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Sunday, January 22, 2006

Explanation to the Nation: Self Satisfaction

Written by Joel Johannesen on Sunday January 22 2006 at 05:48 AM

**Redated simply to bring it back to the top of the page**


I think we’ve finally got the clear explanation now from the Liberals’ current leader, Paul Martin, regarding their hideous Liberal attack ad fiasco.

Watch our audio/video flick.  You’ll be totally clear about things afterwards. 

UPDATE:  Video flick removed due to threat from CBC

Click to watch Explanation to the Nation: Self Satisfaction.


Please check out our other recent videos in our AudioVideo Vault too.

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  1. daverbonz's avatar daverbonz says:

    Uhhh, yeahhhm he’s our current Prime Minister…..yikes…..Can’t wait until the 23rd.:)

    Posted by daverbonz  from  Ottawa, Ontario...Nepean/Carleton  on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 2:27:42 PM
  2. [Storm.Shadow] says:

    How can anyone, after watching this clip vote Liberal???  Not that there are not a million other reasons but this wraps it up nicely.

    Posted by [Storm.Shadow]  from  Cambridge, Ontario  on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 2:33:37 PM
  3. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    ROFLMAO…you guys are brilliant. 

    This is absolutely the best and funniest thing I have seen.

    You just can’t make raw material like this up.

    In Canada

    Keep up the great work… but be prepared for the blogalanche when this gets cross posted.

    BTW.  Dithers saying… it was on a blog was priceless

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Calgary  on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 2:35:25 PM
  4. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    is it me or does Martin sound alot like porky pig, biddy , biddy ,biddy, thats all folks

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from   on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 2:38:38 PM
  5. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Joel, your too much baby!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  hamilton,ont.  on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 3:07:18 PM
  6. DC's avatar DC says:

    Gemini!!!!!

    Posted by DC  from  Gatineau QC  on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 3:13:06 PM
  7. Proud Reformer says:

    I didn’t see this on the CBC.  I wish I had.  I really wish I had.  I almost fell out of my chair laughing.  Joel, you have the best blog on the net.  Thanks for this

    Posted by Proud Reformer  from   on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 3:14:53 PM
  8. odie441's avatar odie441 says:

    The Liberla Party of Canad plans to put idiots on TV;

    Idiots;

    Babbling;

    On your TV;

    In your living room;

    In Canadian homes;

    We did not make this up!

    Posted by odie441  from  Ottawa area  on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 3:20:26 PM
    — odie441's   s i g n a t u r e:

    I MAY NOT AGREE WITH WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, BUT I WILL FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO SAY IT!!

  9. MikeR says:

    I was watching that last night. The temptation to ram my fist through the television was pretty high. I wanted everyone to see this - Paul Martin’s dumb and arrogant replies to the questions being asked of him.

    Joel, thanks for capturing this video. You’re doing us a great service.

    Posted by MikeR  from  Calgary, Alberta  on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 3:24:47 PM
  10. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Hey Joel! I took the liberty of sending Peter Mansbridge your clip. I’m sure he will be amused. It should be all over CBC headquarters soon.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  hamilton,ont.  on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 3:26:56 PM
  11. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    LOL  LOL  LOL  LOL  LOL  LOL

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from   on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 3:33:47 PM
  12. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    What a hoot!!!!!!!!!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Courtenay BC  on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 3:42:37 PM
  13. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Da proof is da proof and to get da proof then you have da proof.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from   on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 4:02:42 PM
  14. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    A-thi-a, a-thi-a, a-thi-a….that’s all folks!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Guelph, On  on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 4:13:28 PM
  15. hedplug's avatar hedplug says:

    Pegcity, through my tears from laughing so hard I can barely write, I was going to suggest Joel to add the “biddee biddee, that’s all folks!” bit from Porky the Pig but you were Pegcity on the spot. You too FrankQ!

    OMIGAWD that was too funny! I might have to go back to the polling station with my portable DVD player and play this clip for every person who comes in to vote.

    The only thing missing on Martian were the antlers!!!!!

