How odd

For a little while, there, I dreamt I lived in a country where the Prime Minister actually threw down puerile barbs, and got into snarky exchanges, with opposition leaders – on Twitter. It was clearly a dream, because no Prime Minister would ever be so juvenile, so idiotic, to do such a thing in real life.

Clearly.

 



Important March 4 email from Tony Genco for Vaughan Federal Liberals!


From: Tony Genco [mailto:tonygenco@yahoo.ca]
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 10:37 AM
To:
Subject: FW: VFLA March 31st Fundraiser Invitation

See enclosed.  I would appreciate any support you can provide to this initiative. Its very important as we prepare for a spring election. As you know, donations must be of a personal donation but the discounted price for a table suits the maximum allowed per an individual. I look forward to your support. Please let me know how many tickets or ideally tables you can take for this important event.

 


…and the universe achieves balance

“Just days into the Vaughan federal election campaign, a longtime Liberal Party stalwart and former foe of Conservative MP Julian Fantino has made a stunning about-face and threw his support behind the former top cop, The Citizen has learned.

Former federal Liberal candidate and well-known Vaughan volunteer Tony Genco said in an open letter provided to The Citizen that his change of heart was predicated on the fact that “the Liberal Party I joined over 20 years ago in university has disappeared. The ideas that I tried to represent of balance, diversity and nation-building no longer exist in this version of the Liberal Party. It’s clear the Liberal Party policies do not resonate with the majority of Canadians.”

Holy Rocco Rossi, Batman!  There’s more floor-crossing going on this race than at a square-dancing marathon!

P.S. Way to pick your star candidates, Pat Sorbara!


…and another Conservative campaign day goes to shit (updated)

“Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is distancing himself from another tainted political organizer who found a home in a local candidate’s campaign.

Giulio Maturi, who was a top official in the campaign of disgraced former Montreal mayoral candidate Benoit Labonté in 2009, was listed as late as Wednesday afternoon as the campaign manager for a Montreal Conservative candidate.

But during a lunchtime news conference, Mr. Harper said Mr. Maturi is no longer part of the campaign.”

What do I think?  I think that the media have endured being treated like doormats by PMO for a long, long time.  The lists, the disrespect, the disdain, the continual bashing of the MSM by Conservative bloggers and partisans.

And, now, the payback is taking place at the worst possible time for the Cons.  This is getting interesting.

UPDATE: Not the action of a guy who is way ahead, this. It’s the action of a guy who might be getting nervous.


KCCCC Day 5: Nobody’s paying attention yet. Calm down.


“Please releassssse me, let me gooooo…I don’t want to be part of your photo op any-morrrrrre…”

[Suggest your own caption song lyrics here! – ed.]