If Harvard offered you a job, wouldn't you take it?

I guess you miss the nuance of the point that Ignatieff's only reason to live here is to run to be Prime Minister. You and I might be more committed to this country.

At first I though it was only OK.After watching it a couple of more times though, I think it is pretty solid. No doubt this will infuriate Iggy supporters and the complaints of dirty tactics will surface.

Well that should rile up the Iggy the Carpetbagger

Good timing. PMSH has weathered the worst of the recession with a very small drop in poll numbers. Now that things are improving, time to go on the offensive.

Let's hope this is just the beginning.

It does exactly what is necessary. They use the 'attack ads' as their 'truth ad'. A bit like standing up to a bully.

This ad is really lame.

1. Running an attack ad to attack the other guy for running an attack ad!

2. It actually reproduces the Liberal message: Tory Times are Tough Times.

3. There are lots of reasons to oppose Ignatieff, the fact that he lived outside Canada for 30 years is not one of them.

A visiting opportunist is what he is. He did not come back to his homeland with a wealth of experience in politics or leadership, he came back offering himself as the window decoration, store fronting for the Liberals to sell enough snake oil to get back to power.

This is a truth ad, if the truth hurts, too bad. When it's a bad thing to tell the truth about someone running for the top job in the politics of the country we're really in trouble.

I think the fact that he stayed away until opportunity knocked is relevant in this case, given the rank lack of experience he has to offer for the job he aspires to and has been fast-tracked to.

“successfully underscores”? The only thing this ad successfully underscores is the need for better ad people in the CPC.

If this is all the Tories have, they're doomed.

Well, we don't expect you to like it but it appears to have struck a chord.
Stay tuned.

And now the Liberals will have to spend a wad of cash to counter a 'lame' ad.
What's he gonna say 'heh, I wrote a book '

And the Tories ARE in government in tough times.
Iffy tucked tail and ran.

And how many Canadians knew that the Liberals ran attack ads first?

Keep the good reasons for the attack ads during an election.

Apparently he is still on leave from Harvard. The accidental tourist will be gone if he loses one election as leader.

I'm not crazy about doing attack ads on Ignatieff. I think we should have comments from other world leaders about P.M. Harper's contributions at the many summits, taking Canada out of the Durbin II conference and playing a leading role in Afghanistan when other countries of NATO have shirked their roles.

I have heard that Ignatieff is on a leave of absence from Harvard – if true, this would be a much more devastating fact for an attack ad.

I agree. Concentrate on the CP accomplishments, not the other guy's shortcomings.

I don't mind this ad – and it's true – why did he leave for so long if he loves and cares about Canada so much?

I can hear the ominous attack ad voice now

“Hey… remember the 80s?”

Yep! Sure sounds like Iggy's trying politics on for size doesn't it? Even to the point of having his American job to go back to. Proof positive that whoever talked Iggy into thinking he could be PM material needs to answer to the LPOC ground support bigtime!!

Grassroots? What grassroots?

It is probably an effective basis of challenging Mr. Ignatieff although I am not sold on the ad, itself.

I think Ignatieff has been trying too hard to demonstrate his pride in Canada. Claiming to be a “patriot” is just so American. Funny.

It is probably an effective basis of challenging Mr. Ignatieff although I am not sold on the ad, itself.

I think Ignatieff has been trying too hard to demonstrate his pride in Canada. Claiming to be a “patriot” is just so American. Funny.

Gerry, get a grip, you’re jealousy is so obvious.

The ad is to the point.

How’s your site meter doing these days?

Gerry, get a grip, you’re jealousy is so obvious.

The ad is to the point.

How’s your site meter doing these days?

Nichols is still jealous and the Libs are going nuts, beautiful.

Nichols is still jealous and the Libs are going nuts, beautiful.

Not impressed. Non-partisans will not be swayed by this one bit.

Not impressed. Non-partisans will not be swayed by this one bit.

This ad is lame. Usually the CPC war room is able to come with something more nasty and biting.

This ad is lame. Usually the CPC war room is able to come with something more nasty and biting.