    Posted by hedplug  from  Gawd's Country  on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 4:26:38 PM
    — hedplug's   s i g n a t u r e:

    Get out of your head and stand up for yourself! ME

  16. Mark-Alan Whittle says:

    As usual, Joel cleanly eviscerates Paul Martin like the turkey that he is. You should get the Order of Canada for all your fine work defending Canada and the values we hold dear. You know, honesty, hard-work and paying your fair share, unlike Paul Martin.

    Clueless and valueless, an empty vessel.

    Posted by Mark-Alan Whittle  from  Hamilton Moutain Electoral District  on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 4:28:34 PM
  17. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Joel and fellow Proud to Be Canadian readers, this is the key question that you must ask the Prime Minister regarding the Canadian Forces ad (a shortened French version of which is still airing):


    “Mr. Martin, rightly or wrongly, many Canadians felt that the ‘Soldiers in the streets with guns in Canada’ ad you approved implied that the Canadian Forces are a threat to Canadians. If this interpretation is correct, it would be an extremely serious problem for Canada. You have stated before the public and the media that this interpretation is wrong and that this ad merely refers to the most effective basing of our Forces and their logistical systems. Since it is virtually unprecedented in history for a ruling national leader to imply that his own army is a threat to his country during an election campaign, will you release all ad development memos, meeting minutes, emails, and other documentary evidence proving your claim that this attack ad was about efficient logistics and not, like Pinochet, about martial law?”

    I am a Canadian civilian.

    Once, I was an Army Reservist, and my record was unremarkable.

    Yet I have enormous pride in the people I served with and the people who still serve in both our Regular and Reserve Canadian Forces on air, land, and sea. They are the best young people you could imagine.

    As someone who has a keen interest in military history and who observed military morale on the ground first hand, I understand how important it is for a person who has not only volunteered to endure discomfort, injury, and death, but to give up their Saturday night at an Officer’s whim, that their government and their people support them.

    Our soldiers are mostly peacekeepers today. They also help us each year digging out from snow storms, delivering people from floods, rescuing fishermen and families lost at sea. When they fought, they fought great evil, almost unbelievable evil, and they triumphed.

    And when they came back home to Canada, they put down their dirty boots, picked up their pens, and went back to work in the offices across this country alongside you and I. Some were farmers, some doctors, a few were so injured and battered up mentally or physically that they never worked again.

    They are heroes and, more importantly, they are good, hard working, honest, decent Canadian men and women and they love this country.

    Finally, the answer to this question is essential to setting the historical record about the Paul Martin government and its relationship with the Canadian Forces straight.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Victoria, BC  on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 4:46:22 PM
  18. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    2nd Key Question for the Prime Minister…

    “I understand you’ve now reversed your previous public assertion that you approved the Canadian Forces ad and that you say that you only saw the transcript. Since you have also stated that the ad was not a scare tactic that the Canadian Forces would be used to establish a military dictatorship, but was instead referring to the dispersion of our Forces and resulting logistical difficulties, can you explain the part of the transcript that says “soldiers with guns in our cities in Canada”; does the fact that the soldiers have guns increase the logistical difficulties they would face?”

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Victoria, BC  on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 4:48:33 PM
  19. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    For what its worth, the previous two questions were not meant to be anonymous and I have no idea why my name didn’t show up. It’s Chris Dollis.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Victoria, BC  on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 4:51:00 PM
  20. Joel Johannesen's avatar Joel Johannesen says:

    Chris Dollis—great writing.  Thanks for that.

    And by the way—I can see your name attached to those posts.

    Posted by Joel Johannesen  from  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada  on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 5:58:36 PM
    — Joel Johannesen's   s i g n a t u r e:

    I could hardly believe “ProudToBeCanadian” was available when I was looking for a web site domain name.  No liberal thought of it?  It took a true blue CONSERVATIVE to think of buying that name and starting a web site built around it?  What does that tell you?  ...  Please remember to support this site.

  21. Tim on the Rock says:

    Joel,

    This video is just brilliant!

    Joe Clark, John Turner, Kim Campbell… Paul Martin.

