Two media jerks
R.I.P., Seamus the Irish Setter
This morning, as we waited for a client call to start, I told my staff – animal lovers all – about the sad, er, tale of Seamus, Mitt Romney’s Irish Setter.
They didn’t believe me. When I finished telling the tale, they were in shock.
I told them we should start a contest: come up with the best design for a Seamus Romney T-shirt, and we’ll get it printed on a few that we can sell to benefit a deserving animal protection group (we represent quite a few).
So, get to work, Team Wk.com! The best design gets a signed copy of The War Room, plus a few T-shirts to give to Democratic friends, and/or Newt Gingrich!
“We took our foot off his throat by giving him a bit of a free ride in the summer”
So says Tea Party North “leader” Tim Hudak:
“We took our foot off his throat by giving him a bit of a free ride in the summer.”
What a bloody fool. Can you imagine the Con braying and screeching if Dalton McGuinty had said he had his “foot on the throat” of his principal opponent? You’d never hear the end of it. “That’s not how a Premier speaks,” they’d say.
And they’d be right. Tim Hudak lost because he couldn’t present a positive vision for Ontario’s future. He lost because he launched vicious attacks on “foreigners” and gays and lesbians. He lost because he allowed his party to be taken over by far-right Landowner extremists.
But the main reason he lost is because no one can picture a smirking adolescent as the Premier of our biggest province. Because no one could imagine handing power over to a frat boy who talks about putting his foot on his opponent’s throat.
Walk like a Premier, talk like a Premier. This child doesn’t do either.
Are conservatives good fiscal managers? (updated twice)
No, they’re not. They suck, in fact. In the book-to-come, I discuss how progressives have let conservatives get away with claiming they’re better at managing dollars. Among other things, progressives need to tell that story, over and over.
UPDATE: Here’s a tweaked graphic, sent along by FB friend Carolyn Weatherson. And one commenter, Joseph Angolano, writes: “The Canadian numbers add up to the same conclusion. Flaherty was the first Con Finance Minister to post a balanced budget since 1912. He then promptly started posting deficits since. Moreover, Canada maintained its AAA rating until Mulroney came to power. Conservatives suck with finances. Always have, always will.”
Anyone want to take stab at an all-Canadian version of this?
UPDATED: From sharp-eyed commenter Jennifer Smith:
Going for the bronze
My party is (a) still mired in third place and is (b) still nearly 20 points back of the Cons and is (c) still behind the NDP, who do not have a leader.
Like I say, I’m dense. Perhaps someone will fill me in on the way to the celebrations. Thanks.
Canada Live, Jan. 25: capitalism is dead, long live capitalism
Warren reacts with amusement to the suggestion that capitalism is robust and healthy.
Paranoid (But Immutable) Internet Rules
1. What you put there is there forever.
2. Anonymity is a myth.
3. Right now, the odds are excellent that someone you wouldn’t like is paying attention to what you do online.
Vincent Veera
It’s going to be one of those days.
As per the Wendy Sullivan/Right Girl post below, we’re looking for the Conservative candidate for Scarborough Southwest, Vincent Veera, for a legal matter.
Rewards for help!
“Right Girl” – Wendy Sullivan
A friend is seeking the help of Team WK.com in serving her. (Last time we paid attention to her, as you may recall, she had been caught in resume fraud, and thereafter went into hiding.)
Anyone with who has information about her whereabouts will receive a substantial honorarium!