Where is the quote from Ignatieff in 2005 where he said he has absolutely NO compelling reason to return to Canada. None. NaDa. Zilch. Patriot love didn’t cut it for Ignatieff in 2005.

Then , voila, a “compelling” reason – come back and we’ll make you King. We parachute you in to a safe riding – You’ll l get a paycheque bigger than any you have ever gotten in your life as a tv talking head and “visiting” lecturer”.

After all, you are in your 60′s and you need to plan for your retirement n’est pas. A nice little MP pension to add to your little BBC pension and you get adulation and hero worship that you crave to boot.

How could he resist.

Where is the quote from Ignatieff in 2005 where he said he has absolutely NO compelling reason to return to Canada. None. NaDa. Zilch. Patriot love didn’t cut it for Ignatieff in 2005.

Then , voila, a “compelling” reason – come back and we’ll make you King. We parachute you in to a safe riding – You’ll l get a paycheque bigger than any you have ever gotten in your life as a tv talking head and “visiting” lecturer”.

After all, you are in your 60′s and you need to plan for your retirement n’est pas. A nice little MP pension to add to your little BBC pension and you get adulation and hero worship that you crave to boot.

How could he resist.

Cue the usual Liberal sheeple responses, they spewed the same Liberal talkiong points when Dion was defined as “not a leader”. Iggy, the visitor, not a leader too.

It’s really too bad for the Liberals that the worst of the recession, excepting southern Ontario, is looking like it’s behind us and now they have Nannygate to deal with, heh.

Cue the usual Liberal sheeple responses, they spewed the same Liberal talkiong points when Dion was defined as “not a leader”. Iggy, the visitor, not a leader too.

It’s really too bad for the Liberals that the worst of the recession, excepting southern Ontario, is looking like it’s behind us and now they have Nannygate to deal with, heh.

I like this ad a lot. Short, truthful and to the point. I am also assuming that this will be only the first in a line of ads. Hopefully they will have some that tout the Conservative achievements (aka the Canadian economy doing better through this recession then any other G8 country).

Besides political junkies, how many Canadians actually know who Ignatieff is? Not many I bet. I think the ad will be a eye opener.

I think a man of Ignatieff's class should have focused on Governor General of Canada, rahter than a politician. Much, much better ending for his biography.

Meanwhile, it seems that Mulroney has given the Liberals some nice ammunition for attack ads on PMSH in the next election. Thanks for that.

Meanwhile, it seems that Mulroney has given the Liberals some nice ammunition for attack ads on PMSH in the next election. Thanks for that.

Posted at BLY;

From February this year Iggy’s friend Eric Konigsberg wrote;

“IN the last few years, Michael Ignatieff’s friends in the United States and England began receiving self-deprecating e-mail messages from him lamenting how dull and low-profile his life had suddenly become.

He had spent most of the preceding four decades making a name for himself in both countries — writing essays on the world’s war zones for The New Yorker, The New Republic and The New York Review of Books; writing novels and screenplays; enjoying popularity as a television-show host in Britain and a regular at the Groucho Club; and teaching at Harvard and Cambridge universities.

Now, he joked, he was stuck in the pedestrian life of a freshman civil servant — in Canada no less.”

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/02/02/iggy-s-posh-jetset-friends-miss-him-and-he-s-no-obama.aspx

Posted at BLY;

From February this year Iggy’s friend Eric Konigsberg wrote;

“IN the last few years, Michael Ignatieff’s friends in the United States and England began receiving self-deprecating e-mail messages from him lamenting how dull and low-profile his life had suddenly become.

He had spent most of the preceding four decades making a name for himself in both countries — writing essays on the world’s war zones for The New Yorker, The New Republic and The New York Review of Books; writing novels and screenplays; enjoying popularity as a television-show host in Britain and a regular at the Groucho Club; and teaching at Harvard and Cambridge universities.

Now, he joked, he was stuck in the pedestrian life of a freshman civil servant — in Canada no less.”

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/02/02/iggy-s-posh-jetset-friends-miss-him-and-he-s-no-obama.aspx

Good commentary. My first thought was that this is also an attack ad so that immediately neutralized the issue.

