks of political correctness just for the sake of it. Obvious unasked question: Should the 6 Justices currently on the SC who are not fully bilingual have to resign? Including Justice Rothstein, who Ignatieff singled out as a "great guy' but who is not bilingual? Oh and 5 minutes in the penalty box for actually using the term "The West wants in".)
And as an added bonus: The author speaks on the LPC situation in Saskatchewan.
We've held Liberal seats in Saskatchewan in the past. There are Liberals out here; we just need to get them out to vote.
("held" + "past" ? Strange that an author on a book tour would have trouble with his tenses, or did he actually forget about Ralph Goodale?)
I am starting to look forward to the next election when the public starts paying more attention and they will get their daily dose of Ignatieff unfiltered.
BC Blue on the Star Phoenix story.
So why do almost all of your policy ideas do just that?
Speaking to the press on his book/while I am here lets talk politics so the taxpayers can pay for this tour, Michael Ignatieff continues to follow the Graves doctrine of divisive politics.
On the gun registry:
The Opposition leader has vowed the Liberal caucus will vote against a Conservative private member's bill to scrap the registry.
"When I talk to cops, they say, "When we go into buildings, we check the registry. We don't send officers in unless we check it."
(Really? So tell me this; if the registry says that there are no guns in that 'building', do the police go in without a care in the world and assume that they will be safe, or do they do the smart thing and assume that EVERY 'building' potentially has a gun in it and prepare accordingly? It sounds to me that the registry may be providing a false sense of security and may actually open the police up to more danger, which if so, is another reason why it needs to go.)
Making it mandatory that Supreme Court Justices be bilingual:
First of all, there's a French fact in Saskatchewan, which is important. It's not the case that French isn't a part of the cultural heritage of the West, just look at the place names. (where have I heard that before?) The West wants in . . . to these great national institutions, but we are a bilingual country. And this is not a minor matter because a quarter of the cases come from Quebec. This isn't me creating a new obstacle that the West has to overcome. This is our country and I want the West to participate and I want our law schools to be sending out the message: "You want to get on the Supreme Court? You might want to study a little French."
(Sorry Iffy but Canadians want the best legal minds to be on the bench, not the best linguists. This is totally needless. divisive and reeks of political correctness just for the sake of it. Obvious unasked question: Should the 6 Justices currently on the SC who are not fully bilingual have to resign? Including Justice Rothstein, who Ignatieff singled out as a "great guy' but who is not bilingual? Oh and 5 minutes in the penalty box for actually using the term "The West wants in".)
And as an added bonus: The author speaks on the LPC situation in Saskatchewan.
We've held Liberal seats in Saskatchewan in the past. There are Liberals out here; we just need to get them out to vote.
("held" + "past" ? Strange that an author on a book tour would have trouble with his tenses, or did he actually forget about Ralph Goodale?)
I am starting to look forward to the next election when the public starts paying more attention and they will get their daily dose of Ignatieff unfiltered.
BC Blue on the Star Phoenix story.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Digging his own Grave(s)
Frank Graves just keeps digging himself deeper and deeper.
Yesterday: ‘I told them that they should invoke a culture war. Cosmopolitanism versus parochialism, secularism versus moralism, Obama versus Palin, tolerance versus racism and homophobia, democracy versus autocracy. If the cranky old men in Alberta don’t like it, too bad. Go south and vote for Palin.’
Today he sort of makes a half hearted apology, but moments later he steps into again by telling the Globe :
Mr. Graves said he was trying to show there are demonstrable differences between Conservative supporters and supporters of other parties.
Wow, just freaking wow.
Not only does he single out Alberta again (why does he keep doing this?) but he goes on to say that he can prove that there are more racists in the CPC than other parties and that he can demonstrate this empirically.
How? Did he do some type of survey asking people if they were racist and to identify their political party affiliation at the same time? He didn't and he is full of it, but if he did conduct such a poll I wonder what the margin of error rate would be for that one.
