1. All political parties attract their fair share of idiots and extremists.

2. It happens on both Right and Left.

3. When the media or the public bring idiocy/extremism in your ranks to your attention, you shouldn’t defend it.

4. You should condemn it and, when serious, kick the idiots/extremists out.

5. Danielle Smith doesn’t do that. She hasn’t done that.

6. That says something important about her, and her judgment.

7. Idiots and extremists come and go. Leaders don’t as much.

8. Get it?

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Alberta voters, apparently, have a different view. Wildrose has got wasted vote in rural areas; the PCs have vote where it matters most, on the seat count.

The final weekend in Alberta will be like the final weekend, federally, in 2004.  No less than Tom Flanagan has written about how that turned out.

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Right here.

(But, whatever you do, National Post’s Jen Gerson, don’t cover that!)

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Jen Gerson thinks it’s “fear mongering” to take a look at the public record of Wildrose extremists, such as the one who has called for David Suzuki’s murder.  That’s a quote: “fear mongering.”  It’s not “actual reporting,” says Gerson.  Her bosses at the National Post, who have done exemplary work on Alberta-based neo-Nazi activity recently, may feel differently.  Who knows.

Fortunately, the Calgary Herald believes in providing voters with, you know, information and actual reporting:

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…the same Wildrose delegate, Richard Evans, who mocks Holocaust victims, and promotes the neo-Nazi Stormfront web site.

Here’s an exchange between Evans and Kate MacMillan of Small Dead Animals, who you can learn more about here.

So, a new question for Danielle Smith: why do you associate with someone who openly counsels murder of political opponents?

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…we may well win it, too.  It’ll be interesting, next week:

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My daughter loves them, so do I.  So we went to a sold-out all ages show at the fabbo Parts and Labour on Queen West this week, and the Cancer Bats were epic in their god-like genius.  Epic. Saw one guy punch a hole in the ceiling when this tune from the new album (out this week!) was played.  Best band in Canada. Awesome.

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Not too good, I think, but perhaps you have a different take.

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That is, Danielle Smith:

Why have you recruited Richard Evans, who promotes NAMBLA and the neo-Nazi Stormfront, and who mocks Holocaust victims?

Wildrose organizer Richard Evan wrote a motorcycle registration number on his arm,

pretending to be a Holocaust survivor. He thought that was funny. Does Danielle Smith?

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Care to disclose your chummy relationship with the guys behind the “Jew tax” story and the clannish Jewish businessmen story? You know, how one of them is now a Wildrose candidate? No? Well, carry on, then. Keep doing what you do.

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