    Posted by Tim on the Rock  from   on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 7:30:57 PM
  22. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Tim on the Rock (#21):

    Nicely done.  You’ve brought together the 4 Bozos of Canadian Prime Ministership.

    I’d say that the much older looking Paul Martin is in very good company, wouldn’t you?

    I just hope that Clark, Turner and Campbell won’t be to upset that you dragged them down several notches when you lumped them in with the worst PM of all time.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Guelph, On  on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 8:00:59 PM
  23. conservativegal's avatar conservativegal says:

    That was one of the most brilliant pieces yet, Joel!

    I have been at a trade show in the USA all day and an just getting caught up. My Conservative button was proudly displayed on my jacket and I was approached by several Canadians & Americans after seeing my button.

    Canadian Reaction - they’re voting the same way I am and some American reaction - I’m not making this up - who’s the idiot running your country?  Do you really hate Americans?

    Paul Martin’s idiocy is known in the US by the common folk - not just in Washington.

    Posted by conservativegal  from  Vancouver Island  on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 8:49:35 PM
    — conservativegal's   s i g n a t u r e:

    “I am a Canadian, a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and for all mankind.”

    The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, House of Commons Debates on the Cdn. Bill of Rights, July 1, 1960

  24. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    I can’t stop laughing…..please stop…!!!! Sorry i just pissssssed my pants.. now i have to go change !!lol,lol

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Whitby,Ontatio  on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 8:59:01 PM
  25. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    ok ..I’m back…oh no…just watched the video for a second time….my god i’ve done it again!!!lol,lol i think i’ve soiled myself this time…..

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Whitby,Ontatio  on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 9:45:40 PM
  26. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    i think liberals speak in code only other liberals can decipher, its called moonbattery, its a way of speaking without actually having said anything, just choose some random words, add in the occasional “Americal style” “privatized” or “right wing” then merely throw in some random sylables and you have the basis of all liberal speak.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from   on  Fri, January 13, 2006 at 11:04:16 PM
  27. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Is this a comedy sketch, or the real thing ?

    If ever a man was digging a hole for himself, this was it. Martin was appalling.
    And those clips with his namesake referring to an ‘idiot’ were priceless.

    I don’t thing the MSM will ease up on them now. Martin and his Government are an embarrasement and I think that will a powerful motive in many peoples minds to
    VOTE THEM OUT on the 23rd.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  London, UK  on  Sat, January 14, 2006 at 12:57:38 AM
  28. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Sorry about the spelling and wonky grammer.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  London, UK  on  Sat, January 14, 2006 at 12:59:39 AM
  29. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    A copy of this should be sent to all MSM outlets.
    Be sure to inform them of this critical piece of info “we did not make this up”

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Porter's Lake, NS  on  Sat, January 14, 2006 at 3:54:00 AM
  30. conservativegal's avatar conservativegal says:

    I think with all of the controversy over the attack ads and with all of the parodies of the ads, the Liberals have handed Canadians and the media the best tag line ever - “we did not make this up.”  I’ll bet it will become part of our lexicon for a long time.

    Posted by conservativegal  from  Vancouver Island  on  Sat, January 14, 2006 at 4:41:07 AM
    — conservativegal's   s i g n a t u r e:

    “I am a Canadian, a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and for all mankind.”

    The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, House of Commons Debates on the Cdn. Bill of Rights, July 1, 1960

  31. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Conservativegal , re : #30

    It has been pointed out many times by Don Newman and other journalists that the Liberal campaign has been so poorly run that they don’t even have a slogan. They do now.

    “WE DID NOT MAKE THIS UP. SERIOUSLY.”  :grrr:

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from   on  Sat, January 14, 2006 at 5:04:19 AM
  32. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Here’s what almost 500 Maritimers (so far today) think of NEGATIVE ADS and whether they work or not ....

    http://www.herald.ns.ca/vote.html

    BTW , polls are showing 40% support out here in the ‘East for Harper/Conservatives which is a great-big-sea-change ....