I think the ad engages in a bit of hyperbole. Ignatieff has ideas about EI reform so saying he has NO ideas isn’t on, albeit the ideas may be bad. And ‘just in it for himself’. I’m sure Ignatieff can find easier ways to make a living. I may never vote Liberal in my lifetime but I found myself thinking that the ad was a bit over the top and left me flat.

Heck the ad about all the events that happened in Canada while Ignatieff was away was much more effective.

Good commentary. My first thought was that this is also an attack ad so that immediately neutralized the issue.

I think the ad engages in a bit of hyperbole. Ignatieff has ideas about EI reform so saying he has NO ideas isn’t on, albeit the ideas may be bad. And ‘just in it for himself’. I’m sure Ignatieff can find easier ways to make a living. I may never vote Liberal in my lifetime but I found myself thinking that the ad was a bit over the top and left me flat.

Heck the ad about all the events that happened in Canada while Ignatieff was away was much more effective.

This is the best we can do?

Amateur hour.

Brian. I too think this add is much too early. It would have a better resonance if the Government had fallen.

LizJ. You are absolutely right. I have been posting this on this blog a lot of times. I would even go further. His connection to the White House bother me more. I don't want a PM who takes his orders from Washington.
He has never shown any love for Canada. It would only stand to reason that he would go to his buddies in
Washington for advise.

Nicola. I have to agree with you. The Libs Propaganda Mouth on Tom Clark tonight declared: Ignatief has
brought Canada's standing up on the word stage. ( something to that effect. ) I almost fell off my chair.
If anybody brought Canada's standing on the World stage up it was Steven Harper and we should advertise this fact.

Stpehen is your blog a cover up for this:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/633074

OTTAWA – A prime minister who doesn't win over Quebec has no business governing, former Progressive Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney told a public inquiry today.

That observation was one of several that brought the rift between Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mulroney bubbling to the surface at the inquiry probing Mulroney's business relations with former arms dealer Karlheinz Schreiber.

Among the various jabs, Mulroney also said the Harper government's decision to cut the Goods and Services Tax (GST) by two percentage points was “bad economic policy.”

This is nothing but the bad tempered Harper looking at polls and watching his tory predecessor beating up on him. The first attack ad against Tory stupidity came from one of your own…MULRONEY

But Gabby that would be a blank piece of paper unless you included the many many screwups…..Ask Mulroney

The truth ads are about defining Iffy,
now that he's gone into hiding and not giving the Cons any more to work with.

Rubygate is bigger than anything Mulroney will ever say again.

Did Mulroney call to give Iffy a big ol' happy Birthday?

The Dippers had EI policy change ideas weeks ago,
Iffy just jumped on someone elses bandwagon, as usual,
and the media gave his coverage,as usual.

The way Iffy caves (Danny's 6) when under pressure now,
what would he do if someone really really important, like O, asked him to cave….in a heart beat.

LOL, PM Harper is not the one being dragged over the coals for accepting cash from an arms dealer and stuffing $1000 bills into his home safe.

Mulroney up there with his 'stories' just reminds me how nice it is,
to finally not have a corrupt government in charge of our country.

Wilson, you mean the fact that no current Tory has been caught yet……….its coming. these guys are ethically bankrupt.

Brian Mulroney's comments, being used in Liberal attack ads? Surely you jest.
However I suppose with MI's, only Canadian political exposure pre 2005, as Trudeau's, 'flyer force'/ errand boy, conservatives could indeed muster up a bit of mischief too.

Btw, Mulroney paid some compliments too but that would involve watching the entire thing and not believing all of the BS'er from the media.
He referenced PMSH calling the entire spectacle a 'kangaroo court'.

I love the way everyone assumes the grit girl ads were Liberal financed…..another embarrassment coming your way Tory lovers. The bloggers on other sites are paying attention to the picture of Harper in the ad with the caption “tory times are tough times”……that will get a lot of play in the liberal press.

The message is loud and clear: the man is an opportunist. To live abroad as an expatriate Canadian for 34 years stretches the bounds of merely gaining international experience. This looks more like someone who left the country for a new and better life elsewhere, but kept the door open to come back when a better offer comes along.

