I've always known that Erin O'Toole wasn't the brightest bulb in the universe, but I've always thought of him as a relatively innocuous Con clown. Unfortunately ever since he set out to win over his party's rabid base, he 's starting to sound like a far-right extremist.And this is just the latest
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Montreal Simon: Where Exactly Would Erin O’Toole Take The Cons?
The other day I wrote about how Erin O'Toole wants everybody to know that he's a True Blue Con.Although I wasn't quite sure what exactly he was trying to say.But now I know, and it couldn't be more ridiculousRead more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Erin O’Toole and the True Blue Farce
I never really noticed Erin O'Toole until he replaced Julian Fantino at Veteran Affairs, talked up a storm, only to find himself running for his life.And then of course there was the time, when he suggested he was a Top Gun, only to be shot down and revealed to be a helicopter navigator.But
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Conservative Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Erin O’Toole
I had a chance to meet with leadership candidate Erin O’Toole this morning during his campaign stop in Moncton. This is Erin’s second attempt to become the leader of the Conservative Party. I have contacted Erin before but due to how the last survey was conducted it ended up causing us both a headache. As such I really wanted
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Ugly Cons and the Incredible Contracting Leadership Race
The last time the Cons held a leadership contest, just about everybody agreed that there were too many candidates, and it was real horror show..But this time the Cons have another problem, an incredible contracting leadership race.Where there are now so few candidates, some are worried it could end up looking
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Trumpling Campaign of the Con Clown Erin O’Toole
For most of his short and undistinguished parliamentary career, Erin O'Toole has been little more than a mouth that roars.An annoying but relatively harmless Harper stooge.But now he's running for the Con leadership. Again.And he's posing as a warrior, or a great defender of Canada.Read more »
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Peter MacKay may be One Candidate to Rule Them All — but can he save the party of Preston, Stockwell & Steve?
There are those who say we should be bracing ourselves for the return of President Steve. Say it ain’t so! Stephen Harper (Photo: Remy Steinegger, Creative Commons). We can expect know today if Stephen Harper is going to re-emerge to make a re-run to re-lead the Conservative Party of Canada
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Peter MacKay and the Monstrous Mediocrity of the Cons
As I watched Peter MacKay officially launch his leadership campaign this morning, I felt like I was travelling back in time.Back to the days when MacKay was Stephen Harper's most faithful stooge, even though he had stolen his party from him.So the idea that Dumbo could now ride to the
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why The Cons Will Always Be The Religious Bigot Party
It was Andrew Scheer's fatal flaw, the one that more than all the others cost him the election.His religious fanaticism that made it impossible for many women and LGBT Canadians to trust him.So not surprisingly those who would replace Scheer are desperate not to make the same mistake.And one leadership candidate,
Continue readingPolitical Potshots: Durham, We Need To Have A Talk About Erin
Dear people of Durham, we need to talk about Erin O’Toole. Your Minister of Parliament is becoming a national joke when it comes to Twitter. Times Erin O’Toole has directly tweeted about GM since the closure announcement? 16. A majority of those tweets were criticizing Justin Trudeau, 3 were criticizing
Continue readingPolitical Potshots: Conservative Memory Lane Is A Nightmare On Elm Street
The best part of being a conservative it seems is not remembering the recent past. Why is that conservative rhetoric never seems to pass the historical smell test, and the mythology of strong fiscal conservative is exactly that, mythology. “Is Kelowna Courier still interested in moderating a debate on defence
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Michelle Rempel Was Made To Look Like An Idiot. Again.
A few days ago I wrote a post accusing Michelle Rempel of whipping up hatred against asylum seekers for crass political purposes.And of being totally out of control.So I'm glad to see that even some of her colleagues now share that view.Especially the hapless Con clown Erin O'Toole.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Justin Trudeau and the Treason of the Cons
You might think that at a time when the maniac in the White House has declared war on Canada.And Justin Trudeau is fighting to save hundreds of thousands of jobs in this country. And by most accounts doing an admirable job of letting Donald Trump know that nobody bullies Canadians.You might think that
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why Andrew Scheer and His Cons Have No Future
Ever since Andrew Scheer was chosen as the new leader of the Harper Party, I've been trying to explain to the few Cons I know, that they've made a terrible mistake. Trying to explain that by choosing a religious fanatic who would criminalize women, marginalize gays, and ignore climate change, they
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Hilarious Hypocrisy of the Con Clown Erin O’Toole
From the moment the Cons and the NDP decided to go after Harjit Sajjan, nobody joined in the gang bang more gleefully than Erin O'Toole.Taunting the decorated Afghanistan veteran over and over again as only a Con could. Only to have that big smile wiped off his pudgy face.Read more »
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: O’Leary skips Conservative debate, federal NDP debate skips Alberta
The most high-profile candidate running for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada will be skipping tomorrow’s leadership debate in Edmonton. As the thirteen other candidates for the leadership gather on stage at the Citadel Theatre, Boston-resident and American reality television personality Kevin O’Leary will instead be hosting a
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: Erin O’Toole – the hint is in the name
What is the sound of one hand clapping, Mr. O’Toole? Former Veterans Affairs Minister and current Conservative Public Safety critic Erin O’Toole (Durham) wants you to know that Trudeau should respect Canada’s diverse economy, and not champion some sectors and ‘demoralize’ others. Hey, that’s all well and fine, I just
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Former Veterans Affairs Minister and current Conservative Public Safety critic Erin O’Toole (Durham) wants you to know that Trudeau should respect Canada’s diverse economy, and not champion some sectors and ‘demoralize’ others.
Hey, that’s all well and fine, I just wish the Honourable Mr. O’Toole would relay such sage advice back to his leadership, colleagues, and base of support, who all seem intent on pushing the pipelines through the heads of every other interested party – kind of “championing” the issue, no?
Well, actually O’Toole does the same thing, but that’s only in the House, where no one will see him.
I mean honestly, the HuffPo article is not a bad one, and it is exactly the sort of thing that the Conservatives need to write to reach out to voters like me (well, not like me, because I can see through the bullshit, mostly) – I’m a pipeline guy, I like digging up resources and pumping them every which way, hooray!
However, Mr. O’Toole and the other tools in the Conservative caucus and beyond are hoping people forget their government’s own record, which did not respect the diversified economy and did not respect diverse opinions. They had to have their power threatened in order to pump any stimulus into the economy and save the manufacturing jobs threatened by the Great Recession, and the Harper government and previous provincial Alberta PC governments did not exactly give good examples of diversification, unless your definition of that word is ensuring the Ethical Oil™ goes to market no matter who we have to call terrorists to get it there.
Do not even get me started on this stupid Conservative obsession with Trudeau’s neat little quip about being “resourceful.” They act like the guy declared war on the oil sands, instead of, you know like Mr. O’Toole has said, promoting DIVERSITY in the economy, because diversity means more than just having pipelines up the wazoo.
The Conservatives have a long way to go to seem credible again, and honestly, they need better O’Tooles than this if they’re going to succeed.
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: Erin O’Toole – the hint is in the name
What is the sound of one hand clapping, Mr. O’Toole? Former Veterans Affairs Minister and current Conservative Public Safety critic Erin O’Toole (Durham) wants you to know that Trudeau should respect Canada’s diverse economy, and not champion some…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Clowns Go After the Veterans Again
Oh no. Not Erin O'Toole. Not Stephen Harper's shiny tool. Again.Why it seems like it was just yesterday that he was making an absolute fool of himself, claiming that marijuana doesn't help veterans with PTSD, and that it's dangerous.Despite considerable evidence to the contrary.Now he's going after veterans with PTSD again,
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