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[Zombie James]

 

[Walpurgis]

lolwut

That guy should visit the government websites.

 

[TheStruggler]

 

[Apathy]

Oh Manitoba, please never change, you're always good for a laugh.

 

[S-Wind]

When are we gonna get our first female or black president.

Never.

Because we don't have a president. We have a prime minister.

 

[Minus_Me]

Poor Kim Campbell, forgotten by history.

 

[matthewwhatever]

The problem is that many people don't like the Liberals because of their history of corruption. I mean if you think of many of the faces that would be in their new cabinet, many were in Chretien and Martin's governments.

So the NDP were strategically okay doing that, I think, as people wanted change but maybe not back to the Liberals, who still stink of corruption in many places. But Trudeau as a personality changed that around I think. Obviously the Liberals are still completely corrupt and tied with business interests, but he as a person seems fresh, so it helped them.

There'll be, what, five, maybe six people from the Chretien cabinet who may stand a shot at being in cabinet. But sure, that's a lot.

More importantly, as I pointed out on the last page, the NDP campaign is being run by a lobbyist for the Canadian Fuel Association. In what world are they not "tied with business interests"? And why would we want a party that's completely unmoored from the business community?

While one can never anticipate the emergence of a particularly charismatic individual, just based on numbers in the various parties' candidate lists, the first non-white PM will almost certainly be Asian.

Specifically south Asian. It's possible that, say, Robert Falcon Ouellette will unseat Pat Martin and turn out to be the next leader of the Liberal Party, but I think we'd see a Sikh before we see an aboriginal.

 

[GuessMyUserName]

WOW at the low cpc spending. Get them out of here holy shit

"Invest nothing, do nothing" should be the Conservative's new slogan.

.... I just caught my old conservative classmate posting this to Facebook..... as a positive for the Conservatives <_<

It's really amazing how much anti-Trudeau spam he's constantly sharing, you'd think Trudeau is the devil incarnate.

 

[Walpurgis]

Oh rural Manitoba, please never change, you're always good for a laugh.

FTFY

 

[gutter_trash]

Conservatives are Monarchists who want the return of the Red Ensign with the Union Jack back

 

[mo60]

Looks like someone decided to do this to a federal NDP candidate's home in Edmonton.
http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/10/15/ndp-candidate-has-edmonton-home-vandalized

 

[Mailbox]

Looks like someone decided to do this to an federal NDP candidate's home in Edmonton.
http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/10/15/ndp-candidate-has-edmonton-home-vandalized

Stay classy Edmonton

 

[mo60]

A federal liberal candidate also has posted this about volunteers from the conservative camp taking down his signs and he also mentioned over the top attacks to.
http://rameshsangha.liberal.ca/release-dishonest-conservative-campaigning-continues/

 

[Boogie]

Via the Globe & Mail, we have a winner for the most incomprehensible endorsement of the campaign: The Tories deserve another mandate – Stephen Harper doesn’t




Shorter Globe: Things must stay the same AND be different!

Wow. I didn't think we'd get an "endorsement" more nonsensical than the Macleans one, but there we are.

Vote in the conservatives so that they will turf Harper.....even though they would take that as a validation and endorsement of Harper. Wtf

 

[TheRealTalker]

Looks like someone decided to do this to a federal NDP candidate's home in Edmonton.
http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/10/15/ndp-candidate-has-edmonton-home-vandalized

I find it amusing that the sun is running this... likely in order to say that their fear mongering wasn't any contribution towards it

trying to save face are we

 

[explodet]

Via the Globe & Mail, we have a winner for the most incomprehensible endorsement of the campaign: The Tories deserve another mandate – Stephen Harper doesn’t

The Editor-In-Chief is taking Facebook questions right now, and naturally he's being savaged by this weird-ass endorsement.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

I'm a centrist

So.... vote NDP!

 

[S-Wind]

So.... vote NDP!

HAHAHAHAHA!!!

 

[CitizenVectron]

Well if thats the case, I'd rather have a corrupt progressive guy than a corrupt conservative one... at least one of them is trying to get my vote by giving me things and/or bring society up to where we should be in the 21st century

But that is why we have multiple parties. If one progressive party is corrupt, then vote for the other one. More parties = better representation and choice. This is why I really want MMP PR implemented, so we can have lots of parties and no strategic voting.

 

[gutter_trash]

So.... vote NDP!

Sherbrooke Deckaration and 1995 YES voters running as candidates?

NON MERCI

 

[pr0cs]

.... I just caught my old conservative classmate posting this to Facebook..... as a positive for the Conservatives <_<

It's really amazing how much anti-Trudeau spam he's constantly sharing, you'd think Trudeau is the devil incarnate.

Pretty rich compared to the commentary on these forums.

 

[killer rin]

But that is why we have multiple parties. If one progressive party is corrupt, then vote for the other one. More parties = better representation and choice. This is why I really want MMP PR implemented, so we can have lots of parties and no strategic voting.

Completely with you on this. Its criminal that we don't have an electoral system that properly represents the actually will of the voters. Screw this 39% of the vote = 100% of the power bullshit.

 

[Tabris]

That's funny. I was trying to sell a software solution into Just Energy at one time. They are shady as hell.

 

[GuessMyUserName]

Pretty rich compared to the commentary on these forums.

Harper actually is the devil though!

 

[TheRealTalker]

a ton of people became fed up with the G&M due to their endorsement

I mean what were they thinking? Most of their readers hate the CPC

 

[gutter_trash]

That's funny. I was trying to sell a software solution into Just Energy at one time. They are shady as hell.