I'm just trying to figure out why Gerry Nichols is listed as a Blogging Tory since he is clearly not a Tory…

http://gerrynicholls.blogspot.com/2009/05/tory-…

And doesn't even list Blogging Tories as a link in his links section let along display the blog roll. His blog is a lame self promotion tool that when not used for self promotion is used to bash the CPC.

He ONLY gets hits from the Blogging Tories but makes no reciprical link nor is he a Tory by any stretch of the imagination. He is Garth-Lite.

Sooo Terry, you are bascally admitting what nearly every BT has posted for the past 3 years, that the MSM is “Liberal” media. Thanks for confirming what every one knew anyway. Oh and now that is is out there…have a nice time trying to prove that the grit girl ad was not financed by the LPOC war room. That is pretty much all they can afford anyway.

“the liberal press”……………… got to love it when Liberals out there own with such abandon, just like Iggy did to Ruby when he told Macleans that she'd never treat those ladies that way who were in her employ.

I guess Bob Rae will be facing a handful of adversaries at the next Lieberal leadership convention after Iggy is backstabbed then tossed under the bus and sent packing back to Haaaaarvaaaard.

snob

snob

“Some observers will remember that Ignatieff once mused that if he didn’t ascend to the Prime Minister’s Office that Harvard would likely take him back.”

I think this ad would have made MUCH more of an impact had that been included.

(Psst, typo in your Grit Girl link – “vidoes.”)

Attack ads are bad for our democracy. All they do is make Canadians upset so that they decide not to show up to the polls on election day.

I would be committed enough to come back and serve my country in whatever way I could.

So Gerry Turner has proclaimed this ad as “really lame”

Lets review the facts, shall we.

1. Because the ad briefly mentions the Libs attack ads, somehow in Garth’s world, this translates into what these ads are all about. That could only be true if you stuck your fingers in your ears and started screaming “I’m not listening!!”

2. Because the liberals say that “Tory Times are Tough Times”. Some people automatically buy into this BS hook line and sinker! When I see this “line” I think of how dishonest these Libs are. But not Gerry, no siree!

3. So, the fact that Iffy has spent almost all of his adult life outside of Canada is not to be considered a detriment to becoming the Prime Minister of Canada??? That’s what Gerry and all his other Liberal media buddies want all of us to buy into. Give me a bloody break!!
The fact is, this is a major negative for Iffy and his media enablers, and they know it . So they are doing everything they can do to create a narrative that casts these facts to be “normal as can be”. It’s no big surprise that Gerry is singing from that same song sheet.
He’s also the plays the trumpet on this song and dance.

So Gerry Turner has proclaimed this ad as “really lame”

Lets review the facts, shall we.

1. Because the ad briefly mentions the Libs attack ads, somehow in Garth’s world, this translates into what these ads are all about. That could only be true if you stuck your fingers in your ears and started screaming “I’m not listening!!”

2. Because the liberals say that “Tory Times are Tough Times”. Some people automatically buy into this BS hook line and sinker! When I see this “line” I think of how dishonest these Libs are. But not Gerry, no siree!

3. So, the fact that Iffy has spent almost all of his adult life outside of Canada is not to be considered a detriment to becoming the Prime Minister of Canada??? That’s what Gerry and all his other Liberal media buddies want all of us to buy into. Give me a bloody break!!
The fact is, this is a major negative for Iffy and his media enablers, and they know it . So they are doing everything they can do to create a narrative that casts these facts to be “normal as can be”. It’s no big surprise that Gerry is singing from that same song sheet.
He’s also the plays the trumpet on this song and dance.

Exactly my line of thinking, Nicola. My own preference of “attack ad” would be: “The Liberals would have you believe – insert lie, here – but the opposite is true. The Conservatives have actually – insert truth, here.

And the Trudeau early 80s were great times? Check back and you'll see that the Trudeau early 80s were a disaster. The Chretien aftermath is also a disaster – check out health care system and municipal taxes which were affected by the Martin cutbacks in transfer payments. Check the EI rules which the Chretien government made so challenging for people to collect. Check the use of EI funds to create a faux surplus. Sorry – these tough times are GLOBAL tough times and not Tory tough times. If you were informed, you'd realize that Canada is faring better than most other countries thanks to competent steering by our PM.

