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Well...
It turns out all that strong 'n free 'n proud stuff is up and running, full bore, on all the platforms.
Michael Harris had the story recently in The Tyee:
...As one former Harper Conservative caucus member told The Tyee on background, “I just can’t see Harper letting MacKay take it. He will never let a moderate take the reins of his creation, especially with no western candidate in the (CPC leadership) field.”
The first sign that there could be some truth in that assessment was Premier Jason Kenney’s endorsement of Ontario MP Erin O’Toole for leader.
Kenney didn’t just endorse O’Toole, he took MacKay to the woodshed. He publicly trashed the former Harper cabinet minister for talking about the “stinking albatross” of the party’s socially conservative values during the last election.
“No one will have their deeply held beliefs dismissed as stinking albatrosses under Erin O’Toole’s leadership,” Kenney bristled. “Erin O’Toole respects the breadth of our big tent coalition.”
Is Kenney speaking for himself, or echoing the views of the man behind the curtain, that Wizard of Odds, Stephen Harper?...
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...There is certainly evidence that O’Toole’s team is capable of playing something beyond hard-nosed campaigning at MacKay’s expense. The Post Millennial, a digital news website, recently reported that MacKay’s support was “plummeting,” and O’Toole had taken the “lead” in the race.
The evidence? Leaked polling data from an “independent” poll. Both claims qualify for five Pinocchios.
What the article did not say was that Jeff Ballingall, the Post Millennial’s chief marketing officer, is digital director for O’Toole. He is also the founder of right-wing groups Canada Proud and Ontario Proud, both of which reposted the article...
Gosh.
It looks like longtime reader Keith was right...
...As one former Harper Conservative caucus member told The Tyee on background, “I just can’t see Harper letting MacKay take it. He will never let a moderate take the reins of his creation, especially with no western candidate in the (CPC leadership) field.”
The first sign that there could be some truth in that assessment was Premier Jason Kenney’s endorsement of Ontario MP Erin O’Toole for leader.
Kenney didn’t just endorse O’Toole, he took MacKay to the woodshed. He publicly trashed the former Harper cabinet minister for talking about the “stinking albatross” of the party’s socially conservative values during the last election.
“No one will have their deeply held beliefs dismissed as stinking albatrosses under Erin O’Toole’s leadership,” Kenney bristled. “Erin O’Toole respects the breadth of our big tent coalition.”
Is Kenney speaking for himself, or echoing the views of the man behind the curtain, that Wizard of Odds, Stephen Harper?...
{snip}
...There is certainly evidence that O’Toole’s team is capable of playing something beyond hard-nosed campaigning at MacKay’s expense. The Post Millennial, a digital news website, recently reported that MacKay’s support was “plummeting,” and O’Toole had taken the “lead” in the race.
The evidence? Leaked polling data from an “independent” poll. Both claims qualify for five Pinocchios.
What the article did not say was that Jeff Ballingall, the Post Millennial’s chief marketing officer, is digital director for O’Toole. He is also the founder of right-wing groups Canada Proud and Ontario Proud, both of which reposted the article...
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Gosh.
It looks like longtime reader Keith was right...
The good Mr. Harper, self-declared leftist slayer and Ricardo Montalban think-alike, has decided to work the levers behind the curtain, hard, for the duration.
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3 comments:
When we look back on the initial speculation of who of the more agreeable candidates ( Lisa Raitt, Rona Ambrose) was in or out of the CPC leadership race, could a train of though have been in not running;
Why would I want to lead an organisation that had these people as members with their own squabbles and ambitions that certainly aren’t mine but won’t go away.?
If I won the leadership, exactly who would be leading the party, and where would it be led, permanent opposition?
Along with the background noise of the rebel and the influence of “all that strong 'n free 'n proud stuff” who needs the grief.?
Excellent questions Keith.
And one more, perhaps....
"Why even bother running given that the wizards and their lickspittles will utilize their tried-and-true politics of destruction strategies to the fullest to make sure I don't have even the slimmest of chances of winning?
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Good question Ross,
"clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, Here I am stuck in the middle with who?"
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