Tag: Musings

They dressed up bigotry and hate with lots of fancy words, as I recall. But it was still bigotry and hate. Ignatieff’s one-time speechwriter isn’t in any way a far-Right lunatic, of course. But I won’t link to his recent error-ridden, appalling anti-Catholic op-ed in the Globe. For the same reason

So, here’s what you should know about Ipsos’ ability to win the election-prediction sweepstakes. Forum, Ekos, et al.: don’t trust IVR. .

[I’m outside Toronto, in a small convenience store. A man in a uniform, holding a clipboard, is sternly addressing a young man about propane gas storage.] Officious official: And what is your emergency response procedure, please? Young man: Hey, Mom _ what do we do when something goes wrong? .

This. I don’t believe it, myself, but it’s fun to play with I guess. My take, in easy-to-digest bullets: No one is paying attention at all. The people who are paying attention find the choices uninspiring. None of the parties have much money to spend. All of the parties are

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…and has “barely established a beachhead.” Ouch.  Being dissed in an auto magazine.  John Tory has arrived. “Of course, we can probably take this talk of an imminent invasion with a grain of salt; save for the German luxury marques, our Continental cousins have proven woefully inept at plundering North

It was Kathleen Wynne’s campaign event, but it was also a testament to Stephen Harper’s political skills. Let us explain. There the Ontario Liberal leader was, on Wednesday: in a Toronto–area classroom, a gaggle of smiling kindergarten kids gathered behind her. She was there to announce something or the other,

Ontario Popular Vote Tightens as Liberals Rally (34%) to Within Two Points of Tories (36%), NDP Soften (23%) But Likely Turnout Shows Motivated PC Voters (41%) Delivering Big at the Ballot Box over Anemic Liberal Voters (29%) and Growing NDP (25%) Verdict: nobody engaged, still, except always-motivated conservatives. .

The Warren Haters had a momentary adrenalin rush, there, thinking that my years-long relationship with Sun News was coming to an end, didn’t they? (Go suck an egg, Glen MacGregor.) They still keep me around, however, and they haven’t censored me yet.  They’re mostly conservatives, and therefore mostly wrong about

Matt Elliott, Metro: “Since day one of his campaign, John Tory has been crystal clear that the major focus of his campaign is the Yonge Street Relief Line subway — otherwise known as the DRL. I guess now we can assume he was just kidding. Yesterday, Tory revealed that his actual priority isn’t a

…he went and dropped his Number One Priority! Fun little silent video prepared by some T.O. students who (clearly) aren’t big fans of John. .

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WYNNE, MARKHAM: “I’m not going to pre-empt the decision of people on June 12. I’m just not going to do that. I am going to spend the next 16 days, or 15 and a 3/4 days talking to people about what we need in this province in order for the

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Hey look, Flip-Floppin’ John Tory: Olivia Chow’s ad about you is running on TV! .

  Remember his “Number One Priority©” – the subway relief line? How he would say, over and over, it was “number one”? And how he’d even attack other candidates for not having the same priority? Well, guess what? In just the past few minutes, we have all learned that John

Franklin D. Roosevelt had the very best line of all. “Judge me,” said the 32nd U.S. President, “by the enemies I have made.” It’s true, too. Politics is sort of the opposite of real life: in the political game, you are measured not so much by the quantity of friends

John Tory is a no-show. A mayoralty candidate debate is going on, right now, with the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada debate. And Tory isn’t there. Reminds me of this: .

Why? Why, why, why would this smart woman meet with this wholly discredited man? The question remains, and I guarantee you it will be asked: if Kathleen Wynne (rightly) refused to meet with Rob Ford, who (wrongly) hasn’t been charged yet with any offence…why did she meet with Fontana last

I was out of town, but my eldest son walked it, too.