tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post2299092137289350479..comments2024-03-28T15:34:01.401-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: UPDATE: A Shameful Minister With No ShameLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-90160801840288794212014-02-03T18:44:08.766-05:002014-02-03T18:44:08.766-05:00That, rumley, nicely sums up the Harper cabal'...That, rumley, nicely sums up the Harper cabal's attitude to almost all of us.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-84731067691484241232014-02-03T16:56:50.244-05:002014-02-03T16:56:50.244-05:00The reformers had a high of 18%. Anything higher w...The reformers had a high of 18%. Anything higher was old PC votes. These Pcers are being sorely tried these days.<br /><br />One can only see Fantino in light of the elites ( PM, Cabinet, General Staff in England a century ago. These clowns saw the Tommies as only cannon fodder to be sacrificed for their own political and social agrandisemennt. <br /><br />rumleyfipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03346146988416679423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-53433449664063455622014-02-03T16:01:22.240-05:002014-02-03T16:01:22.240-05:00It is indeed an ongoing source of frustration for ...It is indeed an ongoing source of frustration for many of us, Kirby.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-6502076618031151992014-02-03T15:48:43.064-05:002014-02-03T15:48:43.064-05:00I think you may be right, Lorne. However, it is un...I think you may be right, Lorne. However, it is unfortunate that we might have to rely on low voter turnout to oust a tinpot dictator. Kirbycairohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528654183160305877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-60451198672990255642014-02-03T14:36:33.351-05:002014-02-03T14:36:33.351-05:00I think there is only one way Fantino and his ilk ...I think there is only one way Fantino and his ilk see the world, LD. You are either with them or against them. If the latter, they have no use for you other than as targets of dismissive ridicule and contempt.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-25065487059250082592014-02-03T14:33:59.944-05:002014-02-03T14:33:59.944-05:00It is my hope that as the symbols fall, Kirby, so ...It is my hope that as the symbols fall, Kirby, so will the base support. Already outraged by how the Cons have violated almost everything they claimed to represent since they first went to Ottawa, some of the base may in fact just not vote in 2015, which, given our notoriously poor turnout at elections, may be just the edge we need to oust Harper.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-59239599688230543502014-02-03T13:50:26.207-05:002014-02-03T13:50:26.207-05:00Fantino was in a police chief mode and he thought ...Fantino was in a police chief mode and he thought that he was dealing with a bunch of rowdy members of the public. It did not occur to him that he was dealing with veterans as a minister. LeDarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526776746689708239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-19947473998404445362014-02-03T13:03:27.708-05:002014-02-03T13:03:27.708-05:00The HarperCons have always practiced wedge politic...The HarperCons have always practiced wedge politics and a fundamental aspect of such politics in Canada is that there is somewhere between twenty-five and thirty percent of those who actually will always vote Conservative under all circumstances. They know that the vast majority of service members are in that group, and that they don't constitute a significant voting bloc anyway. However, this is really a war of attrition (pardon the pun) and it is each little act of hatred, arrogance, corruption, and thuggishness that must chip away at the swing voters. That is the only way that these monsters will be ousted. (Provided that they don't stage a coup, of course) Kirbycairohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528654183160305877noreply@blogger.com