BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Beer
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 06:52 PM

Iggy Harper number #2

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Cluin
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 06:12 PM

I wish Iggy Poop would shut up and support a better candidate instead of muddying the waters. But that's the Liberal way, isn't it.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: gnu
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 02:30 PM

So... Bob's yer uncle, Dom (Nic?) is yer nephew, and Iggy is... real iggy, isn't he?

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: gnu
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 01:31 PM

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhggggghhhhhh.... you and yer.....

&*^%%^*$(&&*)^%$@%&*(*&Y*(&*()^!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Cluin
Date: 13 Nov 08 - 02:36 AM

Please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please not Iggy.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: gnu
Date: 12 Nov 08 - 03:59 PM

Kennedy says no.

Let the annointment continue!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: bankley
Date: 06 Nov 08 - 08:43 PM

NFLD, you say ! who woulda thunk it.....and not a Fed Conservative in the pack...

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: gnu
Date: 06 Nov 08 - 03:58 PM

Dominic is getting some swell from the old guard. His old man may be callin in favours??? And, ah, he has an "advisor" quite handy. Might even pull a few strings up there on Bay Street?? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.... don't blink. Ya might miss it!

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: gnu
Date: 06 Nov 08 - 03:50 PM

But, they are still gonna kill them fuckin seals.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: bobad
Date: 06 Nov 08 - 10:37 AM

"B.C. and Alberta remain 'have' provinces"

And we now have Newfoundland in that exclusive club also.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: GUEST,bankley
Date: 06 Nov 08 - 10:32 AM

Quebec is a 'have-not' province and receives more than the others in transfer federal transfer payments. over $8,000,000,000. Ontario has recently joined the ranks by accepting approx. $350,000,000..

The squeaky wheel gets la graisse


B.C. and Alberta remain 'have' provinces

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Cluin
Date: 06 Nov 08 - 08:09 AM

Everybody's got election fever right now.

Somebody give me a ballot.

For anything.

I don't care. I just wanna vote for something.

Or against something.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: GUEST,number 6
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 09:35 PM

oh merde !

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Beer
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 09:24 PM

F*%$^#.. Here we go again. Just when I thought there was going to be a little rest. Charest is right though. Even if the population is against it. He is taking one hell of a chance but I feel it will work for him. He is putting all the eggs in one basket in saying the economy is going to get worst and with a minority government it will be to difficult to make decisions. I'll back him on this one even thought I'm not a big fan. But then again, I'm not going to vote for either of the other two options.
Beer (adrien)

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: bankley
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 09:13 PM

"Le Fin du Monde" ou "Maudite"

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: bobad
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 07:32 PM

"A bottle of Molson's Canadian."

It won't sell in Quebec.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Cluin
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 07:30 PM

A bottle of Molson's Canadian.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Cluin
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 07:23 PM

A plate of poutine.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: gnu
Date: 05 Nov 08 - 04:15 PM

"Premier Jean Charest ended weeks of speculation Wednesday by calling a provincial election for Dec. 8."

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 07:06 PM

That's really hard to say at this point.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: meself
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 06:54 PM

What's so great about Justin? Serious question.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: gnu
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 06:49 PM

Two years?... less? My darlin, better peel another turnip... the back of the stove is gonna be occupied longer than that.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Bee
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 05:07 PM

When have Conservatives ever been fiscally responsible while yelling about how stingy they really are?

Paul Martin? Heck with that, merge Martin and Chretien in a single cloned body, or a disembodied brain in a jar and have It run until Justin or someone else with a clue shows up.

Or elect the gawddamn NDP for once and give them a chance at running the country - they can't do any worse than Stevie's doing, and might actually get a little useful practice in before the Liberals win another election.

Two years 'til the next election? Not a chance. I give it eight months tops with the unemployment stats skyrocketing as the oilsands grinds to a profitless halt and other sectors stagnant or dropping.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: gnu
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 04:17 PM

New cabinet... 38 ministers? 38?

Canada has lost a $12-billion surplus under this asshole and he is rewarding.... oh, nevermind... makes me sick.

Paul Martin... come back... PLEASE!

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Ed T
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 03:53 PM

Why not bestow duel Canada-USA citizenship to Palin. If she loses next week, just recycle her as a liberal. I'd wager she'd "track and bag" Harper within a year. I would even wager on her in a cage fight against May.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: gnu
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 01:45 PM

Fresh halibut? Too expensive. BTW. I hear the price of lobster is about to drop as the Yanks just ain't buyin any. Cept fer them fellahs what scuttled the boat and had to be bailed out. Throw yer traps overboard and the government buys ya new ones. Nice work if ya can get it. Net thread drift? Sorry....

Bill... yeah... Dryden. I can see that. And, your other comments are spot on.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 01:21 PM

Awww, geez, Arnie! You're, like, really askin' fer the sky, eh?

Yup, Obama-envy is hitting Canadian politics just like gettin' slapped across the face with a piece of fresh halibut right about now....

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: GUEST,Arnie
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 01:16 PM

Where's our Obama? Will a Canadian politician please show an honest and determined face to show that they want to really help people instead of always being blatant and overt political opportunists. Someone we can believe in?
So far- no.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 01:13 PM

Sorry, I meant to say that Ricky can talk his way out of anything. And that is a very valuable attribute for a politician. He also has nice hair, it's almost like Reveen's. ;-) He would be able to make the ordinary public understand concepts like "supply and command". If it ever proved necessary to "refuckulate" the Constitution, I think he would be up to doing that, no problems. He seldom loses his credulence.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 01:01 PM

How about Ricky from Trailer Park Boys, with Julian as his senior advisor behind the scenes and Bubbles as Deputy Prime Minister? Ricky can take his way out of everything. Julian won't back down and is always there when you need him. Bubbles is smarter than he looks.