    Cheers.  ;-)

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from   on  Sat, January 14, 2006 at 5:09:23 AM
  33. PeterZ says:

    This is priceless. I can’t stop smiling. I tried to get at it last night but the traffic spike must have been enormous. I’m on my way to help out at the CPC office today and I’m taking this with me.

    My youngest daughter just watched it with me and I asked her if she now got what I’ve been telling her and her answer was yes. This is a kid who has been indoctrinated in school by the “Mike Harris is evil” crowd so it is definitely an accomplishment.

    Posted by PeterZ  from  Hamilton, Ontario  on  Sat, January 14, 2006 at 5:32:10 AM
  34. WDBE says:

    Our PMPM’s logic reminds me of former President Clinton. In hearings, he described his naughty misadventures with Monica Lewinsky and his “executive branch” as not being sex related.

    Posted by WDBE  from  Lunenburg, NS  on  Sat, January 14, 2006 at 5:36:15 AM
  35. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Fantastic. I’ve linked this video to a number of sites. The Liberal trolls will be out in huge numbers trying to defend this.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Cornwall (Conservative territory)  on  Sat, January 14, 2006 at 5:45:33 AM
  36. conservativegal's avatar conservativegal says:

    Our PMPM’s logic reminds me of former President Clinton. In hearings, he described his naughty misadventures with Monica Lewinsky and his “executive branch” as not being sex related.

    The Canadian equivalent to “I did not have sex with that woman” is “I did not approve of that ad.”

    Posted by conservativegal  from  Vancouver Island  on  Sat, January 14, 2006 at 5:46:10 AM
    — conservativegal's   s i g n a t u r e:

    “I am a Canadian, a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and for all mankind.”

    The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, House of Commons Debates on the Cdn. Bill of Rights, July 1, 1960

  37. Mark-Alan Whittle says:

    Liberal Attack Ad # 666
    ——————————————
    Boom, boom, da-da boom!

    Tony Valeri, a Liberal.

    Boom, boom, da-da boom!

    Flew to his cottage in a Challenger—a government Challenger.

    Boom, boom, da-da boom!

    In Hamilton, Ontario—a steel town.

    Boom, boom, da-da boom!

    Guess who lives next door?

    Boom, boom, da-da boom!

    Liberal Tony Valeri just won’t tell us.

    Boom, boom, da-da boom!

    We aren’t making this up.

    Boom, boom, da-da boom!

    Choose your Canada.
    ——————————————-

    Posted by Mark-Alan Whittle  from  Hamilton Moutain Electoral District  on  Sat, January 14, 2006 at 6:40:58 AM
  38. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Martin has a John Kerry moment.
    ” I approved of that ad before I disapproved of it”

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Peterborough. Ontario  on  Sat, January 14, 2006 at 7:28:11 AM
  39. Graydon Smith says:

    That’s flat out pant crapping funny; however, since he’s our current PM I am changing that to pant crappingly scary!

    Posted by Graydon Smith  from  Port Sydney, Ontario  on  Sat, January 14, 2006 at 12:17:43 PM
  40. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Does anyone know where I can see the ad that this is all about?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  North Carolina  on  Sat, January 14, 2006 at 8:32:49 PM
  41. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Davep, I think this is what you’re looking for:

    Liberal ad

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Chilliwack, BC  on  Sat, January 14, 2006 at 10:49:14 PM
  42. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Liberal CSL high seas raider “Dithers”, to the briny deep.

    The Jolly Roger is no more, finally put to sleep.

    In your seas

    By the Navy

    In Canada

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from   on  Sun, January 15, 2006 at 7:37:14 PM
  43. Monty says:

    I’ve been reading about his speech with Belinder yesterday… anyone know where to find it?

    Posted by Monty  from   on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 9:00:30 AM
  44. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    mikeR… I have to agree with you totally. While watching this last night I tried my hardest to manage my anger but finally turned the channel after his response to the approval of the add in question. I don’t know how anyone could have sat through the whole interview without throwing the remote at the TV. What an embarassment.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Calgary  on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 9:28:36 AM
  45. conservativegal's avatar conservativegal says:

    I’m watching the video again, reading all of the responses, ROTFLMAO again and again and again. It is truly a classic.

