RoboCon, RoboGate and/or RoboCalls,… Listening to the various CPC RoboPosters this whole RoboScandal is some massive diabolical Liberal/Dipper/Anarchist/OccupyWallStr. Drum Circle conspiracy to make Harper and the CPC look bad. So lets see if you can make sense of this Liberal/Dipper/Anarchist/OccupyWallStr. Drum Circle conspiracy works. Liberal/Dipper/Anarchist/Occupy Drum Circle operative buys a
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BigCityLib Strikes Back: Robocon Update: How The CPoC Stiffed Sona
It was already common knowledge that the notion of Mike Sona’s involvement in the Robocon affair was pushed by Conservative Party sources. This bit from Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher’s latest makes clear the exact path by which the rumour was transmitted: Sona, who was director of communications for the Burke campaign,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: RoboCon: Journalism Failure at the Globe
Read this article by Ibbitson, who tries to make the case that the Conservative’s latest defender has a good point. Go to the Globe. Now read my article about catching Giorno in a lie, about Sona of all people. Tell me I didn’t just blow Ibbitson’s position on Giorno’s claims
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: RoboCon: National Post Catches Up to Saskboy RE: CIMS
Five days later. It’s good that the professional journalists have got around to asking the question I did days ago: Why doesn’t Elections Canada just check the Conservative’s voter information database (CIMS) for who queried the phone numbers used for illegal robocalls? Do you think they will, now that the
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: RoboCon: “So dumb”
WARNING: The following is a disclaimer provided by Kady O’Malley, regarding the story within this blog post: “I’m sorry, but this is SO dumb” “Tories demand Liberals release call records – but refuse to follow suit“ The Conservatives are playing poker. “Liberals will release election phone records” Bluff called. What’s
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On subtle effects
I’m not the first to make the point, but I’ll briefly wade into the Frank Graves vs. Nik Nanos debate over Robocon by noting why this may be a scandal which may have far more of an impact on Canadians’ perceptions than prorogation or contempt of Parliament. In those cases,
Continue readingImpolitical: Conservative MP blames Elections Canada
Today, straight out of the mouth of a Conservative MP: “Tory MP says Elections Canada to blame for robocalls.” “I suspect that at the end of the day, if Elections Canada has the resources to do a proper investigation, they’ll find they’re themselves significantly responsible,” Saskatchewan MP Maurice Vellacott said
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Robocon: The Wisdom of the People
Harper’s new Tories are running for cover while throwing everything they can think of up as explanations for the voter suppression complaints, hoping to distract Canadians from the ever-increasing evidence that skullduggery on a large scale was afoot.Today, in the 2 pm newscast, the CBC revealed that a Forum poll
Continue readingJohn Ibbitson shames himself in the Conservative daily Globe & Mail
Itchy and Scratchy The Globe & Mail is a terrible newspaper. It was once highly regarded but has fallen into disrepute. Only if you are a Conservative or a right-wing operative would you even consider the Globe to be the ‘newspaper of record’. In fact, the newspaper has become the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Canada’s ‘Newspaper of Record" Continues Its Defense Of Harper
The Globe’s John Ibbitson says the Harper regime wasn’t behind the voter suppression crimes because, well, because Guy Giorno and Stephen Harper say they didn’t do it. Seems like it isn’t just the Conservative Party that has contempt for the intelligence of Canadians. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A New Tory Fantasy Excuse For Robocalls
He may not have anything else going for him, but at least Conservative backbencher Maurice Vellacott has a rich imagination. Recommend this Post
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Robocon: Bob Rae has 15 days to protect Canada’s democracy by stopping the clock
The clock is ticking and there are less than three weeks to go (around 15 days as of today) before voters lose their right to appeal to the courts under the Canada Elections Act to upset the results of the May 2 election in at least 27 ridings. And Bob
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: More On Voter Suppression
The Globe has some interesting letters today on the voter suppression crimes of the last election. Of particular note is the first one, by an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria, who attended a campaign school presentation in which instructors “made it clear that robo-calling and voter suppression were
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Frank Graves notes that for all the spin from the Cons and their enablers about public acquescience in program slashing, there’s actually another issue taking centre stage among Canadian voters: (I)f people prefer spending cuts to increased taxes and debt, they prefer “investment”
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: RoboCon: Rough Week For Democracy
I know it’s going to be a rough week for the Conservatives, when there are election-levels of traffic coming to my blog for political information. I don’t know when I’ve had so many hundreds come through liblogs.ca, of all places, to my site. And that’s on the weekend! Canadians don’t
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: The Worst Scandal in Canadian History
We’re in the worst scandal in Canadian history. Stephen Harper was first elected in 2006 because Canadians were outraged over the sponsorship scandal. The Conservatives were not chosen because they were the best, but because the Liberals were the worst. Today opposition parties are focusing on the Robocall scandal, because
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Election Fraud Suspects Joke About Election Fraud
Do you think the Conservative Party used Robocalls to commit election fraud? If Yes, Press 1. If No, we’re sorry to have called you again Mr.Mulroney. Can election fraud be funny? Yes. Is making fun of election fraud in the house of commons by someone who is accused of election
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Del Mastro: ‘Robocalls? Sure. Ridings exist? You’re crazy.’
On a February 28th episode of CBC’s Power & Politics Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro announced his party was investigating the Robocall Scandal; on that same show he went on to say he was not only not aware of possible fraud in a certain riding, but that he was unaware
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your pre-debate reading. – Dave connects a few more dots as to who’s behind Robocon. Guy Giorno helpfully acknowledges that the Cons were supposed to have business-style processes to avoid the exact kind of electoral fraud that’s been discovered across Canada – signalling both that they’re indeed
Continue readingHey Rob Anders, it’s your party which is the party of Putin
Peas in a pod Like the Conservatives’ voter suppression tactics during the last federal election in Canada, it looks like Russia’s governing party also rigged the vote. No surprise there, seeing the inherent similarities in the two parties and its two leaders.
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