Tag Archives: Conservative Hypocrisy

RMR: The Harper Misdirection Method

So effective, you’ll believe it yourself! And seeing as we touched briefly on “literacy tests” and such yesterday, here’s a little civics lesson from Rick Mercer explaining “How Parliament Works” and what parliamentarians do:

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Tora! Tora! Tora!

In the spirit of co-operation and reaching out to other parties in the House during this time of economic crisis, the Conservatives have decided to… ATTACK!!! It seems that’s all these pathological nitwits know how to do. On Tuesday, the … Continue reading

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Stephen Hypocrite

The Dear Leader… hoisted on his own petard. h/t: Impolitical Update: Enjoy the apostasy! Olaf is in fine form with this one.

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Tory Tape Worms

These gormless, unethical nitwits really shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near recording devices of any sort. The NDP says it may pursue criminal charges after the Conservatives covertly listened in, taped and distributed audio of a closed-door NDP strategy session. Priceless. … Continue reading

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Attention: Conservative Hypocrites

To all of those Tory supporters fuming with outrage at the possible “overthrow” of Harper’s minority government in an “undemocratic coup” and who are especially aggrieved at the thought of the Bloc’s participation in a progressive coalition government, please read … Continue reading

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“No More Sitting on Our Hands”

Good. It’s about time. Make or break, Libs… If you take a fall on this one, you’ll effectively be signing your own death warrant. Liberal MP Michael Ignatieff, the presumed front runner in the race to succeed Mr. Dion, and … Continue reading

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Yer Deficit Battlin’ “Conservatives”

Gosh darn those profligate, high-flyin’ Conservatives… Some federal travellers can’t seem to get to London, England, for less than $6,000, even though economy seats were available for $1,000 to $2,000. In our analysis of 60,000 travel records over four years, … Continue reading

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“It’s Completely Different”

Well of course it is, silly. It only looks like the kind of pricey vote-buying that Stephen Harper pledged to avoid this campaign. (A pledge that he made after having already unloaded $20 billion in goodies over the last couple … Continue reading

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Filed under 2008 Canadian Election, Conservative Party of Canada

Stephen Harper: On Negative Ads

I thought it might be instructive at this early juncture in the election campaign to take a little trip down memory land and see what Stephen Harper had to say earlier this year about “negative advertising” in politics. Earlier in … Continue reading

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Already Counting Their Chickens

What an amusing thing to say. Aren’t these the same folks that have been sanctimoniously nattering on forever about the supposed “arrogance” of the Liberals and of anyone who backs them? And yet, here they are, already declaring victory with … Continue reading

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