    This video should be apart of any post election highlight reel, showing any future leader how to speak out of both sides of your mouth and nether regions all at once. The smirk at the end says it all.

    A copy of this should be sent personally to Paul Martin to show him what an ass he made of himself during this campaign and his tenure as Prime Minister.

    Posted by conservativegal  from  Vancouver Island  on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 9:59:34 AM
    — conservativegal's   s i g n a t u r e:

    “I am a Canadian, a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and for all mankind.”

    The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, House of Commons Debates on the Cdn. Bill of Rights, July 1, 1960

  46. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Joel,

    the really funny part about your video, is that Emperor Martin has provided so much material, rich in contradiction, smuggness, intellectual bankruptcy, lies and inuendo that you could generate many videos for some time.

    Once again folks: the Emperor has no clothes.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Vancouver  on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 10:04:24 AM
  47. Peter Williams says:

    Mr Martin here are some questions. You and Liberals have refused to answer them. So I try again here and you’ll ignore them.  But in the next year there will be investigations and you will have to provide answers.  Mr. Martin you can run but you can’t hide.

    a) Since we can set up systems to register voters and automobiles for much, much, much less than a billion dollars, where did all the gun registry money go? We’ve asked you and the Liberal Party to guarantee that this money did not end up in Liberal hands or in Liberal Party coffers, yet you refuse to provide this guarantee. Why? What are you hiding?

    b) Say did the gun registry cost 1 billion or 2 billion.  No one seems to know.  The Auditor General is going to find out Mr Martin.  So save us the expense and just come clean.

    c) Much was made about the Liberal party paying back $1.1 million of ill gotten gains that Judge Gomery identified. Since the Liberal party is broke where did you get the money? Why won’t you tell us?

    d) Where is the rest of the Adscam money?  reportedly even the forensic accountants who looked at Enron can’t find what it was spent on. 

    Why won’t you come clean with Canadians Mr. Martin?  ...what’s that?  Oh you were fighting an election and if you came clean you might loose your entitlements? 

    Mr Martin we are not going to go away. We will not drop these issues.

    Posted by Peter Williams  from  Calgary  on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 10:08:15 AM
  48. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    LMAO…..I guess it depends on what your definition of “approve” is…..or was that…..I guess it depends on what your definition of “is” is…..

    It’s all so confusing….too much work to try to figure out what this guy is saying.

    Also….what a waste of time, when Mr. Martin could have been explaining the party platform…<smile>.....

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Edmonton  on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 10:11:50 AM
  49. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Paul Martin is one scared individual. Not just scared I mean really scared. Scared witless…..but of what?  He is desperate beyond reason.  Once Stephen Harper has an opportunity to dig into the Liberal books Canadians are going to be shocked to the very core by the depth and scope of Liberal corruption that will be uncovered.  Given the stark fear written all over Paul Martin’s face, there is little doubt that the Liberal shredders have been destroying documents 24/7 lately. I believe some powerful people are at risk of being sent to jail.  When the CPC gets finished investigating Liberal corruption, come next election the Liberal Party will be annihilated for a generation.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Winnipeg (Gateway to the West)  on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 10:12:42 AM
  50. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Hey Monty Re : # 43

    Go to CPAC (http://www.cpac.ca) ==> VOTE 2006 ==> Leaders Tour ==> Video Archives ==> Paul Martin ==> Jan. 21/06

    NOTE : You may have to wait until either this evening or tomorrow for CPAC to post that clip of his speech with Belinda-Bobble-Head in it. As of right now , they are only showing the Jan.20th stuff.

    Cheers & good luck.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from   on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 10:13:54 AM
  51. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Joel :

    I hope you caught Question Period today. Little Duffy (John) pretty much admitted that the campaign was over when he said the turning point was the Income Trust issue in the first part of January , in hindsight of course. John Reynolds reminded him that maybe the AdScam affair may have had something to do with it too , if they were looking for answers in the rear-view mirror.

