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#cdnleft The Jaffer stuff is one part of the faux ‘tough on crime’ Conservative position: Everyone ... http://trim.li/nk/1ryy #cdnpoli #lpc 13 hours ago
For those of you who are blog-aware, this makes me go "huh?" and "ugh" at the same time: http://is.gd/a8SYn 18 hours ago
Bureaucrats in PCO objected to partisan Cdn Ec. Action plan: http://is.gd/a5Jyh (Everyone seems to be leaking stories these days) 2010/03/10
..to get information Cdn officals could not obtain (ie using torture) and he instead hid behind the troops and didnt give a direct answer. 2010/03/10
Very interesting: Justice minister Nicholson had a chance on a yes or no answer to deny Cdn officials were handing over prisoners.. 2010/03/10

Iggy: Harpers clean energy investments are worse then Sarah Palin’s.

Posted by Scott Tribe on September 21, 2009, at 6:29 pm |

The best zinger of the Iggy economic speech today was arguably during this sequence:

Who knew that bloggers were so powerful?

Posted by Scott Tribe on July 4, 2009, at 7:12 pm |

I mean, they’re the reason to blame for the Governor of Alaska and the former VP candidate for the Republicans resigning her Alaska governorship early, according to her spokesperson:

Asked why Palin was stepping down as opposed to finishing her term (which ends in 2010), the RGA header cited pesky bloggers and activists as the reason. [...]

Former Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin suddenly resigns as Alaska governor

Posted by Scott Tribe on July 3, 2009, at 5:07 pm |

There’s a bit of speculation as to why she’s suddenly done this. Is there a brewing scandal? Is it a break from politics? Is she trying to concentrate on trying to get herself nominated as the Republican Presidential candidate in 2012?

Regardless, it seems appropriate to re-post this video:

UPDATE @ 7:53pm: A rather incoherent resignation speech, [...]

What would a Sarah Palin presidency be like?

Posted by Scott Tribe on October 28, 2008, at 9:14 am |

Scary thought, isn’t it? Here’s a website called Palin As President that puts those thoughts into a visual presentation Very well done… and not far off the truth.

(H/T to C.A., a Liberal acquaintance of mine for finding that website).

The Democrats unofficial reaction to Sarah Palin being chosen VP Candidate by McCain.

Posted by Scott Tribe on September 2, 2008, at 6:56 pm |

UPDATE: Your latest revelation: Ms Palin’s reformer reputation takes a hit:

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin employed a lobbying firm to secure almost $27 million in federal earmarks for a town of 6,700 residents while she was its mayor, according to an analysis by an independent government watchdog…”She certainly wasn’t shy about putting the old-boy network to [...]

Sarah Palin a “game-changer”…for the Democrats.

Posted by Scott Tribe on September 2, 2008, at 11:30 am |

So my blogging colleague Antonio over from Fuddle-Duddle has been trying to tell me how much of a game changer this Sarah Palin pick would be for McCain and the Republicans.� He never expressly said it would help the Republicans and McCain win the Presidential election, but I got the feeling he believed it was [...]

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Iggy: Harpers clean energy investments are worse then Sarah Palin’s.

Who knew that bloggers were so powerful?

Former Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin suddenly resigns as Alaska governor

What would a Sarah Palin presidency be like?

The Democrats unofficial reaction to Sarah Palin being chosen VP Candidate by McCain.

Sarah Palin a “game-changer”…for the Democrats.

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