A great read from Lawrence Martin today, c/o the Tyee and iPolitics. Also this very funny cartoon: The Tyee – The Tories’ Dirty Tricks Catalogue. Filed under: Progressives Tagged: Harper, Lawrence Martin, Robocalls
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Politics and its Discontents: The Star Continues Digging into Tory Voter Suppression Crimes
While Canada’s so-called newspaper of record continues doing only a perfunctory job in its coverage of the voter suppression crimes that may very well have affected the outcome of the last federal election, The Toronto Star continues to dig deeply and widely, bringing readers a very comprehensive picture of what
Continue readingImpolitical: In the robo-call affair, the law will work as intended
Oh for the love of…“In the robo-call affair, time and the law favour the Tories.” It’s not like it’s a mission or anything around here to blog about John Ibbitson columns, but if we must, a quick response. This column is mal-titled, for starters. Is that a word? Anyway, while
Continue readingHelena Guergis lesson to Michael Sona: you can’t fight ’em once they’ve thrown you under the bus
“Holy shit Helena, what do I do now?” “Shut up and eat it.” You have to feel for Michael Sona. We don’t know if he’s guilty or not, much in the same way we still don’t really know the facts about Helena Guergis’ fall from Conservative grace. Stephen Harper gave
Continue readingL. Ian MacDonald wanks: "Even if there were robocalls, Stephen Harper won fair and square"
MacDonald relaxes at home I, L. Jymn Parrett, almost spit a mouth full of Cazadores over my PC reading that headline from Postmedia. The lede is just as good: “Dirty tricks are nothing new in politics. Sometimes they’re even part of the fun.” I realize that modern journalism is like
Continue readingThis Just in: Conservative Government Votes No-Confidence in Elections Canada
Thanks to Glen McGregor of the Ottawa Citizen I made my way to this article, which seems to be an editorial. It’s amazing that the Conservatives show complete contempt for this body, the very body that oversees elections in our country. I probably shouldn’t be too surprised though, since it
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Robocon Scandal — UPDATE
An update to the continuing Robocon Scandal… Former Conservative Party of Canada/Harper government staffer, Michael Sona, has broken his silence and is denying any involvement in the robocalls that misdirected/misinformed voters in the Ontario riding of Guelph during the 2011 Canadian federal election. Michael Sona is also urging the guilty
Continue readingImpolitical: Pierre Poutine to committee, please
Some of the latest developments this afternoon in the robocalls scandal… There was a bit of a heated exchange between Bob Rae and Harper in the House of Commons today on the robocoon issue. Worth a look to get a sense of how Mr. Harper in particular is reacting. Quel
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Sound of Subversion – A Robocall Recorded
So this is what subversion sounds like. The Star has obtained a voice recording of one of the fake calls in Guelph, giving instructions to the recipient to go to the wrong polling station. What is that old saying about the banality of evil? Recommend this Post
Continue readingWho is Pierre Poutine, Separatist Street, Joliette, Que?
If you want confirmation that this RoboCon scandal originated with the actions of a Conservative, look no further than this bit of news. Who else would use such a French derogatory name and address but a Con? The “Pierre Poutine” phone was activated April 30, two days before the election,
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Harper Conservatives: A Scapegoat For Every Occasion
I just finished reading a thoughtful piece by Michael Ignatief’s former chief speechwriter, Adam Goldenberg, suggesting that those Tory functionaries who are scapegoated for the government’s crimes often good on to their reward – reinstatement within the party hierarchy. A reposting of a reader’s comment following the article speaks volumes:
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: For Anyone Inclined to Give Harper The Benefit Of The Doubt…
I urge you to read Lawrence Martin’s damning assessment of his dirty operations. Recommend this Post
Continue readingFar and Wide: This Fire Has Embers
Ibbitson states the obvious to a certain extent, the Conservative strategy appears to be banking on this robocall storm simply blowing itself out. Hardly a new tactic, the Conservatives are masters at riding out controversy, knowing full well that today’s media climate is immediate, attention spans non existent, what looks
Continue readingImpolitical: RCMP on the robocalls case
The lead story on the CTV national news last night was this: “RCMP investigates voter fraud allegations.” Interesting video report at the link where, among other things, a friend of former Conservative staffer Michael Sona is quoted. Yesterday Postmedia had details on a search warrant issued in November requiring production
Continue readingPower & Politics question of the day: "Does ‘Vikileaks’ undermine Liberal credibility on robocalls?" When will this false equivalence end?
CK of Sister Sage’s Musings has a wonderful post asking why Bob Rae apologized for Vikileaks. Good question but what hit me hardest about the post was this gem regarding a poll question from Evan Solomon’s Power & Politics. The question asks: “Does ‘Vikileaks’ undermine Liberal credibility on robocalls?” What? That
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Robocon Scandal continues…
It started off with just a few robocalls… Now, it seems that there were thousands of robocalls and/or live calls designed to misinform/misdirect/insult/intimidate, etc. certain Canadian voters and these robocalls and/or live calls were made to specific ridings. It started off with just a few ridings… At last count, it
Continue readingWhy Did Bob Rae Apologize?
Indeed! Why the hell did you, Mr. Rae? So it was a Liberal staffer behind the Twitter moniker of vikileaks. So? Glad someone was fighting back. Also, once again, with feeling, boys ‘n’ girls, @vikileaks didn’t use documents that weren’t already public record. In fact, anyone who would bother
Continue readingImpolitical: Harper strategy unfolds
Having just watched Question Period, we can see a bit of the Harper strategy in dealing with this election cheating scandal unfold. Recall that this is the Prime Minister who ran away from a confidence vote that was sure to defeat his government, in late fall of 2008, and who
Continue readingTrashy's World: It seems like the Cons were using Robocalls everywhere…
… except for one riding – Parry Sound/Muskoka – where they got their votes in the 2011 election the old-fashioned way. They bought them. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingQuote of the day from Mike Duffy: "[Robogate] frankly burns my butt, because the dirty tricksters are at it and I don’t think anybody in politics like this."
Duffy poses with his Oscar If you can get past the image of Mike Duffy’s butt burning, this is the perfect Conservative take on anything, let alone during the caught-with-their-pants-down Conservative Robogate scandal. Blame “third parties”. Anyone or anything but the Conservative party. “I don’t believe it was the Conservative
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