    The press pundits on CPAC (taped from Jan.19th ?) from the Globe ‘n Bail(?) dropped A-bomb after A-bomb on Martin and his party. I could not believe what I was seeing.

    But then again , why would the press want to be caught on the losing side ? Maybe they realize that they’re dealing with a decision-maker now (Harper) and his memory is not short ?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from   on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 10:24:59 AM
  52. Monty says:

    Thanks for the info Mr. Kim.
    I was surprised at how quiet John Duffy was today on Question Period too.

    Posted by Monty  from   on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 11:00:22 AM
  53. conservativegal's avatar conservativegal says:

    The Star seems to think Bloggers did not make the difference this time around. 

    It sure wasn’t the MSM that came up with this brilliant parody, compliments of Joel.

    According to the Star
    ....True, there was the storm about the Liberal attack ads that was heightened by bloggers who parodied the spots. But the mainstream media (MSM) were all over that disaster right from the beginning.

    Who reads blogs?
    According to the Star….
    ...As for Mr. and Mississauga, well, statistics show they still rely on TV and newspapers to get their news — and they’re the ones whose ballots will decide the outcome of this vote.

    The Influence of Bloggers
    According to the Star….
    Oh sure, the Canadian blogosphere can probably take credit for keeping the income trust scandal alive while the MSM, which broke the story, were waiting for new developments. But the blogs didn’t really advance the story, they mostly just railed about how the media weren’t ranting enough about it.
    Bloggers also made a number of missteps, notably spreading false rumours about two CBC employees.
    One was that CBC Radio One’s Promo Girl, Shauna MacDonald, was the voice of the Liberal attack ads. She wasn’t.
    The other was that a hapless researcher for The National was trying to engineer one-sided, anti-Harper coverage.
    An email she sent out in an attempt to solicit candidates for a gimmicky election program was misinterpreted, and circulated among the right-wing blogs. It cost her her job.

    Read the rest of the story to see how Canadian Bloggers didnt “swift boat” any candidates or expose something on the scale of Dan Rather’s phoney George Bush story. 

    I guess Income Trust, Option Canada, Tony Valeri, Liberal staffers accusing others of sexual assault etc, etc, etc,. don’t count to the MSM.
    Bloggers

    Posted by conservativegal  from  Vancouver Island  on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 11:22:09 AM
    — conservativegal's   s i g n a t u r e:

    “I am a Canadian, a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and for all mankind.”

    The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, House of Commons Debates on the Cdn. Bill of Rights, July 1, 1960

  54. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Conservativegal ,

    A prerequisite for any future election should be that every home and/or voter in this country have access to a computer ==> Internet ==> Blogs ==> whole story.

    Can you imagine how the poll numbers would look right now if everyone either had access to , or knew about blogs ??  Blogs have been a real eye-opener for me and I am now appauled at the lack of information with which voters continue to make decisions.

    So , how long will it be before MSM tries to limit our access to informtion ? Do you think MSM will finally understand that they really cannot control free-speech , thought , and opinion ?  Case in point : 2006 Federal Election results.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from   on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 11:35:59 AM
  55. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Re : 52 —Monty ,

    Please let me know if you are successful in viewng the PM/Belinda-Bobble-Head clip on CPAC , OK ?

    Yes , John Duffy was kinda quiet today on QP.
    Even he himself is now fully aware that he does not have much credibility left , and anything he says will just dig a deeper hole. To save face , the only thing he could say today that made sense was his admission that the Income Trust issue was the tipping point in the Liberal’s downfall.

    I don’t want to jinx anything , but today for the first time in a long time , I think I might actually feel like I’m proud to be a Canadian again. 

    Cheers.  smirk

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from   on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 11:45:21 AM
  56. conservativegal's avatar conservativegal says:

    Can you imagine how the poll numbers would look right now if everyone either had access to , or knew about blogs ??  Blogs have been a real eye-opener for me and I am now appauled at the lack of information with which voters continue to make decisions.

    Mister Kim:

    At the moment, I have 6 tabs open on my browser - all to blogs.  When I read the story “before it happens” so to speak and tell people, they look at me funny and ask me where I heard it.  When I tell them, they thing I’m some kind of “conspiracy nut’ (I’m not kidding).

