Final Campaign Blog
Well the campaign looks to be coming to an end. Unless the polls are seriously wrong (which depending on which direction could be a good or bad thing) it looks like we will have a Conservative minority.
Today I went to a rally Paul Martin held for Joyce Murray, Liberal candidate for New Westminster-Coquitlam. The fact that Paul Martin choose to have his last two stops in Fleetwood-Port Kells and New Westminster-Coquitlam means the Liberals must think those ridings are at play. Things do seem to be tightening up here in BC as Conservative support is falling and NDP support is rising, which could allow the Liberals to come up the middle (here in BC switching from the NDP to Conservatives is quite common as silly and as puzzling as it sounds). The media was there, the president of the Liberal Party Mike Eizenga and even Scott Reid who made the infamous beer and popcorn comment was there. Also former MLA and city councillor Richard Stewart was there to support Joyce Murray's campaign despite the fact he stuck me as a Conservative in the past. Being held in a small coffee shop, not everyone was able to fit in, so I couldn't really hear what the prime-minister had to say. Still it was good to have such a strong showing. At the end the prime-minister came out with a coffee (I heard he drinks 10-15 a day). As it turns out he not only turned down a free coffee offered by the owner, but even paid a tip for the coffee. I also talked to a visitor from Georgia who has a friend helping out Joyce Murray's campaign. She obviously agreed with much of my views on Bush and even agreed that Canada-US relations wouldn't likely get better until Bush leaves the White House.
Anyways tomorrow I will be scrutineering in Port Moody for Joyce Murray from 6:30-7:30. Around 11:00 to midnight when I get home, I will post my thoughts on the election if I am not too tired.
My advice to all Liberal voters, surprises do happen, so be sure to show up and vote. For NDP voters, voting NDP in most parts of the country will only help elect a Conservative member so decide for yourself who you would rather have as prime-minister, Paul Martin or Stephen Harper. For Conservative supporters, you've had eight weeks to vent your anger, but now is time to think about what a Stephen Harper government will mean and vote accordingly. I've given many examples of his hidden agenda, so I would hope anyone voting Conservative would realize what they are voting for. For Green voters, the Liberals had one of the greenest budget, so despite their past environmental record, they have a plan for a cleaner environment whereas the Conservatives don't, so the Liberals are better for the environment than the Conservatives. For Bloc supporters, the Bloc Quebecois will always be in opposition while Stephen Harper is out of touch with mainstream Quebecers, so if you want someone to represent Quebec's interests vote for a party that can win and supports Quebec interests. Finally for the undecided voters, there is only one party that is moderate and close to the centre, which is the Liberal Party. Most of all whoever you plan to vote for, be sure to vote.
Today I went to a rally Paul Martin held for Joyce Murray, Liberal candidate for New Westminster-Coquitlam. The fact that Paul Martin choose to have his last two stops in Fleetwood-Port Kells and New Westminster-Coquitlam means the Liberals must think those ridings are at play. Things do seem to be tightening up here in BC as Conservative support is falling and NDP support is rising, which could allow the Liberals to come up the middle (here in BC switching from the NDP to Conservatives is quite common as silly and as puzzling as it sounds). The media was there, the president of the Liberal Party Mike Eizenga and even Scott Reid who made the infamous beer and popcorn comment was there. Also former MLA and city councillor Richard Stewart was there to support Joyce Murray's campaign despite the fact he stuck me as a Conservative in the past. Being held in a small coffee shop, not everyone was able to fit in, so I couldn't really hear what the prime-minister had to say. Still it was good to have such a strong showing. At the end the prime-minister came out with a coffee (I heard he drinks 10-15 a day). As it turns out he not only turned down a free coffee offered by the owner, but even paid a tip for the coffee. I also talked to a visitor from Georgia who has a friend helping out Joyce Murray's campaign. She obviously agreed with much of my views on Bush and even agreed that Canada-US relations wouldn't likely get better until Bush leaves the White House.
Anyways tomorrow I will be scrutineering in Port Moody for Joyce Murray from 6:30-7:30. Around 11:00 to midnight when I get home, I will post my thoughts on the election if I am not too tired.
