OTTAWA–It's been a jarring few weeks for the Conservatives with climb-downs and flip-flops on everything from the national anthem to contraception.http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/783134--tories-tripped-up-by-flip-flops-tantrums
In Parliament, the Conservatives also initially bucked a motion to crack down on political mailings, mocked an NDP motion to put limits on prorogation, and continue their battle with opposition MPs seeking to view documents on the detention of Afghan detainees.
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Hard Tory Times
Bruce Champion-Smith looks over the past few weeks for the Tories. It has been very hard for them. Wasting time on changing the national anthem and not including contraception in their plans for hosing the G20 nations. A new motion was set to have the speaker find three ministers in contempt of Parliament. Stephen Harper has to start re-portraying himself as a strong leader if he wants to regain even more support. If not, people are going to abandon him.
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Only a blind partisan in denial would suggest that the Tory troubles are worse than the current issues in the Lib. camp.
ReplyDeleteonly an anonymous fool would make such a statement without providing empirical proof. Anonymous being my example
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ReplyDelete"We look like fools," one Liberal MP said privately.
ReplyDeleteRead more: http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/03/24/david-akin-liberals-rue-abortion-debacle.aspx#ixzz0j81rPot7
Wow Roy, links without an argument. Maybe you and anonymous can come together and provide a point.
ReplyDeleteBTW you keep the tories looking like fools everyday you type your spellink.
MP- We look like fools.
ReplyDeleteMP-clown city
*Liberals rue abortion debacle..
*Liberal Leader takes blame for Commons confusion..
*Michael Ignatieff's abortion fixation..
*Thinkers conference or 'academic fantasyland'? ..
*'Liberal weakness' pushes Tories ahead in poll ..
*Rebels Liberals face punishment..
*Michael Ignatieff surveys damage
in Liberal 'clown city'
All headlines, all real.
Yup Gene no problems on the good ship Liberal.
A note for times like this: Dec 09, 2008
ReplyDeleteThe Liberals want to have a new leader in place before the end of the year, so they can prepare for a possible showdown with the Tories in Parliament early next year.
Rae had wanted all Liberal members to vote on the leadership. But the party’s national executive decided they would have a vote that only included MPs, senators, riding association presidents, club presidents, and defeated candidates. They also decided it would be on Dec. 17 – not enough time for Rae to organize a significant challenge to Ignatieff, who already had the support of support.
“I learned how to count a while ago,” Rae joked on CTV’s Mike Duffy Live. “I drew a conclusion that said it was time to pack it in.”
Liberal Sen. Céline Hervieux-Payette, who participated in the conference call, was reportedly furious over the process by which Ignatieff will take power, Fife said.
“This will destroy the Liberal Party, I’m devastated by what this will do to the party, they don’t understand anything about democracy,” she said, according to notes obtained by Fife.
Could the Liberal party be more screwed up and fractured?
ReplyDeleteYou bet, we ain't seen nothing yet.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
"Wasting time on changing the national anthem and not including contraception in their plans for hosing the G20 nations. A new motion was set to have the speaker find three ministers in contempt of Parliament. Stephen Harper has to start re-portraying himself as a strong leader if he wants to regain even more support. If not, people are going to abandon him."
ReplyDeleteAnd yet the Conservatives went up in the polls again. And you Liberals went down...mmm, mmm, mmm.