    Then they see the same story on the MSM a few days later and I look kind of bored, saying “I told you that a few days ago.”

    It’s a mindset that people have to hook into.  Canada is one of the most wired nations in the world and old habits such as the 6:00 news die hard.

    Wheather is’s conservative, liberal, you name it - these blogs are not only a source of information, but you get to feel the mood of a whole country, from real people, not just what you’re fed on the news.  It encourages discussions and ideas which lead to change and progress.

    I got hooked on blogs during the US election and have never looked back.  Media Research, NewsMax, the Drudge Report and Captains Quarters are among my many sources of information, along with the conventional ones such as papers, TV and radio.  I feel I’m well informed and can look at things from both sides of an issue.

    Fox News is my mainstream US news station of choice - we had “grey market satellite” and their coverage of 9/11 was the best around. They’re still the best source of US and international news and love ‘em or hate ‘em, their talk shows generate discussion.

    Posted by conservativegal  from  Vancouver Island  on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 11:51:29 AM
    — conservativegal's   s i g n a t u r e:

    “I am a Canadian, a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and for all mankind.”

    The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, House of Commons Debates on the Cdn. Bill of Rights, July 1, 1960

  57. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Conservativegal ,

    I now believe that blogs & technology do work.

    Why , I have to tell you that I have been hitting the ‘delete’ button for a few weeks now , every time I saw PM’s name.

    It’s finally working.  tongue wink

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from   on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 12:01:27 PM
  58. conservativegal's avatar conservativegal says:

    Mister Kim:

    Why , I have to tell you that I have been hitting the ‘delete’ button for a few weeks now , every time I saw PM’s name.

    We will collectively “delete” Paul Martin tomorrow by voting him out of office. :)

    today for the first time in a long time , I think I might actually feel like I’m proud to be a Canadian again.

    Me, too.

    Posted by conservativegal  from  Vancouver Island  on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 12:06:01 PM
    — conservativegal's   s i g n a t u r e:

    “I am a Canadian, a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and for all mankind.”

    The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, House of Commons Debates on the Cdn. Bill of Rights, July 1, 1960

  59. Monty says:

    I still have my fingers crossed, hoping the voters don’t let us down tomorrow.
    This site has been such a bright light in a long dark tunnel. I really thought I was out of touch until I got in here with like-minded people. You know, people who aren’t afraid of others who live out west, in rural areas or who might have a different opinion. I’m originally from Ontario but have lived in Quebec for a long time. It will be quite interesting to see what unfolds here.

    Posted by Monty  from   on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 12:36:18 PM
  60. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    #49…..I thought the same things you did.  “The lady doth protest too much”.....I don’t feel as if Paul Martin wants to stay in power so badly as that he’s afraid of what an investigation (or two or three) might uncover.

    As for John Duffy, his thoughts/spin are so skewed and devious that I wondered how on earth he would actually expect anyone to buy his book on his thoughts on previous elections???  Mike Duffy, as part of the apology acceptance speech, gave John’s book some air-time, saying that it was one of the best around.

    Well, you can imagine my surprise when I went to buy it.  They were sold out everywhere, and more copies were being published.

    That was a joke by the way.  ;-) Like I would need his “take” on anything. 

    RZ

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Edmonton  on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 12:40:45 PM
  61. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Wise decision to move it up as there are increasingly more of them tuning in. They may not all be salvageable but I believe some are.

    I won’t be proud to be Canadian until the Conservatives win at least two mandates in a row. To make sure it wasn’t just an anomaly. We may not even get a majority this time, although in Mizz. Copps’ most recent column there is this:

    As Harper marches toward a likely majority tomorrow, the question haunting Martin and his loyal machine is how did the mighty fall this far, this fast?  Sheila Copps

    Full column here.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  hamilton,ont.  on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 1:14:21 PM
  62. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    I agree with Ms Copps…..I have a feeling that there will be a Conservative majority tomorrow night…..there’s a deep deep mood for change.

