Gawd. It’s a horrible thought eh? But when I think about the homophobic porker Charles “Bloater” McVety these days, I can’t help thinking of the Con teabagger Tim “Hoo Hoo” Hudak.Because after reading McVety’s grotesque ad in the National Pos…
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Impolitical: Fun with Jim Flaherty’s debt lessons
Mucho chutzpah from Jim Flaherty today: …Flaherty told the Tory blue lunch crowd that Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty’s government has doubled the debt.Before the Liberal government came to power, the surplus was $117 million, said Flaherty, who is …
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: ON Election Fact Check: NDP spending least, PC spending most
In this new article, Tim Hudak claims that the NDP is a “big spending” party. Let’s look at the facts.
Both the PCs and Liberals have committed to spending almost $2 billion dollars on another wave of corporate tax cuts. But the PCs go further by comm…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: If the Tax Man Cometh, Please Light the Lamp
On Tuesday night of this week, I took part in a town hall meeting, via the telephone, with John Gerretson, a cabinet minister in the McGuinty government.Gerretson happens to be my MPP in Kingston, though his “wired” gathering was not for a Kingston aud…
Continue readingTrashy's World: Ontario PCs stabbing each other with glee…
When I was a municipal pol back in the day, I didn’t have a whole lot of use for MPP Eves, but he did watch out for his constituents – much like Norm Sterling did. So it is a shame that Hudak’s right-hand hick man sees it fit to slam one of their own… BTW […]
Continue readingImpolitical: Green energy and the last week of the campaign
As we get closer to the election, the uncertainty that is being caused by Tim Hudak’s opposition to both Ontario’s Green Energy Act and the Samsung deal that brings renewable energy investment to the province is getting some renewed attention. Nothing …
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: The Morning After
Last night was the lone televised debate of the Ontario election campaign. With the vote too close to call, a lot was riding on it, and after last night……not a heck of a lot changed. I have a hard time seeing how anyone would actually change their …
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: The Truth about Tim: Hudak outright lies he called hard-working Ontario citizens "foreign"
Tim’s record speaks for itself:
Continue readingImpolitical: Cancelling contracts in the Ontario election
It’s a theme in this election. Seen most recently in the Liberal move to cancel the power plant in Mississauga. A few points on that here…First, it should be noted that this is not something that was cooked up 11 days before the election, as it was p…
Continue readingPample the Moose: Camera-test your ties – Ontario Leader’s Debate Edition
So, despite a deep-seated desire not to inflict pain on myself, I tuned in this evening to the Ontario election leader’s debate. To make this a productive hour and a half, I also set up the ironing board and a stack of 12 shirts. If you don’t feel li…
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Ontario Debates
No one knows who will win the Ontario election, two of the three leaders remain virtual unknowns, and the campaign still lacks a ballot question. Yet somehow, without warning, Ontario finds itself just 9 sleeps away from Voting Day.So tonight’s debate …
Continue readingthe reeves report: Taking election polls with a grain of salt
In advance of the leader’s debate tonight, two competing polls have come out in recent days that indicate both PC leader Tim Hudak and Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty are leading in voter intentions. This means two things: that this race is likely closer than anyone anticipated two months ago, and that polls are worth what … Continue reading »
Continue readingthe reeves report: Parking taxes and road tolls: the politics of misdirection
I have an important announcement for all political parties – not every comment made by every individual opposition candidate can or should be used as a stand-in for opposition policy as a whole. Because people are not dumb, they see through it, and you end up looking silly. Case in point: a press release came … Continue reading »
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Sometimes You Just Have To Hold Your Nose
I always try to be completely honest in everything that I write for this blog. If I see reason for praise, I acknowledge it, sadly a rare occurrence. Most commonly I am extremely critical of the issues and people that I write about. One of most freq…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Another Word Tim Hudak Should Avoid on the Campaign Trail: Cronyism
Tim Hudak is on the campaign trail accusing the McGuinty government of “cronyism”. I thought this was a dangerous path for Hudak to take, given the fact that his former boss and current mentor, Mike Harris, had made cronyism an art form.A friend shared…
Continue readingthe reeves report: TVO is taking election coverage to impressive new levels
TVOntario has decided it won’t take voter apathy lying down. Not when Steve Paikin can do something about it. That’s why Ontario’s own TVO has ramped up its coverage of the 2011 provincial election to be the most comprehensive the network has ever attempted. Alongside Paikin’s nightly news show The Agenda with Steve Paikin is … Continue reading »
Continue readingthe reeves report: Horwath downplays coalition talk; asks Toronto Council to halt TTC cuts
Anyone hoping that a recent plea from provincial NDP leader Andrea Horwath to Toronto City Council to hold off on transit cuts will make a difference is kidding themselves. Or the have a lot more faith in Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s desire to listen to left-wing politicians than I do. According to Horwath as reported … Continue reading »
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Look Out! Tim Hudak is Running With Scissors
If there are three words that will warm the blood of the New Right and their corporate pals, they are “cutting red tape”.The picture to the left was published on June 3, 2003, with the caption:Determined to cut red tape and reduce the regulatory b…
Continue readingNow There’s a Comforting Thought…
That Ubercon wet dream of Stevie Spiteful’s that he went all ga ga giddy over at Mayor Boss Hogg’s hootenanny last summer that was videotaped. Yanno, that video that the Cons seem to feverishly keep chasing their tails, trying to keep it off the intertoobz without much success. Well, boys ‘n’ girls, here . . . → Read More: Now There’s a Comforting Thought…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Forbidden Tory Video Available Here
Thanks to Impolitical for the link to this video:Recommend this Post
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