Gilles Duceppe...A Man Defeated

Gilles Duceppe has spent the last 19 months propping up a tired, stale Conservative government...and now he's paying for it. Harper bribed the Bloc just enough to get their support on just about every issue put to Parliament. Duceppe bit on that lure hard and often.

So what does the Bloc get in return? He's about to lose one of his strongholds, he's down 8% over the last election in another and he's disappeared off the face of the planet in Outremeont. Not only did he have to retract his intentions to run for leader of the PQ, but he just may have to think about his future with the Bloc. Certainly losing his hold in primarily popular Bloc ridings has to be a sign of the end of days for Mssr. Duceppe.

So, well Liza Frulla (not my kind of Liberal), Chantal Hebert and others are calling for the end of Stephane Dion, the Bloc quietly fades away into the abyss. Bye bye separatist movement.

La Presse Poll Reported Incorrectly...or, Spin it to suit yourself Chantal

So I downloaded the Unimarketing/La Presse poll that's run rampant all over the MSM today. Of course it's all being spun as the dismantling of Stephane Dion and the Liberal Party in Quebec.

But, let's have a look at the REAL story behind the numbers shall we. Then you can tell me who the REAL losers are in this by-election

ROBERVAL-LAC-STE.-JEAN

2006 Results

BQ 17,586/ 45.21%
Conswervatives 14,463/ 37.18%
Liberal 3,014/ 7.75%
Dips 2,151/ 5.53%
Green Wave 1,689/ 4.34%

La Presse Poll 2007

BQ 37%
Conswervatives 43%
Liberal 12%
Dips 4%
Green Wave 4%

So, you see, it would appear in this riding the big losers are the Bloc and the NDP. Both the Liberals and CONS are up in support in this riding. Take that Chantal!! Why aren't you telling us Duceppe is finished for good?

SAINT-HYACINTHE-BAGOT

2006 RESULTS

BQ 27,838/ 56.0%
Conswervatives 12,323/ 24.8%
Liberal 4,884/ 9.8%
Dips 2,723/ 5.5%
Green Wave 1,925/ 3.9%


La Presse Poll 2007

BQ 49%
Conswervatives 32%
Liberal 5%
NDP 7%
Green Wave 6%

So why isn't Chantal putting the death nail in the coffin of the BQ leader Gilles Duceppe? Duceppe gives up 7% in this riding. Liberals never ever had a sniff of hope here in elections past.


Now for the big one.

OUTREMONT

2006 RESULTS

Liberal 14,281 35.13%
BQ 11,714 28.81%
Dips 6,965 17.13%
Conswervatives 5,248 12.84%
Green Wave 1,948 4.79%

La Presse Poll 2007

Liberal 32%
BQ 14%
Dips 38%
Green Wave 8%
Conswervatives 7%


Again, who's the big loser. Duceppe of course. 14% loss from the last election. Not to mention the Conswervatives trailing the Green Party. But somehow Chantal Hebert and others have decided Stephane Dion and the Liberals are dead in the water if we lose Outremont. Read 'em weep everyone. The Liberal Party is alive and well in Quebec. Gotta be distressing for the Bloc though.

Chantal Hebert Loses More Credibility

You know, I used to enjoy watching Chantal on Thursday nights on CBC and read her columns fairly regularly. These days she's resembling some form of bitter old hack. Her obvious despise for Stephane Dion and the likes of Stephane Dion is becoming stale and tiresome.

Her column in today's Toronto Star is the epitome of outright disdain and borderline hatred of the leader of the Liberal Party. After all, she is the one hack that said time and time again Dion would not win the leadership of the Liberal Party. Why isn't this a test for any of the other leaders? Why is it just Dion she insists on being tested? Why does she make sound as though we're being ousted from all 3 ridings when two are held by the Bloc?

My suggestion to Ms. Hebert? GET OVER IT!!!

Conservative Sponsorship Scandal

It's there just waiting to happen. Dumb a@@es.

The Conservatives, fresh off their "Ad Scandal" have announced their version of the the sponsorship program. Aren't they just genius?

I think their intent was to interrupt the by-election efforts in Quebec. Can you say backfire? Canada was just waiting for another "sponsorship program". Poor Josee Verner.