My advice to all Liberal voters, surprises do happen, so be sure to show up and vote. For NDP voters, voting NDP in most parts of the country will only help elect a Conservative member so decide for yourself who you would rather have as prime-minister, Paul Martin or Stephen Harper. For Conservative supporters, you've had eight weeks to vent your anger, but now is time to think about what a Stephen Harper government will mean and vote accordingly. I've given many examples of his hidden agenda, so I would hope anyone voting Conservative would realize what they are voting for. For Green voters, the Liberals had one of the greenest budget, so despite their past environmental record, they have a plan for a cleaner environment whereas the Conservatives don't, so the Liberals are better for the environment than the Conservatives. For Bloc supporters, the Bloc Quebecois will always be in opposition while Stephen Harper is out of touch with mainstream Quebecers, so if you want someone to represent Quebec's interests vote for a party that can win and supports Quebec interests. Finally for the undecided voters, there is only one party that is moderate and close to the centre, which is the Liberal Party. Most of all whoever you plan to vote for, be sure to vote.
posted by Monkey Loves to Fight at 8:53 PM
4 Comments:
Do you sell lots of used cars to old ladies?
That's quite the pitch. I especially like how you don't let facts stand in the way of a good lie.
A vote for the Liberal Party of Canada is a vote for intolerence; a vote for promises made but rarely kept; a continuation of Canada's increasingly abysmal environmental record and, worst of all, a vote to tear Canada apart.
When all is said and done tomorrow, the Liberals will be a rump party representing vested, powerful interests in Toronto and Montreal: people who invest in income trusts and buy and sell favours like, well, beer and popcorn at a baseball game.
Seriously, The Liberal Party of Canada only wins by playing Canadians off against eachother - by creating boogeymen and then spreading fear and hatred.
There's one sure way to defeat the LIberals: vote your conscience, whatever it is.
My conscience tells me to vote Liberal and I think if most Canadians voted based on values rather than frustration, the Liberals would win a majority as Liberal values are more in line with mainstream Canadians than Conservative values. The Liberals don't tear Canada apart, the Reform Party who ran a no more Quebec prime-ministers ad and Stephen Harper who talked about building firewalls around Alberta.
From James Travers, Globe and Mail:
In their desperation to repair self-inflicted damage to the brand, Liberals made serial mistakes that hurt the party, first in Quebec and then across the country. Martin made the reformed separatist and accidental comedian Jean Lapierre his provincial lieutenant, dumped Toronto's Bill Graham, one of a handful of strong ministers, to elevate the accident-prone Pierre Pettigrew into the prestigious foreign affairs portfolio, and then recklessly declared this election a referendum on national unity.
Of the three mistakes, the third is most revealing. Voters accept that politicians will say almost anything to get elected. But prime ministers are diminished when they make national interests subservient to partisan advantage.
That's now a recognizable Martin trait. Just as he sacrificed the party to capture its leadership, Martin twice made the country's priorities second to his own at critical times. Immediately after elevating this election to a test of patriotism, the Prime Minister jeopardized Canada's sustaining relationship with the U.S. by tilting crazily at George W. Bush's environmental record.
Bashing the most unpopular modern U.S. president is good, if easy, domestic politics. But gratuitously attacking the U.S. presidency does lasting damage — particularly when Ottawa's greenhouse gas performance is worse than Washington's — and leads to nasty repercussions.
In this campaign's brightest flash of dark humour, a U.S. nuclear submarine, complete with camera crew, popped through the polar ice to poke a gaping hole into empty Liberal commitments to Arctic sovereignty. More subtly, the gesture reminded Canadians that Martin the Prime Minister is not Martin the leadership saviour-in-waiting.
His point; that the scariest person nin Canada is Paul Martin. Who knows what reckless rfoad at what irresponsible speed Martin will turn the nation in his lust for presonal power even at the sacrifice of the national interest?
Anonymous - Attacking the most unpopular US president is not just smart politics, it also points to the clash of values between the two leaders. It is in Canada's interest to distance itself from the United States, not have better relations. It is not a matter of being anti-American, George W. Bush stands for everything Canada doesn't and any prime-minister has the duty to protect Canadian values, not American values.
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