Paul Martin’s communications director dares to say what liberals really think about regular working-class Canadians:
As a result, Paul Martin has had to come out in support of Harper’s plan. Schadenfreude much?
Category: Canada
Every Time You Call an Election, Santa Claus Kills a Kitten
Despite Paul Martin’s invocation of the wrath of Santa Claus as a reason not to campaign over Christmas, Parliament was dissolved yesterday, and Canadians finally have a chance to stick it to the arrogant kleptomaniacs who’ve turned the True North into their private banana republic.
Now polls are showing the Liberals’ popularity falling in, of all places, Ontario.
It’s not that Harper is the second incarnation of Christ or anything. But at least he might actually acknowledge the fact that there exists little tiny bits of Canada west of Mississauga.
Damian Penny has some good advice for the Tories:
1. Don’t let the Liberals set the agenda. They have betrayed the public trust, and the onus is on the Martin government to show why it deserves to stay in power – not on Stephen Harper to prove he isn’t “scary”.
2. Don’t be afraid to run as Conservatives, not a “Lite” version of the Liberal Party of Canada. Canadians are much more open to new ideas in areas such as health care and immigration than the CBC or Toronto Star would have you believe.
3. Lock Ralph Klein in the basement until after election day. No, it isn’t fair that Alberta gets all the blame for “destroying” medicare when Quebec is further along in introducing private health care. And it isn’t fair that the Conservatives are dismissed as a “Western” party, when the Liberal caucus is overwhelmingly from Ontario. But that’s the line the Liberals want to push, and many Canadian media outlets (I’m thinking of a newspaper whose name rhymes with “Robe and Bail”) will enthusiastically push it for them. The last thing Harper needs is Ralph Klein to open his mouth about medicare.
4. If the Liberals bring up Iraq, throw Paul Martin’s statements in support of the war back in their faces – and emphasize that Iraqis are lining up for hours to exercise their right to vote, while the Liberals are trying to make you believe it’s somehow too hard for Canadians to exercise that right in the winter.
5. If the Liberals accuse the Tories of plotting to “destroy” medicare, ask Paul Martin where his personal physician works.
6. And most of all: it’s not enough to tell Canadians they shouldn’t vote Liberal. Canadians want an alternative. Let’s give them one.
Occam’s Razor
Andrew Coyne is back, with a razor-sharp denunciation of Adscam, plus a well-deserved smackdown of Warren Kinsella.
Hat tip: Damian Penny.
Sauce for the Gander
Colby Cosh links to an article that gleefully pokes fun at those people who campaign so hard for gay marriage but squirm at the thought of legalizing polygamy.