    However, I also think that there’s a possibility that the Bloc could be the opposition.

    Interesting note from a columnist in the Edmonton Journal that the possibility exists that the PM could be from Calgary (Stephen Harper) and that the leader of the opposition could be from Edmonton (Anne McLellan)....now that would put a new spin on the rivalry between Edmonton and Calgary.

    RZ

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Edmonton  on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 1:46:45 PM
  63. conservativegal's avatar conservativegal says:

    This picture begs for a caption.

    Link
    Swan Song

    Posted by conservativegal  from  Vancouver Island  on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 1:53:40 PM
    — conservativegal's   s i g n a t u r e:

    “I am a Canadian, a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and for all mankind.”

    The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, House of Commons Debates on the Cdn. Bill of Rights, July 1, 1960

  64. Friend of USA's avatar Friend of USA says:

    Sorry to be off topic, but anyone else thinks some liberal sympathisers will try to reject perfectly good Conservative ballot/votes?

    Liberals are desperate,

    they are used to doing illegal/immoral things as if it was the normal way of doing things,

    and they believe they are entitled to own Canada for ever…

    Get ready for some new scandal.

    Posted by Friend of USA  from  Montreal region.  on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 2:17:30 PM
  65. conservativegal's avatar conservativegal says:

    Off Topic also - a little humor break here.

    Paul Martin and a CSIS agent are taking a stroll when they come upon a little girl carrying a basket with a blanket over it.

    Curious, Martin asks the girl, “What’s in the basket?”
    She replies, “New baby kittens,” and she opens the basket to show him.

    “How nice,” says Martin. “What kind are they?”
    The little girl says, “Liberals.”

    Martin smiles, pats the little girl on the head and continues on.

    Three weeks later, Martin is taking another stroll, this time with Jack Layton. They see the little girl again with the same basket. Martin says, “Watch this, Jack; it’s really cute.”

    They approach the little girl. He greets the little girl and says “how are the kittens doing, and she says, “Fine.”

    Then, smirking, he nudges Layton with his elbow and asks the little girl, “And can you tell us what kind of kittens they are?”

    She replies, “Conservatives.”

    Abashed, Martin says, “But three weeks ago you said they were Liberals!”

    “I know,” she says. “But now their eyes are open.”  ;-)

    Posted by conservativegal  from  Vancouver Island  on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 3:14:04 PM
    — conservativegal's   s i g n a t u r e:

    “I am a Canadian, a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and for all mankind.”

    The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, House of Commons Debates on the Cdn. Bill of Rights, July 1, 1960

  66. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    ROTFLMAO ?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  PG BC - last check; no crossesburning  on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 4:19:13 PM
  67. Friend of USA's avatar Friend of USA says:

    conservativegal, that’s a really good one!

    Posted by Friend of USA  from  Montreal region.  on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 4:53:32 PM
  68. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    Thank you Joel, if it werent for this site id have gone crazy this past 18 months, you keep many of us sane knowing that not being a liberal is not unCanadian.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from   on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 5:06:47 PM
  69. conservativegal's avatar conservativegal says:

    .

    ...you keep many of us sane…...

    I think I would have ended up a raving loony in the psych ward (maybe not, with the Liberal wait times) if I hadn’t landed here at PTBC one afternoon.
    Reason, logic, commentary, humor…Thank you Joel and long may it continue.

    Posted by conservativegal  from  Vancouver Island  on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 5:58:55 PM
    — conservativegal's   s i g n a t u r e:

    “I am a Canadian, a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and for all mankind.”

    The Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, House of Commons Debates on the Cdn. Bill of Rights, July 1, 1960

  70. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) says:

    I just heard from an advertising friend in Las Vegas that you can get odds on the eleciont results..of course..and that Martin is out but Canada is down the toilet and dumb Canadians and the extreme bias in the media here will screw Stephen Harper and the Conservatives and enable the Liberals to get back in the next time around.  YIKES!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  from  Sodomyland & Gomorrah aka Vancouver  on  Sun, January 22, 2006 at 9:51:21 PM
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