Musings —08.20.2020 08:46 AM
—“Besties.”
“Besties.” “Incredibly thoughtful.” “Keeping the relationship strong.” “Thoughtful engagement.” “Incredibly thoughtful.”#cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/iBUvQQMAdw
— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 20, 2020
Katie Telford wears many hats. And has her tentacles in many pots. One of her talented tentacles is that of generating favorable op-eds as was aptly “outed” during Lavscam. Thou dost appear Krafty Katie is at it again. Several recent leaks, off-the-record chats with journos, and op-eds quoting anonymous high-level sources designed to smear Bill Morneau and insulate “3 Strikes and yer out” Justin can be laid at the feet of Katie Telford. The current PMO regime must make Warren pine for the good old days of the Chretien/Mulroney PMOs where they didn’t cheapen the office. Katie Telford is our Mitch McConnell.
I don’t pine. Our successors make us look good.
Yes, as much as Bill Morneau has some things to answer for himself, it is interesting how quickly he saw the underside of the bus.
And, if you believe a lot of the stories coming out of Ottawa, one of his biggest sins was challenging JT. Apparently JT isn’t fond of being challenged. Katie has figured that out, and knows to protect The Annoited One.
A very good rule from Jim Lehrer’s Rules for Journalism,
“ Do not use anonymous sources or blind quotes except on rare and monumental occasions. No one should be able to attack another anonymously.”
Whatever your stripe: Tory, Lib, NDP, BQ, you’ve got to admit that God put Pierre Poilievre on this planet for this precise moment. He is absolutely mopping the floor with this stuff and his TV presence is perfect for it.
I am finding his performances spot on too. The flinging of blacked out pages had me howling with laughter. Angry, indignant and dramatic; he has my attention.
TRS,
IMHO, it’s not so much that but more a story of his personal evolution and growth since Poilièvre was first elected. He has matured greatly and his capacity for reasoned judgment has improved. In short, he’s like Harper, having grown into the job and that’s why he’s a serious contender for future party leadership. People are watching and more and more they are liking what they see, while the exact opposite effect is happening to this Prime Minister. This PM is now seen as more phoney baloney than anything else.
Chrystia Freeland is in close consultations with Tom Selleck preparing the next budget. They are going to reverse mortgage Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
When did finance start hiring 12 year old Valley Girls?
Justin Trudeau is a cross between George W. Bush and Kelly Bundy.
“Shit show” Made me laugh when Pierre Poilievre said it. This is most entertaining.
I’m sticking with my old prediction: they have zero, zilch, zip, nada chances of winning re-election, Telford or no Telford.
One look at Telford and hubby Silver would tell you why. Everything ordinary Canadians hate about the Liberals on display. Smirkingly self-satisfied, entitled elites. Curry’s story in the mop n pail about Morneau asking Trudeau to stop the PMO smears, must have Jody in tears with laughter.
As Willie sang, ‘little old fashioned Karma coming down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFl7TZDLkP0
And there’s more coming out all the time about Telford and Silver.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/935m87/spouse-of-justin-trudeaus-chief-of-staff-lobbied-for-covid-wage-subsidy-program-changes-to-benefit-his-company
Morneau apparently asked Trudeau to have the PMO stop smearing him and resigned when they didn’t. Was Chief of Staff Katie Telford getting even on hubby Rob Silver’s behalf ?
Given JWR’s case and what she did to her there with her media pals help, she’s certainly capable of it.
JH,
Well I’ll tell you one thing. That PMO has taken unjustifiably more people to the cleaners than Harper’s PMO or any other. They should be sweating buckets cause the boomerang is on its way back and it’s Quasar-powered.
They are done as government, no matter when they drop the writ.
Update: Justin, Marc and Craig, have set aside parliament and We whilst they jet over to China to solve the China File (the Two Michaels and Huawei). No word yet if they’ll return with a vaccine. More to come….
https://abacusdata.ca/liberal-support-recovers-abacus-poll-canadian-politics-polling
https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/news-and-polls/Morneau-Resignation-Leads-To-Erosion-Of-Liberal-Lead-Ahead-Of-Tory-Leadership-Vote
https://innovativeresearch.ca/canada-this-month-we-charity-controversy-in-depth
Has WE paid back the management fee? What was it $33 million they got?
Last we heard they were supposedly waiting for the Canadian government to accept the money!
Or perhaps they’re hoping the public will forget that it’s not been paid and thus WE will keep the money? I mean the Liberals do seem to have memory problems.