Brett, typical tory that can't read in detail…..did I use the word “all” the press or simply the “Liberal” press?
That shows your bias is not logical.
All spending buy the parties is reported in detail to EC so it will be publicly available. Please move onto your next fairy tale.

I'd rather have a guy who made a name for himself as a CANADIAN while working abroad than a tight ass guy from some think tank who is trying to dump his right wing trash agenda on us. Too bad he's toast as this ad will prove once again he's overstepped his boundries and continues to diminish his own brand.

Actually no you can do better and drop further in the polls. That's what the Canadian public wants and is giving it to you in spades. 28% and dropping.. ho ho ho!!! No attack ad like that will get to Iggy's popularity.

The lines are OK, the images are better. But what’s with the commentator. He sounds humorless and sneering. He sounds like he likes to pull the wings off flies in his spare time. He sounds like Gordon Campbell looks.

Can’t they pull something like this off with a sense of humor? better music?

The lines are OK, the images are better. But what’s with the commentator. He sounds humorless and sneering. He sounds like he likes to pull the wings off flies in his spare time. He sounds like Gordon Campbell looks.

Can’t they pull something like this off with a sense of humor? better music?

Ker: “Some observers will remember that Ignatieff once mused that if he didn’t ascend to the Prime Minister’s Office that Harvard would likely take him back.”

And, apparently, he's only taken a leave of absence from Hahvahd which means, of course, that that option is open to him — to simply walk away from the LPC and Canada if things don't go as the Count had planned.

Canada's got to close it's doors to two-passport Canadians. Either you pitch your tent in the True North Strong and Free or you don't bother to come here. As a one-passport Canadian, footing all the bills with very few privileges or perks, I'm feeling a little beleaguered. Enough, already!

Mr Iggy has basically gone to bat for his Damsel in distress, MP Ruby D, referring to her treating the people in “her employ”…….. hello, she said she didn't employ them, she tossed that over to her brother. Does this mean he has decided the nannies are lying or is he just not up to snuff on the case?

It's gotta be tough selling yourself, touring around signing a book written to convince Canadians he has “true patriot love”. The book would have been more aptly titled “Opportunity Called”.

From a guy who went from being a blogging tory to a Milton John.

Liz J…your book would be entitled “Out of touch with reality”

joshaiden;

Can you show any evidence to support that claim? Sounds like BS.

joshaiden;

Can you show any evidence to support that claim? Sounds like BS.

Just maybe this ad is aimed at the CPC base, to give us talking points for the next several months.
Lots of comments re Wayne G living in the US for the past 19 yr. He was forced out of Canada by another guy in trouble with the law, named Peter. Does he not still have business interests in Canada, and probably still pays Canadian taxes on them.
There are other events MIMI missed, Chretain strangling a protestor, ordering protestors to be pepper sprayed, contracts written on napkins. Hey, Dalton could use some of Chretains methods on those protestors in Ont., both native and terrorist supporters. He could say, it is the liberal way, and order the RCMP to do it.

I am an Iggy supporter and in no way does this infuriate me. This is not a dirty tactic, it is a lame one. Is this really the best the Tories could come up with? The next election will be a cakewalk with spots like this. Please keep them coming.

I am an Iggy supporter and in no way does this infuriate me. This is not a dirty tactic, it is a lame one. Is this really the best the Tories could come up with? The next election will be a cakewalk with spots like this. Please keep them coming.

This ad is lame, can you give evidence of Liberals “going nuts” over it?

This ad is lame, can you give evidence of Liberals “going nuts” over it?

Obama might ask the opposition parties to take the terrorists of his hands and since the great socialist Obama spoke, they will accept. as the same time turning our beloved nation into a penal country.
Frankly wilson, I will not be surprised.

