tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post6906518849124519265..comments2023-10-22T09:18:16.885-04:00Comments on Far and Wide: After The "Honeymoon"Steve Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-70619806395082369302012-04-11T19:38:43.190-04:002012-04-11T19:38:43.190-04:00Yep. Mulcair probably can't win, but he also ...Yep. Mulcair probably can't win, but he also prevents the Libs from a serious rebound. Net positive Harper. AND, don't think this is why the Cons haven't attacked him yet, this is PURE strategy!!Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-37710884308494985242012-04-11T19:32:51.760-04:002012-04-11T19:32:51.760-04:00Mulcair is an arrogant asshole, but he's hidin...Mulcair is an arrogant asshole, but he's hiding it well so far. Given enough rope, I'm sure his inner asshole will come forth. His popularity in Quebec will be a problem, though, for where else will the LPC grow?<br /><br />Dredging up a new long-gun registry is surely a winner for the LPC.Möbiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851148006420274055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-77959975908350059412012-04-10T01:35:51.157-04:002012-04-10T01:35:51.157-04:00That bit by radia, a known harper sycophant, is ju...That bit by radia, a known harper sycophant, is just background noise. The way the cons have poisoned the well -- where their urban mps didn't have to face the counter heat poured on opposition MPs from rural tidings -- has put the nail in a registry for a while. like a nep, it makes too much sense but the liars have drowned out common sense... Let Mulcair have his honeymoon; smart and sharp will win the day...rockfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02835472375196889875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-18056002671577406942012-04-09T20:05:49.684-04:002012-04-09T20:05:49.684-04:00& now you have this load of crap
Yeah, I'...<i>& now you have this load of crap</i><br /><br />Yeah, I'm not happy about it, but I'm going to see what happens when we get an official leader. Short of that, I'm going to do what I can to see that this is brought up at the next policy convention. <br /><br />But I do think Mulcair may have jumped the gun (ha, ha) on the long-gun registry. I say this because as far as I know, the NDP takes their policy conventions a lot more seriously than the Liberals do. Or that's the impression Olivia Chow and Stephen Lewis gave me when they were playing the talking-head roles during the <a href="http://drivingtheporcelainbus.blogspot.ca/2012/03/mulcairs-views-very-similar-to-laytons.html" rel="nofollow">leadership convention.</a> Policy is generated by the members and sold by the leader. Lewis even told a story of how he had to campaign of a dog of a policy generated by the members back when he was leader. Mulcair has to first convince the members of this position. He can't unilaterally declare the change like this, even if he is the leader. Or that's the impression I have on the situation. <br /><br />And there is no official NDP policy on the long-gun registry, as Bruce Hyer, one of the NDP MPs, <a href="http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/16/the-long-gun-registry-very-nearly-at-an-end/" rel="nofollow">pointed out.</a> This allowed MPs to vote however they choose in a situation like this.<br /><br />And yes, this is one of the issues that Quebec will love, but which might alienate rural Canadians. It's also a far-cry from Layton's previous position, which managed to straddle to two -- correct the registry, listen to what rural Canadians want. <br /><br />A final thought: of politics does indeed dissolve into a two party system, I'm reminded of something John Cleese said about the two dominating parties in the UK -- how one side will build something only to have it torn down when the other party comes into power. It'll be interesting to see if this is what happens with the long-gun registry. Build it up, tare it down, in an endless cycle. Bleh, if that's what happens.sharonapple88https://www.blogger.com/profile/11149226422042041129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-45459410105034223482012-04-09T19:18:52.877-04:002012-04-09T19:18:52.877-04:00& now you have this load of crap
http://is.gd/...& now you have this load of crap<br />http://is.gd/BrvrxF I'm going to make a stink about this, starting by withdrawing my Victory fundJimmEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03703715618040666970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-76220559639485398582012-04-09T16:06:33.404-04:002012-04-09T16:06:33.404-04:00Steve
I see it terms of Mulcair giving the NDP a ...Steve<br /><br />I see it terms of Mulcair giving the NDP a stronger hold on Quebec, which is crucial for Liberals moving forward. Elsewhere I'm not convinced Mulcair will resonate at all, but in Quebec his winning leadership works against us. Anything can happen, I just see a steeper gradient with Mulcair.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-9526759135920268562012-04-09T13:44:33.570-04:002012-04-09T13:44:33.570-04:00I sense a new toxic tone between the opposition pa...<i>I sense a new toxic tone between the opposition parties, which works to Harper's advantage.</i><br /><br />I agree. It made me sick to my stomach seeing this all going on. There was sniping back and forth, but things seemed to have dropped off a cliff in recent days.sharonapple88https://www.blogger.com/profile/11149226422042041129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-14772085631547531832012-04-09T11:48:13.500-04:002012-04-09T11:48:13.500-04:00I'm curious about all this talk that says the ...I'm curious about all this talk that says the NDP under Mulcair's leadership is a threat to the LPC. I mean, maybe it is, but for me this new NDP entity has the opposite affect. The more I see of the Thomas Mulcair 'new way' for the New Democrats the more I feel inclined to drift back toward supporting the Liberals. Call me crazy, I guess.Omarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12058734544373976550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-61241710073898871952012-04-09T10:58:35.521-04:002012-04-09T10:58:35.521-04:00I sense a new toxic tone between the opposition pa...I sense a new toxic tone between the opposition parties, which works to Harper's advantage.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-26226442065290933232012-04-09T10:57:08.222-04:002012-04-09T10:57:08.222-04:00The whole part about monopolizing the debate on th...The whole part about monopolizing the debate on the budget was bizarre. It would have been great if the NDP had spent the entire time taking down the budget, but when it descended reading tweets, it just became sad. You have to get the Conservatives riled up. Get media attention at least. The fact that both the Conservatives and reporters appeared indifferent to the entire thing shows how effective this was against the Conservatives -- not at all. <br /><br />Pearson did mention Mulcair's temper, and I do think it's been evident in the last week. And his temper is a definite weak spot because Mulcair tends to swing wildly. This appears to be the case with <a href="http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/16/thomas-mulcair-is-mr-angry/" rel="nofollow">Yves Duhaime</a>. <br /><br />Anyway, after Rae's speech to the Liberal caucus, where Rae took swings at Mulcair and the NDP, Mulcair swung back, but his punches lacked control. The biggest wild swing was when Mulcair accused the Liberals of not using their full 20 minutes for their response on the budget. Yes, but as Kady O'Malley noted the time Brison and McCallum used was closer to 18 minutes than the 11 minutes Muclair said they spoke for. Dan Lauzon jumped in and said that the NDP was misleading people since "they jammed us into tabling our sub-amendment ASAP, or we would have been cut-off." (If true, not nice.) As O'Malley tweeted, "I wouldn't make an issue of it except that the NDP is totally doing so, and it doesn't seem entirely based in fact. "<br /><br />Mulcair made a few more comments on Wedneday made me think -- meltdown.sharonapple88https://www.blogger.com/profile/11149226422042041129noreply@blogger.com