Big news this week for the Harper campaign watchers—uber political strategist Lynton Crosby joined the Harper campaign team. Why this is news now and not when Crosby started working with the Harper team in March is a mystery, but never mind. Mr Crosby has a stellar record. He brought John
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Montreal Simon: Stephen Harper’s New and Absurd Politics of Fear
Well there was Stephen Harper yesterday, trying to show he's really a nice guy, by releasing a lobster over the side of a fishing boat.But of course for the real story of that photo-op, you'd have to read this account of that media nightmare. To understand that in Harperland nothing is
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Lynton Crosby: Canada, he’s not here for you
Lynton Crosby, The Wizard of Oz: Not here for you He’s only here for one man: Stephen Harper, as cloned by the Wizard of Oz
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Canadian rights groups demand a stronger Canadian response to the Syrian refugee crisis
Amnesty International and 11 other rights and refugee groups have released a comprehensive set of recommendations that should form the basis of Canada’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis. The post Canadian rights groups demand a stronger Canadian response to the Syrian refugee crisis appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Is the Con’s Australian Attack Dog Violating Our Election Laws?
When the story broke that the Australian attack dingo Lynton Crosby was working for the Cons, I was struck by how angrily the political thugs in the PMO reacted.The Con flak Kory Teneycke tried to play down the news, claiming first that Crosby was not here, and then that all
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Desperate Stephen Harper and the Ghastly Bigot of Oz
It couldn't be more desperate or more absurd or more obscene. And the timing couldn't be worse. Just as Stephen Harper seems to be bowing to public pressure, and preparing to finally do something to help desperate Syrian refugees. The Conservatives, after continued criticism they are not doing enough to address the Syrian
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Thomas Mulcair comes to Edmonton bringing the promise of flinty eyed fixes to our national malaise
PHOTOS: NDP supporters lined up to take selfies with the man they hope will be the next prime minister of Canada. And if Thomas Mulcair wasn’t available, as below, there was always his bearded visage on the side of a bus for a selfie. Bottom: Mr. Mulcair, still smiling, as
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Harper’s new Australian spin doctor is a raging anti-immigrant racist
Stephen Harper has hired Lynton Crosby, a racist Australian “master of dog whistle politics”, to reboot the Conservatives’ faltering 2015 federal election campaign. The post Harper’s new Australian spin doctor is a raging anti-immigrant racist appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
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