John Stewart – love the guy. Kevin O’Leary – detest the guy. Blowhards have always rubbed me the wrong way. Happily, the two diametrically opposed personages are together in the following video. Spoiler alert: John Stewart wins as he exposes O’Leary’s venality and hypocrisy, traits that seem endemic amongst “his
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Montreal Simon: Welcome to the Andrew Scheer and Kevin O’Leary Show!!
I've tried to describe how Andrew Scheer must be feeling these days, but words and pictures seem so inadequate.How can I possibly convey the depth of his despair, or his growing panic?Especially now that John Ivison has revealed that some of Scheer's Cons are already sharpening their knives, and that
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 readingIn This Corner: The Return of Stuff Happens, week 15: O’Leary out; the return of softwood lumber
Just as Conservatives across the country were about to begin voting for their next leader, one of the front runners threw a wrench into the works. Kevin O’Leary, the bombastic TV star (sort of a hairless, much smarter Donald Trump), pulled out of the race, causing a collective jaw drop
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: O’Leary’s Out
Kevin O’Leary has dropped out of the Conservative leadership race because, he says, he can’t get support in Quebec. That was obvious on the day he announced his candidacy. Even though he was born in Montreal, he never lived outside Quebec’s Anglophone bubble. But, Paul Wells writes, there is another
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Kevin O’Leary and the Death of the Harper Party
Kevin O'Leary is said to be leading the Con leadership race by a comfortable margin. Even though he won't commit to remaining Con leader, unless Canadians give him a majority.This is balls to the wall. I can’t do what I need to do in this country without a majority mandate. I can’t cast
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 readingMontreal Simon: Now Can We Call the Cons the Bigot Party?
Yesterday was the deadline for the Con leadership candidates to sign up new members. And as you can imagine, as the clock ran out on them, it was not a pretty sight. The stench of desperation hung heavy in the air, and the squealing was deafening.But at least they did manage to provide even more proof
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rona Ambrose, the Budget, and the Scandalous Cons
I almost felt sorry for Rona Ambrose yesterday, as she tried to say something intelligent about the Liberal's new budget. Only to fail miserably.And end up looking, once again, like the village idiot. Claiming that Liberal spending was out of control, and that it was a "nightmare scenario."Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Clown Leadership Scandal Just Got Worse
In one of my last posts I wrote that the Con leadership race was starting to look like a crime story.And I suggested that it might be time to call in the police.Or at the very least the Keystone Cops.Because that grubby leadership race is becoming more and more farcical.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why the Police Should Investigate The Con Leadership Race
The other day I warned that the Con leadership race was becoming more desperate and more porky by the day.With so many mediocre candidates, and no new ideas. And now to make matters even worse, the suffocating stench of scandal.With Kevin O'Leary aka Mr Wonderful, claiming he was robbed.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Leadership Race Is Now a Stinky Scandal
It's a horrible sight, it sounds bestial. Oinky, oinky, honky honk!!!!And it smells even worse. But who can be surprised?As the never ending Con leadership race heads towards the final stretch, the stench of porky is in the air.And the most disgusting leadership campaign in modern Canadian history is in danger of gassing itself.Read
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: O’Leary Doesn’t Get It
Kevin O’Leary skipped the last Conservative leadership debate. Instead, he held his own event at a near by hotel. Brent Rathgeber writes that, more than anything else, O’Leary’s no show shows that O’Leary is profoundly ignorant about how politics work: O’Leary claims he boycotted the debate because the format, with
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: O’Leary Doesn’t Get It
Kevin O’Leary skipped the last Conservative leadership debate. Instead, he held his own event at a near by hotel. Brent Rathgeber writes that, more than anything else, O’Leary’s no show shows that O’Leary is profoundly ignorant about how politics work: O’Leary claims he boycotted the debate because the format, with
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Clowns and the Voice In Their Heads
It was such a boring show I had to remember to keep breathing. And needless to say I couldn't watch it for more than a few minutes. No sane person could.Although it seems it did have its farcical moments. For there were thirteen of the fourteen Con clown leadership candidates yesterday,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Clowns and the Voice In Their Heads
It was such a boring show I had to remember to keep breathing. And needless to say I couldn't watch it for more than a few minutes. No sane person could.Although it seems it did have its farcical moments. For there were thirteen of the fourteen Con clown leadership candidates yesterday,
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Leadership Race Becomes Even More Bizarre
Tonight the Con leadership candidates, all fourteen of them, will converge on the Roger's Centre in Edmonton for the last debate of their long and dismal campaign. And already things are going horribly wrong. In fact, to borrow a line from the Lion in Winter, if pigs could fly there would be pork
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Con Leadership Race Becomes Even More Bizarre
Tonight the Con leadership candidates, all fourteen of them, will converge on the Roger's Centre in Edmonton for the last debate of their long and dismal campaign. And already things are going horribly wrong. In fact, to borrow a line from the Lion in Winter, if pigs could fly there would be pork
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 readingMontreal Simon: Kevin O’Leary, Justin Trudeau, and the Millennial Vote
I must admit I was amused to see Kevin O'Leary claim that he could get most of the millennials in Canada to support him.And make him the country's next prime minister.When every millennial I know thinks he's just another Con clown, who should be flushed like all the others.O'Leary's last chance
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