Centrist politics ain’t dead – in Alberta or elsewhere
Sarah Palin North got beaten, badly. The PC leader who impressed me so much, months ago, won big. Quick takes: Rod Love has gone into hiding. A hole has been…
Musings
In today’s Sun: why cons are winning
But that’s just politics. When Canadians are probed about their attitudes and identities — the deep-down, emotional stuff that doesn’t easily lend itself to words, but which drives political choices…
Meanwhile, back at Yale, Adam Goldenberg is furiously tweeting about the merits of separatism
In the future, if you are to look up the dictionary definition of “idiotic,” this will be one of the examples offered up.
Sigh
Speaking for me, myself and I, a election would’ve been quite acceptable. We would have won a majority, and the Ontario PCs would have been reduced to third-party status. Also,…
Wild-eyed (not Wildrose) prediction: Redford remains Premier
Wildrose has been dropping sharply since the bozone layer eruptions began. The PCs now own Edmonton, and the huge Wildrose lead in Calgary has vanished. Rural Alberta is rural Alberta:…
More from the Wildrose bozone layer
I love it when conservatives give writing tips, and then misspell two key words in three sentences: Hey Kinsella: You would make a great writer for the National Enquire. Have…
Conservatives love Big Tobacco
This story, about the loathsome Bev Oda’s willingness to blow the equivalent of most Canadians’ monthly pay on herself, reminded me of this unforgettable photo: Isn’t that gross? What a…
Ontario election?
The Ontario PCs are voting for one. The Ontario NDs keep issuing ransom note demands, and hold rallies to call for an election. Ontario doesn’t want or need an election.…
Another Wildrose Bozone Eruption
Here, courtesy of GC.
In today’s Sun: Danielle Smith, kook
Harper didn’t just win by uniting the right, however. He did something else, too. For a decade, Chretien defeated conservatives by highlighting every boneheaded, xenophobic utterance by (mostly) Reform Party…
In today’s Sun: Alberta’s Sarah Palin, kook
Danielle Smith, the former TV talking head now propped atop the Alberta Wildrose Alliance Party, should have heeded Harper’s lesson. When she had a chance to do so, Smith could…
Up at the lake
It’s cold and rainy, but I’m here with Son One, Two and Three, plus two big labs. It’s perfect. One downer: gas cap was off the boat when we got…
Let’s make this simple for Jen Gerson and Stephen Taylor
1. All political parties attract their fair share of idiots and extremists. 2. It happens on both Right and Left. 3. When the media or the public bring idiocy/extremism in…
The National Post’s Jen Gerson doesn’t think Wildrose extremism matters
Alberta voters, apparently, have a different view. Wildrose has got wasted vote in rural areas; the PCs have vote where it matters most, on the seat count. The final weekend…
Alberta’s Sarah Palin defends candidates who say whites better, gays will burn in Hell
Right here. (But, whatever you do, National Post’s Jen Gerson, don’t cover that!)
The Wildrose cabinet: Jen Gerson, don’t read this
Jen Gerson thinks it’s “fear mongering” to take a look at the public record of Wildrose extremists, such as the one who has called for David Suzuki’s murder. That’s a…
Wildrose activist calls for murder of David Suzuki
…the same Wildrose delegate, Richard Evans, who mocks Holocaust victims, and promotes the neo-Nazi Stormfront web site. Here’s an exchange between Evans and Kate MacMillan of Small Dead Animals, who…
We don’t want an Ontario election, but we’ll be ready for it if it happens
…we may well win it, too. It’ll be interesting, next week:
Cancer Bats – Old Blood
My daughter loves them, so do I. So we went to a sold-out all ages show at the fabbo Parts and Labour on Queen West this week, and the Cancer…
How’s that strategy of playing footsie with Harper working out for you, Premier Clark?
Not too good, I think, but perhaps you have a different take.