Coulon Wins Outremont!!!

That's what the headlines should read on Monday morning in Montreal. As many of you know, I am heading to Montreal to help Jocelyn in any way I can this weekend.

It's all hands on deck there, so if anyone wants to join us in our cause, don't hesitate to drop me an email with your co-ordinates.

The NDP have been doing some serious talking over in Outremont, often times sounding as though they've won the riding. The fact is they have 7,300 votes to make up to beat the Liberals and 4,800 to beat the Bloc. Even a 20% swing doesn't get them there.

I'm Against MMP!!!

It took a while for me to even think about MMP. Hell, I still don't want to think about it.

The moral of the story is this: every radical wingnut political group that couldn't win a seat if they tried - and they have - is for it. Therefore, you know it ain't good.

I'm sorry but this isn't Europe or, for that matter, anywhere else that implements MMP. This is Canada. This is CANADA. We have a Parliamentary system. We've always had a Parliamentary system. Imagine our forefathers rolling over in their graves right now thinking: MMP? WTF?

Recently we had a meeting here in Niagara Falls organized the The Citizens for Democracy (as long as you agree with THEIR version of democracy). Their faithful leader, Mel Grunstein (lost in five elections for the Alliance, Reform and Conservative Parties)argued FOR MMP. In the end, nobody attended, and, most importantly, nobody understood it.

So, as a bell weather riding such as this, nobody cares and nobody wants to care. My analysis then leads me to believe that that would be the general consensus of the rest of the province.

I have a hard time understanding why anyone in the two major parties (no the NDP is not one of the two) would even consider supporting MMP. It's a bad idea. Moreover, I think it would lead to even less representation by the smaller parties.

So, in October, I fully anticipate the sound defeat of MMP. Keep in mind, I know nothing.

A 911 Poem

Towers of Life

They stood hushed and glimmering in the night,
Giants able to frame the moon,
Slumbering magnificently in their might.

Day breaks and the sun gently warms their skin,
Veins begin to pulse with life,
The sprit of a thousand of kin.


Evil tears towards them through the brilliant morning sky,
Propelled by the blackest of hate,
Guided by a lie.

Barely risen they stand with no defense,
Innocent and distracted they are not prepared,
The pain about to be inflicted intense.

Like a bolt of lighting that shatters the morn,
Evil crashes once then twice into their sides,
Their bodies are scorched and torn.

Horribly crippled they continue to stand,
Holding onto life until the last,
Orders are given, they take the command.

The battle is brief, the giants begin to yield,
Life drains from every artery,
Their fate is sealed.

Collapsing to zero,
First to one knee then to the next,
From their dust will emerge so many a hero.

The question is asked,
How can such evil exist.
JDK

Afghanistan Ambassador "Warns" Canada

Samad warns that if the international community ends its assistance to Afghanistan too quickly, the country will once again become a failed nation ruled by war lords, drug dealers and international terrorists.

Yep that's what he said. Aren't there war lords, drug dealers and international terrorists there now? Still? After six years of us being there? How long is "too quickly"? 10 years? 20? 50?

Trudeau and the High Road

I was too annoyed by Mulroney's comments to comment earlier. Anywho, one should not speak ill of the dead. Not to worry Mr. Mulroney, Trudeau the sequel is coming soon to a House of Commons near you.

Harper Set for November Election

Stevo, Stevo. Duffy thinks this is because Harpo doesn't want to "interfere with the Ontario election." Where else can you get a nice job for $200+K a year and decide to take 4 months off?

Well, a buddy of mine thought that there is the "potential" for a fall election. He might just be correct after all.

Well Mr. Harper, you've just proved to Canadians that you have absolutely no desire to make Government work. It's Government by the polls. Government with no agenda. Government with no "pressing" matters to deal with.

I guess the Kyoto implementation bill is out of the question.It's past its expiry date anyway.

The debate over Afghanistan can wait. No hurry. Hell. We're there until '09 anyway.

I'm certain Justice Minister Nicholson's crime bills that he claims are stalled aren't as important as he made them out to be all summer long.

The Conservatives have told us all year long that they just want to govern. Apparently their version of governing is quite different from what the Canadian people are used to seeing and are demanding. This "new government" is growing quite stale.