14 Cons conned voters from US Front Porch Strategies

Looks like Stephen Harper and his puppet, the hapless Dean Del Mastro, have been caught in yet another lie. Fourteen Conservatives have been found to have used an Ohio telemarketer, the amusingly-named Front Porch Strategies (emphasis mine). The prime minister and his parliamentary secretary, Peterborough MP Dean Del Mastro, claimed

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31,000 Robo-call complaints. 31,000!

“No, this is not a Robo-call. I’m a real human being. Don’t hang up! Fudge, that keeps happening.” That number will surely grow larger. Elections Canada assures it can handle the growing number of complaints. I’m wondering if EC can also be independent enough to withstand pressure from the Conservatives.

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Globe & Mail dips its toes into Robogate

Globe & Mail editorial office The Globe & Mail, that dusty old Miss Havisham of a newspaper, has been notably silent on the Robogate scandal, dancing around it like a wounded Dervish. It has yielded the floor to another Conservative publication, the National Post of all papers, to take the

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Globe & Mail dips its toes into Robogate

Globe & Mail editorial office The Globe & Mail, that dusty old Miss Haversham of a newspaper, has been notably silent on the Robogate scandal, dancing around it like a wounded Dervish. It has yielded the floor to another Conservative publication, the National Post of all papers, to take the

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Power & 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

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