Energon Cubes

 

[matthewwhatever]

That's funny. I was trying to sell a software solution into Just Energy at one time. They are shady as hell.

Which makes them a perfect fit for Brad Lavigne!

a ton of people became fed up with the G&M due to their endorsement

I mean what were they thinking? Most of their readers hate the CPC

But their owners don't -- and much like the Postmedia endorsements, who do you think decided who the papers were going to endorse?

 

[TheRealTalker]

But their owners don't -- and much like the Postmedia endorsements, who do you think decided who the papers were going to endorse?

true and that what matter here


also TomoNews (that news company that makes those wacky 3d renderings of news topics) had their take on our election

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vEyVhH_BfA
pretty entertaining

 

[Pedrito]

a ton of people became fed up with the G&M due to their endorsement

I mean what were they thinking? Most of their readers hate the CPC

They should have endorsed Putin. Their readers lurve him.

 

[GG-Duo]

Go check out Jeet Heer's Twitter timeline right now (twitter.com/heerjeet). The dude is making some pointed comments about Canadian media in general, using the Globe endorsement as a jumping point.

 

[Zombie James]

A decade of deficits and two recessions later, "We endorse the economic stewardship of the Conservatives."

 

[matthewwhatever]

The Facebook chat with the E-in-C is a bloodbath. People are ripping them apart, and I don't think they have a single defender. The only person I can find who likes it (apart, presumably, from Jason Kenney) is a Star reporter, who tweeted that people shouldn't make jokes about it, lest it hurt their future employment prospects.

 

[TheRealTalker]

A decade of deficits and two recessions later, "We endorse the economic stewardship of the Conservatives."

since their rich wallets stay safe

 

[Vamphuntr]

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A decade of deficits and two recessions later, "We endorse the economic stewardship of the Conservatives."

But of course. The big corporations that own the paper are probably quite happy with a conservative government since they cut them some slack taxes and regulations wise. They create the perception that they are the only party that takes the economy seriously. Unfortunately most newspaper or TV stations are owned by big corporations so...

 

[Zombie James]

since their rich wallets stay safe

But of course. The big corporations that own the paper are probably quite happy with a conservative government since they cut them some slack taxes and regulations wise. They create the perception that they are the only party that takes the economy seriously. Unfortunately most newspaper or TV stations are owned by big corporations so...

Exactly:

 

[Tabris]

I wish these political analysts or politicians that support lower tax rates for the higher earners would look at the dead money statistics.

If you look at it superficially, you tax less, people spend more and corporations hire more. The issue is people don't spend more on the higher brackets and corporations keep the profits.

Now keeping the corporate tax rate low makes sense not due to the economic uplift via job creation from existing companies as that doesn't exist, but attracting corporations from the US to create new jobs here. As long as our corporate tax is low enough to offset the difference between the american corporate tax and the cost of moving and doing business in another country - it's an advantage for us.

There is no reason to keep taxes low on high earners. They just create dead money.

 

[anaron]

true and that what matter here


also TomoNews (that news company that makes those wacky 3d renderings of news topics) had their take on our election

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vEyVhH_BfA
pretty entertaining

lmao

someone needs to gif the Harper oil wipe

 

[explodet]

Have we heard from Eric and Ilsa about the Globe's endorsement yet?

 

[Dazzler]

The Facebook chat with the E-in-C is a bloodbath. People are ripping them apart, and I don't think they have a single defender. The only person I can find who likes it (apart, presumably, from Jason Kenney) is a Star reporter, who tweeted that people shouldn't make jokes about it, lest it hurt their future employment prospects.

wow that was enjoyable reading

Love the comment asking him was it a widespread endorsement across the entire editorial staff:

"Absolutely not"

 

[GuessMyUserName]

:lol

 

[TheRealTalker]

I wonder if some of them feel like shit that their top brass is making them post such rubbish

 

[jstripes]

I endorse drinking a whole bottle of vodka, but I don't endorse the crippling hangover.

 

[subrock]

lmao

someone needs to gif the Harper oil wipe

even better

 

[Zombie James]

I endorse drinking a whole bottle of vodka, but I don't endorse the crippling hangover.

Nah, it's like saying drugs are bad and then doing this:

 

[LurkerPrime]

true and that what matter here


also TomoNews (that news company that makes those wacky 3d renderings of news topics) had their take on our election

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vEyVhH_BfA
pretty entertaining

That's a lot more honest and accurate than I ever would've guessed. Reality is whack.

 

[jstripes]

I still can't understand the Globe and Mail's endorsement.

I mean, I understand it, but it's not based in any sort of reality.

Expecting the man who insisted press releases refer to the government as "The Harper Government" rather than "The Government of Canada" to step down is insanity.

They probably should endorse Trudeau. It would make getting whatever quality shit they're smoking a whole lot easier for them.

 

[BigJonsson]

Ekos looks steady

65+ is a 5 point spread now
Liberals are 3rd in 18-34......lol what

 

[Tiktaalik]

"Nothing must shake us away from the steady gains we've made toward total plutocracy."

- Globe and Mail

 

[killer rin]

Ekos looks steady

65+ is a 5 point spread now
Liberals are 3rd in 18-34......lol what

Not too surprising, NDP is popular in our age group.

 

[matthewwhatever]

Ekos looks steady

65+ is a 5 point spread now
Liberals are 3rd in 18-34......lol what

The McCallion effiect!

So has anyone actually seen the email from Gagnier to Transcanada? Because...wow, I take back anything I even said about the optics being bad. It's a civics lesson. It's about as scandalous as a high school class that teaches you how government functions. Anyone saying it's evidence of "business interests" having a backdoor to the Liberal Party is, quite frankly, an idiot.