Think about it.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: bankley
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 11:26 AM

Dr. Stompin' Tom Conners......and he'll be on a postage stamp soon..
he'd kick some ass... literally.... and maybe the price of beer and smokes would come down....

'The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe'

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Willie-O
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 10:10 AM

Who the hell knows what's going to happen in the Liberal Party? I mean, who knew last time?

At the moment, I am in agreement with Charmion. You heard it here first. I like Dryden, (really liked his speech last time, he's a guy with both substance and mass recognition/appeal--I don't know why the party delegates didn't see that but he never had a chance with them) but still see Iggy as front-runner for better, worse or Liberal; if Manley commits it'll be interesting.

If they put their party back together sufficiently, it might be PM Ignatieff or whomever gets the keys to 24, but I would be totally unsurprised to see Elizabeth May as the next Liberal Minister of the Environment. (I admire her but can't quite figure out her game at the moment; the latter is also true of a lot of her own current party). And M Dion as a senior minister, perhaps External Affairs; he has shown his competency at that level before.   

All of this is secondary to the big question of how to re-align enough of the four parties in the centre-to-left that are splitting the majority of votes, and giving the Conservatives a free ride.

Perhaps that's for another thread. I don't have time to get started on the matter now.
Bill

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Mooh
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 08:58 AM

Pilfered from another site and unattributed:

Liberal Leadership Contenders:

The New Old Guard: Bob Rae, Mike Ignatieff

The Regular Old Guard: John Manley, Brian Tobin

Blast from the Past: Frank McKenna

I'm the Guy Who Got Dion In: Gerard Kennedy

The Heroes: Ken Dryden, Marc Garneau

Token Woman: Martha Hall Findlay

Hello Sailor: Scott Brison

DIVINE RIGHT: Justin Trudeau

Red Green makes more sense than all of them.

Peace, Mooh.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: bobad
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 08:51 AM

It's time for a leader from the First Nations community.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Ed T
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 06:35 AM

Tom Green, Nancy Green, Red Green
Conrad Black, Bob White, Dominic Leblanc

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From: Jim Lad
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 03:10 AM

Arsely Macisaac.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 02:24 AM

Don Cherry? That'd shake things up some.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Peace
Date: 30 Oct 08 - 01:20 AM

Howdy Doody.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Cluin
Date: 29 Oct 08 - 09:48 PM

Gord Downie.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Ed T
Date: 29 Oct 08 - 09:41 PM

Gordie Howe

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Cluin
Date: 29 Oct 08 - 09:30 PM

Gordon Sinclair.

No, wait. He's no longer with us.

But then again, neither is Ignatieff. I hope people know that.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Bee
Date: 29 Oct 08 - 09:27 PM

Gordon Lightfoot.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Cluin
Date: 29 Oct 08 - 09:09 PM

Gordon Pinsent.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Ed T
Date: 29 Oct 08 - 08:10 PM

The only winable place for the liberal party is to position itself again in the middle.(That rules Rae out). The far left and far right is taken. I suspect Ontario and Quebec, large voting block areas, are siginificant to this party. But who could bring them in? Beats me.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: gnu
Date: 29 Oct 08 - 06:24 PM

And I mean that in the nicest, sickest, way.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: gnu
Date: 29 Oct 08 - 06:23 PM

You are a sick ****.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 29 Oct 08 - 06:04 PM

(sigh)

I liked the good old days when we had to choose between John Turnip, Ned Knockwurst and Myron Baloney. That was fun! ;-) In the end it was Baloney who won it and we all get to know a very memorable word.

Meech.

God, I love the sound of that. Meech. Meech. Meeeeeeech. Meech! One just never gets tired of saying that lovely word... ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: gnu
Date: 29 Oct 08 - 03:45 PM

Re Justin... exactly... not weened. Just a backbencher. Never even got to close the door inside a cabinet meeting. Same for Dom, but I wonder about a "deal", even with Justin.

As for Iggy, no worries. There would have to be some serious breakdowns in the chain for that to happen.

Ya know, if Martin had not been such a nice guy, he might be able to come back. His heart does seem in the right place. Of course, I haven't read his book yet, and a book is just words.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: Bee
Date: 29 Oct 08 - 02:41 PM

I agree Justin is not ready, not so much too young but that he doesn't have enough experience, or hasn't really revealed his strengths.

I really wish the people who are starstruck over Ignatieff would take a harder look at him. I think he is in position to be the most likely pick among the tiny number of Liberals that actually have a say in who the leader will be. His whole life consists of a series of scenarios wherein he routinely ditches his family, friends, colleagues in order to make a move up in the world. I don't think he has much of a conscience left, and I don't want him leading our country. I think I'd vote for Stevie first, and that's scary.

Subject: RE: BS: Canuck Liberal Party Leader... who?
From: gnu
Date: 29 Oct 08 - 02:30 PM

I sincerely hope Justin does NOT offer. He could be a great PM, but, not now. He's just a pup and not yet weened.

Now, Dominic LeBlanc... I know, I know, BUT... I'll bet you that the power brokers are very seriously considering him. Whoever gets the job will have to do what Frank said he was not willing to do FOR SUCH A LONG TIME. LeBlanc has some very "old" and very powerful connections. If he was chosen to weather the storms of the next four to ten years (that there Harpie broke his own law, right?), it would leave the playing field wide open for himself, Justin, even Frank... hmmm... even Frank... hmmmm...

The thought plickens.