The ad is titled hypocrisy, but it’s an attack ad criticizing Ignatieff for running attack ads. Who’s hypocrisy is it talking about? And leaving the Tory Time are Tough Times line up there for that long is just dumb. The tag line ‘just visiting’ is decent, but for this ad, I think they should have gone with ‘We’re not even trying anymore’.

The ad is titled hypocrisy, but it’s an attack ad criticizing Ignatieff for running attack ads. Who’s hypocrisy is it talking about? And leaving the Tory Time are Tough Times line up there for that long is just dumb. The tag line ‘just visiting’ is decent, but for this ad, I think they should have gone with ‘We’re not even trying anymore’.

Mulroney never stole from the canadian public, the liberals did. The money which Schreiber gave Mulroney was Schreiber's.
Schreiber said that he gave thousand of dollars to CHRETIEN AND MARTIN, apparently and as usual the corrupt LMSM left that part of the story from the public.

And as an ALBERTAN, I am grateful for the GST cuts.

Any member of kangaroo court committee that went behind bars to comfront SCHREIBER like Thibault did showed be called to testify. I would love to see the corrupt CBC being called to the witness stand. Which reminds, Schreiber plans to sue CBC FIFTH ESTATE.
Wilson, isn't it amazing that the media is all over mulroney over few hundred thousand dollars which Schreiber gave yet that same pathetic is AFRAID to tackle the liberals millions upon millions of dollars which the libs stole from and millions of dollars still missing. WHAT A COMPARISON IN THE PRICE TAG BETWEEN MULRONEY AND LIBERALS.

Don't forget the pathetic CBC CTV PPG PP-they too showed be sprayed ,maybe it will wake them up to reality.
What is the word TOM CLARK like to use-ah yes!, 'COME CLEAN COME CLEAN'

No argument from me; I was quoting the last line of Stephen’s post and wondering aloud why that claim didn’t make it into the ad. There’s nothing wrong with it, but it could have been more effective that way.

No argument from me; I was quoting the last line of Stephen’s post and wondering aloud why that claim didn’t make it into the ad. There’s nothing wrong with it, but it could have been more effective that way.

Two issues Stephen:

1) Please provide a citation for “Some observers will remember that Ignatieff once mused that if he didn’t ascend to the Prime Minister’s Office that Harvard would likely take him back.” I am a keen observer and I have never heard this quote.

2) You speculate on the provenance of the GritGirl ‘ads’ and then pontificate about how they always seem to appear on Warren’s blog first. Were you just late to the party today then with this one?

Two issues Stephen:

1) Please provide a citation for “Some observers will remember that Ignatieff once mused that if he didn’t ascend to the Prime Minister’s Office that Harvard would likely take him back.” I am a keen observer and I have never heard this quote.

2) You speculate on the provenance of the GritGirl ‘ads’ and then pontificate about how they always seem to appear on Warren’s blog first. Were you just late to the party today then with this one?

“It’s interesting to note that the Conservative Party has framed “Grit Girl” Youtube vidoes as Liberal attack ads. Most observers note that the professionally produced though anonymously released ads are most likely being churned out by the Liberal Research Bureau or by Liberal HQ.”

Very true, though kind of ironic coming from a party using an American proxy company to hide the identity of whoever's running Ignatieff.me.

I agree with Gerry Nichols. The ad is lame and Iggy’s quicksand position on everything is a more compelling reason to attack him.

Stephen, why is the age of the posts appearing in…I guess it’s German???

I agree with Gerry Nichols. The ad is lame and Iggy’s quicksand position on everything is a more compelling reason to attack him.

Stephen, why is the age of the posts appearing in…I guess it’s German???

Those attack ads look like they were made by the Colbert Report. I can’t take them seriously.

http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blog…

Yeah, they didn't test well among Liberals. Good thing that's the last group we're targeting.

Why don't you get with it. Mulroony is a has been PM. This whole thing took place more than 20 years ago. People are no longer interested in what he says. This attack on Steven Harper comes from a man who could not say no to cah in a brown envelope.

Are you serious?!! This ad is an embarrassment. Ant-intellectual messages like this only discredit the Party. Appealing to petty distaste for education and metropolitanism is not a good way to win voters. This was a foolish miscalculation. Attack ads are universally disliked and can only contribute to voter cynicism, it's time to change tactics.

weak ST…weak.

