Rob Anders, back in 2003:Anders, speaking of his Calgary West nomination opponent, Alison Redford, says he is confident he’ll have little trouble rounding up enough party votes to defeat Redford, “unless she’s got some magic support base of people who …
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Pushed to the Left and Loving It: The Canadian Manifesto 11: God, Guns and Gays
Throughout the 1990s, especially the early years, the Canadian Reform Party and the American Republican Party were forging ties, that have proven to be lasting.They share policies, initiatives, staff, and even financing.One name that comes up ofte…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: As Usual, The CBC Is Under Attack By The Right-Wing
I have written before about how I feel that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has, in many ways, sold out to the Conservative Government. Undoubtedly not having understood the sad history of appeasement, they have pursued that profitless course, tr…
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: is rob anders only supportin’ morton? anders loyalists flocking to wildrose.
Proving again why he should never be trusted with the responsibility to stand-in for a cabinet minister at a press conference, Calgary-West Member of Parliament Rob Anders, inappropriately used his time at the podium to boast his support for Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Ted Morton. This is hardly the first time Mr. Anders has displayed […]
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: alberta candidate nomination updates – july 2011 (part 2).
Here are some updates to the list of nominated and declared candidates wanting to stand for their parties in the next provincial election. Calgary-North West: Russell Hillier is seeking the Wildrose nomination. Mr. Hillier is a Constituency Assistant to Calgary-West Conservative MP Rob Anders (who is supportin’ Ted Morton) and is a founding member of […]
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Gary Bauer’s Focus is the Harper Government’s Vision
I Burned my Bra For This? REAL Women of Canada and the Men Behind ThemAnother soldier in the war against American women, who helped to the launch a similar war against Canadian women, is Gary Bauer. Bauer was with the Moral Majority/Religious Right pol…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: When Hatred Goes Mainstream
Jolly Berlin crowds in the brightly-lit Kurfürstendamm nightlife district had more fun last week than these beery, sausage-stuffed revelers have had in months. Well-dressed German women and their swank, duel-scarred escorts vied with shopgirls and mec…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Zombie Youth and the Canadian Property Rights Research Institute
A CULTURE OF DEFIANCE: History of the Reform-Conservative Party of Canada In November of 2009, the Canadian Press learned that a government program designed to recruit the best and brightest from Canada’s universities, had been politicized for partisan…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Harper’s War on Women Was Launched in the USA
A CULTURE OF DEFIANCE: History of the Reform-Conservative Party of Canada “The woman who is truly Spirit-filled will want to be totally submissive to her husband . . . This is a truly liberated woman. Submission is God’s design for women.”BEVERLY LAHAY…
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Poll says Wildrose Alliance within striking distance? Maybe, but don’t bet on it
The Bonneville Slat Flats: The latest Wildrose Alliance poll needs to be taken with the appropriate grain of salt. Below: Kathryn Marshall, Hamish Marshall, Vitor Marciano.WINNIPEGHere in Manitoba, it takes a little longer for news from Alberta to make…
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: a look at the candidates lining up in the race to replace ed stelmach.
The candidates lining up to replace Premier Ed Stelmach as leader of the PC Party have been campaigning for months, yet what should be the hottest political leadership contest of the year has so far been a quiet affair. Will it take the summer months to heat up this contest, or will Albertans wait until […]
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: Two words put the Ruth Ellen Brosseau brouhaha in perspective: ‘Rob Anders’
Above: Ruth Ellen Brosseau in her riding. Below: Rob Anders and Peter Goldring. Need we say more?Since the media has shown such reluctance to let it go, let’s put this whole Ruth Ellen Brosseau brouhaha in perspective.Ms. Brosseau is the young wo…
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