Looks like the Alberta Tories may have actually increased their majority. Ex-theologian and Kyoto dweeb supporter is sitting in a bar with Calgary Grit and BCer in Toronto crying in their beers.
Apparently the “Liberal brand” is just not selling.
Somehow I am not surprised.
Update the First: “The extent of the Conservative victory stunned the Alberta Liberals, led by Kevin Taft, who are on the way to losing more than half of their 16 legislative seats, led by a collapse in their traditional base of support in Edmonton.” cbc
Here’s a little hint…Albertans, alone apparently among Canadians, actually recognize the real cost of the Kyoto nonsense. Taft wanted to, at least, look at Kyotoish thinking. That was more than enough to lose seats.
Update the Second: 53% 26% 8.6% Snort!
Written by jay on March 4th, 2008 with 3 comments.
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The Liberals rely on a book which purports to have the inside scoop on a CPC attempt to bribe Chuck Cadman for his vote to bring down the Martin government. The Liberal Party website reports the “bribery” as fact and adds that Harper knew. Harper sues. The widow Cadman now says that so far as she knew Harper didn’t.
My own thought is that this whole thing was a fairly well planned Liberal smear which was calculated to hit just in time for the early Spring election that Dion and the Liberals were too wimpy to force. The thing about a smear during an election is that the exact truth does not matter; what you are looking for is a two week sensation your pals in the Liberal media can run with. But without an election a smear can turn into a disaster as it is investigated. And the CPC is very smart indeed suing the Liberal Party. That party is very close to broke whereas the Tories are awash in cash. A couple of hundred dollars on a libel defence plus the very real possibility of serious damages will have the few remaining adults in the Party demanding some serious accountability.
Written by jay on March 4th, 2008 with 5 comments.
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