As I'm sure you know by now, the sinister religious fanatic Andrew Scheer is on a crusade to try to turn Canada into a theocracy.Two days ago I told you how he had humiliated the would be feminist Rona Ambrose, by arranging to replace her with a candidate who once
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Montreal Simon: Is Andrew Scheer a Ghastly Con or a Reagan Republican?
We already knew that Andrew Scheer is a sinister religious fanatic, who doesn't believe in women's rights, and believes that gay Canadians are "abhorrent."We knew that he likes to smile a lot, even when he's talking about child rape and other dirty sex stuff in the House of Commons.Except when he
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Brad Trost and the Shaming of Andrew Scheer
As I'm sure you know, Brad Trost is a religious fanatic who likes to think of himself as a holy warrior battling Muslims, women who need an abortion, and gay people.Not necessarily in that order.And like most religious fanatics he likes to think that he is better than we are.So this must
Continue readingAlberta Politics: ANDREW WHO? Oh, wait! I grabbed the wrong picture from the file cabinet!
PHOTOS: Andrew Scheer … I mean Joe Clark, a then-almost-unknown MP from Alberta, celebrates his victory in the Tory party leadership contest with his wife, Maureen McTeer, on Feb. 22, 1976. (Photo: Toronto Public Library.) The real Andrew Scheer, seen below, an almost-unknown MP from Saskatchewan, was doing the same
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: The Whole Gay Thing
Recently Brad Trost and Jason Kenney made some troubling comments about the whole gay thing and the progressives just won’t let it go. Trost, a “full spectrum” conservative, believes in all three conservative values: social conservatism, fiscal conservatism, and democratic populist conservatism. He recently shared his views on “the whole
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: A Pollster Finally Gets It Right
We see chaos, Nik Nanos sees trends. Mr Nanos heads up Nanos Research, a leading Canadian research company and official pollster for CTV News, the Globe and Mail, and Bloomberg News. Last week he spoke at the Merv Leitch Lectures Series sponsored by the University of Calgary. His topic—politics in
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Happy New Year! AlbertaPolitics.ca’s Top Ten political predictions for 2017
PHOTOS: Your blogger, in hat, contemplates the difference between the renamed Conservative Party of Alberta and the renamed Conservative Party of Alberta. That’s not a typo. See Prediction No. 9 below for an explanation. Actual Alberta political commentators may not appear exactly as illustrated in this screenshot. Below (with predictions):
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Canada’s Conservatives have taken their greatest strength and bulldozed it to the ground: this will not end well for them
PHOTOS: Conservative Party of Canada leadership candidates Kellie Leitch, Chris Alexander and Brad Trost get ready for their next debate on how best to Make Canada Great Again. Actual CPC leadership candidates may not appear exactly as illustrated. Below: Former Alberta Progressive Conservative premier Ed Stelmach, Alberta PC leadership candidate
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Death threats, a noose on a hockey stick, opponents kicked out … Calgary Rebel Media rally was another goon show
PHOTOS: They say a photo is worth a thousand words. This one, taken at Ezra Levant’s Rebel Media rally in Calgary yesterday, certainly speaks for itself. Obviously, not all the NDP supporters were successfully purged from the meeting. Below: Chris Alexander, Mr. Levant and Kellie Leitch. Mr. Aleander and Ms.
Continue readingAlberta Politics: ‘Oh, there you go Bradsplaining again!’ Like it or not, Brads from Saskatchewan just can’t control their Bradsplaining
PHOTOS: Federal Conservative leadership candidate and Bradsplainer Brad Trost shows he’s hip to the jive with this newfangled technology stuff. (Photo from BradTrost.ca.) Below: Brad Wall, another well-known Bradsplainer, Bradsplaining, and blogger word-coiner Dave Cournoyer, kitted out to observe one of Rebel Media’s rallies. Uh-oh! We’re about to be “Bradsplained”!
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: More From The Conservative Braintrust
Well, we know what an abomination Kellie Leitch is as a Conservative leadership hopeful, but what about Brad Trost? The pool, it would seem, is very, very shallow: Recommend this Post
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rona Ambrose’s Desperate Attempt to Sabotage Electoral Reform
You might think that Rona Ambrose's main concern would be the way her allegedly new/nouveau party is turning into a collection of bigots and right-wing religious extremists. What with Kellie Leitch trying to scapegoat refugees and immigrants for their "anti-Canadian values."While Brad Trost stands up for those anti-Canadian values by taking aim at
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Owen Jones offers his take on how the UK’s Labour Party should proceed following Jeremy Corbyn’s most recent leadership victory – and while the exact circumstances may not apply to the NDP’s upcoming leadersh…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Brad Trost, Jason Kenney, and the Homophobic Cons
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It seems I might have been a bit too hasty when I labelled the Harper Party, the Trump Party.
For while Kellie Leitch and Tony Clement are doing their pathetic best to foster that impression…
And I’m sure both those losers will eventually succeed in labelling it the Trump Party in the eyes of most Canadians.
It’s important to remember that the Harper Party has always been, and still is, Canada’s Homophobic Party.
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Montreal Simon: Candice Bergen and the Sad State of the Con Leadership Race
Yesterday I tried illustrate the effect Stephen Harper's foul legacy was having on the Con leadership race.With the most mediocre candidates that party and this country has ever seen shuffling around or buzzing around, seeking to replace him.And …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Candice Bergen and the Sad State of the Con Leadership Race
Yesterday I tried illustrate the effect Stephen Harper’s foul legacy was having on the Con leadership race.
With the most mediocre candidates that party and this country has ever seen shuffling around or buzzing around, seeking to replace him.
And I wrote that I didn’t think it could get any worse.
But sadly I was wrong.
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Montreal Simon: Another Religious Fanatic Prepares to Join The Con Leadership race
Yesterday I told you how ever since Jason Kenney announced he was flying off to Alberta to fight the godless commies, the Con's religious base has has been in a frigging frenzy.Demanding that another religious fanatic be summoned to lead the Harper…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Another Religious Fanatic Prepares to Run for Con Leader
As we all know the hideous religious fanatic Jason Kenney has been hinting strongly that he is about to leave Ottawa, and ride west to unite the right in Alberta.No doubt believing that he will be given a hero's welcome, or be greeted like Jesus hi…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Courage of Mauril Bélanger and the Idiocy of the Cons
I don't know how he did it. It must have taken all the strength still left in his dying body.His muscles are locking up. By now he probably can't smile or even close his eyes. It's getting harder and harder to breathe.But somehow Mauril B
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Rona Ambrose Called Justin Trudeau a Woman
It was a bizarre apparition. At the Con convention yesterday during a discussion on how to modernize the Harper Party, MP Marilyn Gladu came out dressed as the Grim Reaper. In what was apparently an attempt to make fun of the idea that the Cons are d…
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