Comments on: Attack ad thoughts

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:58:08 +0000

Canadian’s are not as gullible as Harper believes. This will backfire on Harper for a number of reasons:-
1) The money and energy spent on the attack adds should be going toward helping the economy recover.
2) Conservative thinking will not get us out of this recession only someone with a World view like IGGY can do that.
3) Canadian’s are polite an apologetic and know that personal attacks should be saved for the hockey rink.
4) Canada really need someone like IGGY who is Canadian but has earned respect from the US, the UK and France.
5) Harper is simply out classed by IGGY and is jealous of his resume.

We should be so lucky to have someone with this experience and education leading our country….who does not live in Harper’s narrow little “world”.

1970 - 1974 4 US Prof Harvard
1974 - 1976 2 US Stud PhD Harvard
1976 - 1978 2 Canada Prof UBC
1978 - 1984 6 UK Research Cambridge
1984 - 1985 1 France Research École des Hautes Études
1985 - 1990 5 UK Media London
1990 - 1993 3 UK Media The Observer
1993 - 1995 2 UK Research Oxford
1995 - 2000 5 UK Media BBC
2000 - 2005 5 US Prof Harvard
2005 - 2009 4 Canada Pol Ottawa

By: Gene Rayburn

Gene Rayburn — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:22:12 +0000

Lick it Wilson, you are repetitive and boring. Joe and Mary Sixpack huh? So you are American and condescending when you refer to average Canadians, not to mention incredibly unoriginal. Please just stop, we all heard you the first one hundred times you said your tripe.

By: wilson

wilson — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:07:05 +0000

I really don’t think Joe and Mary Sixpack will go so far as to think MI is ‘not really Canadian’ ; he is Canadian.
But, they may very well discount any claim to fame MI has earned in Britain and the US, by thinking ”yah but, that was before he came back to Canada”, his committment to Canada began in 2005.

By: Zorpheous

Zorpheous — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:28:16 +0000

I doesn’t matter Scott, the Liberals are not fighting back on these negative attack ads, and so Iggy will be framed as “Not Really Canadian,…” Then when election time comes around, Canadians will have this negative background image and buzz about Iggy and it will be all down hill from there. The General Public are generally to lazy and/or stupid to actually follow politics or law or anything that is really important. In the end the end it is the twit that can sell the best PR spin,…

Now there are two exception to this rule,

1) The General Public become sick of the current Administration because of corruption or blind arrogance.
2) The General Public votes their pocket book. And tax cuts are not always the vote get’er that the right wingers hope for. Sometimes people want the Government to help them out IE, Health Care, Education,… etc,…

The problem with Harper is that he hasn’t done anything of much,… so he can’t be held account for much,… Basically he has done nothing except spin PR on the media about what he would like Canadian’s to believe he has done,…

Oh yam and Iggy is Not a Real Canadian,… Vote Harper

By: Mark Francis

Mark Francis — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:25:17 +0000

Framing is always a distraction as it makes simple the complex, and elevates a single self-serving issue from a multitude of issues, many more far more pressing than the one chosen.

The Cons will blame Chalk River on the Libs. They wouldn’t be wrong, though their handling of the ongoing issues has been terrible.

By: Paul Raposo

Paul Raposo — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:39:34 +0000

The economy, stupid!

Isn’t that what Carvelle told Clinton? if we stick with this sound advice, no amount of attacking will distract Canadians from the fact that Tory times are bad times.