No chance of anyone lying on a question like that is there.
Keep digging Frank, you may get to the bottom sooner than you think.
and here I am thinking my little issue with the CBC was going to be the most interesting thing on Power and Politics yesterday.
Silly racist Albertaardvark.
Update: A tip from JDot in the comments: Laurence Martin stands by his quote: "The quote is exactly as Frank gave it to me. 'I told them...' meaning the Liberals."
That is 'told' as in the past tense. Spin that.
Yesterday: ‘I told them that they should invoke a culture war. Cosmopolitanism versus parochialism, secularism versus moralism, Obama versus Palin, tolerance versus racism and homophobia, democracy versus autocracy. If the cranky old men in Alberta don’t like it, too bad. Go south and vote for Palin.’
Today he sort of makes a half hearted apology, but moments later he steps into again by telling the Globe :
Mr. Graves said he was trying to show there are demonstrable differences between Conservative supporters and supporters of other parties.
“I do believe, and this gets more subtle, that there is a higher incidence of people who are less tolerant to homosexuals and more wary of other races, within the Conservative Party. I can demonstrate that empirically."
“That does not mean that Conservatives or Albertans are homophobic or xenophobic, but it does mean that many people, and more people statistically that have those points of view, end up in that party than in other places."Wow, just freaking wow.
Not only does he single out Alberta again (why does he keep doing this?) but he goes on to say that he can prove that there are more racists in the CPC than other parties and that he can demonstrate this empirically.
How? Did he do some type of survey asking people if they were racist and to identify their political party affiliation at the same time? He didn't and he is full of it, but if he did conduct such a poll I wonder what the margin of error rate would be for that one.
No chance of anyone lying on a question like that is there.
Keep digging Frank, you may get to the bottom sooner than you think.
and here I am thinking my little issue with the CBC was going to be the most interesting thing on Power and Politics yesterday.
Silly racist Albertaardvark.
Update: A tip from JDot in the comments: Laurence Martin stands by his quote: "The quote is exactly as Frank gave it to me. 'I told them...' meaning the Liberals."
That is 'told' as in the past tense. Spin that.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
I told them they should invoke a culture war.
Frank Graves, CBC (and Liberal Party) pollster: ‘I told them that they should invoke a culture war. Cosmopolitanism versus parochialism, secularism versus moralism, Obama versus Palin, tolerance versus racism and homophobia, democracy versus autocracy. If the cranky old men in Alberta don’t like it, too bad. Go south and vote for Palin.’
Michael Ignatieff: "One of the things I took away from the experience is it awoke particularly strong feeling in the West. I’m in this country to unite Canadians, not divide them, and I took the messages from the West very seriously. There was a genuine feeling of anger on that issue, and we all have to learn from that."
Abortion motion anyone?
How about the gun registry?
It looks like Ignatieff is already taking advice from the grave in spite of what he himself has said repeatedly about not trying to divide Canadians.
Update:
Be sure to catch CBC's Power and Politics this afternoon. I hear that Frank Graves will be on with Kory Teneycke, which should be very entertaining, and it's Thursday so time for 'point of order' with our old friend Scott Reid who I hear may be making some type of clarification.
Michael Ignatieff: "One of the things I took away from the experience is it awoke particularly strong feeling in the West. I’m in this country to unite Canadians, not divide them, and I took the messages from the West very seriously. There was a genuine feeling of anger on that issue, and we all have to learn from that."
Abortion motion anyone?
How about the gun registry?
It looks like Ignatieff is already taking advice from the grave in spite of what he himself has said repeatedly about not trying to divide Canadians.
Update:
Be sure to catch CBC's Power and Politics this afternoon. I hear that Frank Graves will be on with Kory Teneycke, which should be very entertaining, and it's Thursday so time for 'point of order' with our old friend Scott Reid who I hear may be making some type of clarification.
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