tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post4095511789616854408..comments2023-10-22T09:18:16.885-04:00Comments on Far and Wide: Where's Your Platform?Steve Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-52347355812900212442008-10-06T08:44:00.000-04:002008-10-06T08:44:00.000-04:00burlThat is such a lame argument. The stock marke...burl<BR/><BR/>That is such a lame argument. The stock market is already in crisis, Harper's words would hardly alter the dynamics. We had the two worst days in stock market history the past week, obviously Harper's rosy opinion is irrelevant, just as any acknowledgement would be.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-3820226405037076302008-10-06T03:04:00.000-04:002008-10-06T03:04:00.000-04:00Funny how fart-catcher Fife pinned the tail on his...Funny how fart-catcher Fife pinned the tail on his story by restating that Harper isn't talking the economy for fear of causing more damage. Yah, that strategy worked so well for Kim Campbell (the election is no time to talk policy)... Let's see, maybe I'd believe him if Harper hadn't already given his hatchet-leprechaun Flathery the thumbs up to call Ontario out in front of world investors.<BR/>Nothing like protecting the economy like telling people 'Last place to invest...'<BR/>Guess Harper spent all of Sunday fumbling through Herbert Hoover speeches for a quick retort.burlivespipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18048415779214466831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-37626650142027499972008-10-05T21:59:00.000-04:002008-10-05T21:59:00.000-04:00That's an interesting insight. And here I was thin...That's an interesting insight. And here I was thinking he was keeping his notes close to his chest until the last minute so that no one could fact-check them before they had to head off to vote. <BR/><BR/>The alternate theory certainly explains why Harper needed an extension until Tuesday to release the platform. (Those things take a lot of time to write.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-77430633335805004332008-10-05T20:59:00.000-04:002008-10-05T20:59:00.000-04:00I think what has happened is that so many stories ...I think what has happened is that so many stories have come off the blogosphere that the Canadian public has come to the blogosphere looking for the stories TV and the print media won't tell them.<BR/>For the first time, this election is being fought online and TV and the newspapers are just playing follow-the-online-story. I'm not certain the same is true about radio, because radio has always contained, like the internet, anarchists who just happen to care more about humanity than do the corporate hacks who mask themselves as libertarians.But this is the first election when the internet has become the medium for the message. And all those hate spewing con bloggers can be seen by the visiting electorate and weighed against their own impressions of Dion and May.Jerry Pragerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054428435443042500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-77988706210548377552008-10-05T20:40:00.000-04:002008-10-05T20:40:00.000-04:00anonThe last thing you want is the sense you are f...anon<BR/><BR/>The last thing you want is the sense you are fading in the final week. Besides, CTV does give NANOS coverage, especially if it's striking.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-62613868732776898022008-10-05T20:36:00.000-04:002008-10-05T20:36:00.000-04:00CTV is now playing Nik Nanos.If you want to get re...CTV is now playing Nik Nanos.<BR/><BR/>If you want to get really into conspiracies, are they trying to downplay the threat of a conservative majority in order to ensure a conservative gov't?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-21852309463346288022008-10-05T20:16:00.000-04:002008-10-05T20:16:00.000-04:00"We and the Liberals better be prepared for both t..."We and the Liberals better be prepared for both the release and the media reaction when it comes."<BR/><BR/>Indeed!Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-36486951614566245512008-10-05T20:00:00.000-04:002008-10-05T20:00:00.000-04:00Duffy will claim it to be the best thing since sli...Duffy will claim it to be the best thing since sliced bread.<BR/><BR/>Robertson and Fife will fall all over themselves to point out how good it is. Let's not even talk about Taber and Oliver.<BR/><BR/>The National Post will write a glowing editorial about it and the Globe and Mail will do so as well.<BR/><BR/>In short most of the media will do exactly what they have been doing since this election began.<BR/><BR/>I do not expect them to change unless the reality changes so dramatically that not to change would make them look like prize idiots. Unfortunately, that is not going to happen before Tuesday.<BR/><BR/>We and the Liberals better be prepared for both the release and the media reaction when it comes.ottlibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12695135535019042279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-36127507697252813132008-10-05T19:33:00.000-04:002008-10-05T19:33:00.000-04:00I see this release as the final chance for our med...I see this release as the final chance for our media to get it right. No fair observer will let this release come without the deserved cynicism.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-24013397901709653692008-10-05T19:29:00.000-04:002008-10-05T19:29:00.000-04:00I would not trust Harper ..Tuesday he is going to ...I would not trust Harper ..Tuesday he is going to tell us what it is..(buying votes in Quebec),.....Money put back in the Arts, etc because he could not spend too much, without putting back funding for the Arts..if anyone is gullible enough to believe him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-16751194309936130082008-10-05T19:28:00.000-04:002008-10-05T19:28:00.000-04:00I think Paul Wells thinks the same thing.I think <A HREF="http://blog.macleans.ca/2008/10/05/home-stretch/" REL="nofollow">Paul Wells</A> thinks the same thing.Oxford County Liberalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12181314055142726735noreply@blogger.com