If 34 years out of the country has rendered Ignatieff so egregiously out of touch with Canadians, and so unqualified and undeserving of the title of Prime Minister, as the Conservatives are claiming, then why has he been able to so seamlessly rise through the ranks of our political system to go from MP to leader of the Liberal party in a period of merely four years? A schoolteacher from Brampton, hog farmer from the prairies, or single mother of two from the North would never be able to do that.

The issue is not so much Michael Ignatieff as what he has exposed about our system and who it caters to. In a country where running for political office is a basic right of every citizen, Ignatieff demonstrates that some 'more distinguished' members of our society (even if they've been gone 34 years) face less challenges and obstacles to achieving positions of political power than others.

The Conservatives like to bash Ignatieff, but I wonder if they care to address the larger structural inequities of our system? I suspect not, since, as a party, they have benefitted from the very same classist politics that allowed Ignatieff to parashute in.

That Stephen Harper is a real blue-blood isn't he?

Joshaidan,,repeat after me,,TRUTH ads,,,TRUTH ads,,not attack ads.TRUTH ADS.And the truth hurts Liberals and the MSM.,because they cant handle the truth.

Gerry you of all people should know better..Its a truth ad,,not lame like you.Truth ad,,repeat several hundred times or has the Liberal brainwash gotten to you too.

he runs attack ads? what are you doing?

I despise attack adds of any kind put forth by any party. We are a better nation and a better people if we insist that we want no part in them. Let us here about real ideas, policies and party platform. Attack ads are childish and set such a poor example for our children. It is a bully tactic that Canadians should reject. Do not expose us to any more of this garbage…that goes for all the political parties in Canada.

I find it interesting how conservative pundits are the only ones that seem to think these ads are anything but laughable. The following two sites have differing opinions but are respective of the building thought on the way the conservatives are conducting this dubious campaign.

http://billarends.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/885/

http://itsmypulp.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/conse…

Conservatives calling Liberals opportunist?

Pot calling the kettle black.

The Conservatives are right on. Michael Ignatieff has it backwards! First you should become Prime Minister. Then fill your pockets with bribe money. Then move to the USA to live…………………Right Brian?

Conservatives and their cronies are just jealous of Ignatieff's accomplishments. Hmm, actually a Canadian who is not obsessed about beer and hockey. Nice to see a cultured, educated Canadian male for a change.

Does any rational person really care if Ignatieff left the country for a period of time? No!

NDP!

Please, our relatively decent economic performance has naught to do with this government. Do you not understand that this government was going to run a deficit BEFORE the recession hit?? Just because a PM has a resolute looking jaw and appears calm in the face of crisis does not imply that he knows what he's doing. The only good thing about Mr Harper is that he seems bent on following Obama policies, which offers some hope on the environment and other areas. I do find that amusing, given Harper's position slightly right of Attila the Hun, that he's become a Obama mimick.

I suppose when your only policy idea centers on tax reduction, regardless of previous lessons learned, it's not surprising that he would find someone with a few actual ideas..

I find it absolutely amazing that a party lead by a socio-path whose concern for the common man is as close to absolute zero as possible, would have the gall (and apparently loads of money) to run these ads. To spend this much on pure attack ads while taking enormous liberties with the truth is a sad commentary in these times where our country and the world are assailed by enormously complex problems. But, I suppose there’s the rub, accusing Ignatieff of those things that they themselves are guilty of – no real policy or direction!

The ad has made me want to know more about Ignatieff and his true interest in Canada….is there any?

The ad made me look into Ignatieff's bio and I realized he is not the man for the job.

Enough already… I am tired of the ads…. Iggy went away and came back….. so what?Many of us do that…. does that make him less Canadian? no… it just makes him more worldly… and He came back to be PM… now that is commitment! A thankless job to be sure

Enough already… I am tired of the ads…. Iggy went away and came back….. so what?Many of us do that…. does that make him less Canadian? no… it just makes him more worldly… and He came back to be PM… now that is commitment! A thankless job to be sure