Today’s news: Moving On!!!
With respect to the three conservative leaders that have lost to Prime Minister Trudeau….I just can't resist. #elxn44 #cdnpoli https://t.co/mcD34J1xAb — Bill Oates ?️? (@CaptPolitical) September 21, 2021 When my…
Cathie from Canada
Election Follies and Funnies #30: it’s over (almost)
Well, its all over except the shouting. As Gerry Butts pointed out on CBC, there may well be a few changes yet as the mail-in ballots and recounts get finished…
Election Follies and Funnies #29: decision day
Well, that’s the ball game: My prediction for Sept 20, 2021 Election. @JustinTrudeau Liberals form gov’t for the 3rd time. #Ontario delivers the minority. #BritishColumbia determines whether #Liberals win a…
Election Follies and Funnies #28: Covid Critical Care Stage Fuck!
Here’s today’s good news about the election: The LPC lead in Ontario is so large that I am not even going to report it (will confirm tomorrow ). I am…
Election Follies and Funnies #27: Endorsement-paloosa
First Trudeau gets two high-profile endorsements: Wishing my friend @JustinTrudeau the best in Canada’s upcoming election. Justin has been an effective leader and strong voice for democratic values, and I’m…
Election Follies and Funnies #26: Did Kenney and O’Toole make a deal?
Tonight’s question is whether O’Toole and Kenney had a deal that Kenney would delay imposing yesterday’s Covid health measures until after the Monday vote. In other words, did Conservative electioneering…
Election Follies and Funnies #25: Mulroney’s turn
Forget about a statistical tie. @VoiceOfFranky has an honest-to-god actual tie – to one decimal point! 31.8% each for the #LPC and the #CPC ! #elxn44 pic.twitter.com/aPP6hWumW0 — David Akin…
Election Follies and Funnies #24: Chretien is back!
Chrétien talks about importance of vaccines. Says he’s been vaccinated with various shots for 86 years. On Erin O’Toole- “He is doing something I cannot do – he is speaking…
Election Follies and Funnies #23: some of the good stuff
The polls continue to look positive for the Liberals. But for tonight, I wanted to lead off with this: A very big moment: I voted for the first time in…
Election Follies and Funnies #22: Trudeau’s remarkable speech
Today on the campaign: Trudeau made an impassioned speech about Canadians coming together to help each other out during the pandemic. Singh had a zinger tweet. O’Toole fell on his…
Election Follies and Funnies #21: Trudeau rising
This was not what I was expecting today https://t.co/ELl1vwCNy8 — Stephen Maher (@stphnmaher) September 11, 2021 "Erin O’Toole sits 9 days out likelier than not to lose seats. But hey,…
Election Follies and Funnies #20: "But her emails"
Does anyone else see it this way too? Canadian media: “But her emails!” = “Why did Trudeau call this election?” pic.twitter.com/tfbBl56pSI — Cathie from Canada ?? ??️? (@CathieCanada) September 10,…
Election Follies and Funnies #19: That was a debate???
Twitter is concluding that the Leaders Debate Thursday evening was possibly the worst moderated debate ever seen in the history of the nation. And that’s really too bad — Trudeau…
Election Follies and Funnies #18: I am a Quebecois
Wednesday night was the French leaders debate: #Trudeau with fire in the eye, brought the heat – scalded Blanchet “I am a Quebecois..have always been a Quebecois.. proud to be…
Election Follies and Funnies #17: today’s update
As we wait for the Leaders Debates Wednesday and Thursday, here’s a few interesting tweets for tonight: I see the English debate is shaping up to be a tire fire…
Election Follies and Funnies #16: some fun now
Ain’t we havin’ some fun now? Actually, of course, the increasing violence we are seeing now from the anti-vaxxers and the PPC supporters is not funny at all. Two weeks…
Election Follies and Funnies #15: Flip Flop Man
Editing note: I had to delete a couple of the earlier Follies and Funnies posts because something in them was messing up my blog formatting and I am not sufficiently…
Election Follies and Funnies #14: Today’s Roundup
New Liberal campaign ad: We can’t let Erin O’Toole take Canada backward. Now is the time to move forward. For everyone. pic.twitter.com/LkV3VzNQiM — Liberal Party (@liberal_party) September 4, 2021 #cdnpoli…
Election Follies and Funnies #13: "He’s got a bolt of lightning up his ass tonight!"
Here’s the link to tonight’s Leaders Debate in translation: https://www.cpac.ca/episode?id=f9809cea-1e07-47cd-a94d-2ddd3e1351db# And here are several of tweets I saw about the debate: Blanchet claims that Parliament was working. (I have a…
Election Follies and Funnies #12: "There remains no path for the Conservatives"
“There still remains no path for the Conservatives to government. There wasn’t last week, there isn’t this week, and I’d bet a very large sum of money that there will…