That letter clearly wreaks of desperation.

When the likes of Gerry Nichols are telling Conservatives to give up this messaging, I think it's time to take a hint…

Gerry who?

Why would expats donate money to an ex-expat?

“…. by signaling your commitment to support change.”

I guess they still can't support Spellcheck in the OLO, or is this the American spelling ?

With all due respect to Gerry, Nik Nanos has said that these ads are OK. But that it's too early to tell if they will be effective. That what the Tories need now is for Iggy to say and do things which reinforce the messages from the ads. Iggy's laid back approach so far this summer, including his book signing trip to England, kind of paints him as a dilettante–just dabbling in politics.

Nik also said that he sees these ads as being directed at soft Dipper voters. Those who might swing to the Libs at the last moment, as happened in the final week of the 2004 campaign. One effect of these ads is that they seem to have spooked Iggy into not daring to say anything one way or the other about taxes.

Maybe it was his way of getting Maurice Strong to give up $1100.

He says it right in the letter! He wants to “set Canada back.”

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/li…

The Ignatieff Liberals have raised $3.9-million in the second quarter for this year, four times the amount raised last year at this time when Stéphane Dion was leader.

The party posted its results on Twitter Wednesday evening with an update that read, in part: “Exclusive 2nd Quarter Fundraising numbers are in: $3.9M More than 4 times last year's.”

Last year, in an election year, the party raised a total of $5.8-million. So far this year, the Grits under Leader Michael Ignatieff have raised $5.7-million.
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stephen, Sure sounds like many Canadians don't care about your noise level. I would think Iggy has out funded the reformatories last quarter.

Stephen, maybe you should focus on the real issues facing canadians instead of copy cat attack ads you get from the war room:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGbWMIg_fVc&eurl…

“… the Grits under Leader Michael Ignatieff have raised $5.7-million.” Terry1

Does this mean that the LIEberals under Biffy will start to pay back the millions they stole from Ad-scam ?

The same LIEberals who also promised to abolish/change the GST {Grits Support Tories Tax}

Amen to that.

this oone reeks of stupidity:
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=…

Paragraph 1 states: “… Canadians have been bombarded by a campaign of personal attack ads, aimed at the fact that I spent part of my career outside Canada. …”
Mr. Ignatieff is saying the attack ads are “personal” aimed directly at him “at the fact that I spent …”

But in Paragraph 2: “… Prime Minister Stephen Harper has questioned the loyalty and patriotism of every Canadian who has ever chosen to work or live abroad” Ignatieff extrapolates from the very “personal” attack ads aimed at him to say they constitute an attack on every single Canadian ex-pat.
In other words, Ignatieff identifies with every single Canadian ex-pat; they are one and the same.
Ah, but have any of them been handed the title of Leader of the Liberal Party, Leader of the Official Opposition? Are any of them the would-be occupants of 24 Sussex?

Who writes that kind of stuff for him? Or did he do it himself?

Also, I saw the “Just Visiting” ads first on the internet, not because they were foisted on me, but because I choose to visit this blog. Then I saw them on TV for about a week.
Does that amount to “Canadians have been bombarded by a campaign …”?
Again, who writes Ignatieff’s garb … er … letters?

You mean, he is using these ads to raise money, and you do not like it?

He is only borrowing that trick from the CPC. Do you remember how they lied about the coalition in order to raise money?

Good times…

Gabby the last standing QC refromatory…..I would say that six or seven times during a stanley cup game on RDS and TSN is bombardment. They couldn't do it during the finals because the CBC, in their wisdom, tries hard not to do do gutter stuff.

And remember Bob Fife works for the owners of TSN. Of course he is only reporting the truth…….as his bosses suggest he tell it. Which network was duffy on? AH…CTV. Which network is fighting hard with the CTRC not to pay the cable companies for carrying their main networks………..AH yes CTV. Of course it was just reporting and of course the shipbuilding announcement was never hinted at to the Irvings, conservatives all, prior to the apology and that formal announcement.

Give your head a shake towards reality. Quebeckers have read that reformatory “body language” and want nothing to do with it.

“You mean, he is using these ads to raise money, and you do not like it?”

Your assumption, not my statement, Therealgayle.
Don't put words in my comment which I did not put there.

I merely suggested the choice of the words “Canadians have been bombarded” as being an excessive overstatement.

By highlighting his musings at the BBC and Boston lecture halls etc. he opens the door even further to criticism to the comments said or written in them. Who knows how many more nuggets are hidden in the vaults at the BBC, PBS, Pravda ,People’s Daily etc.

It makes it harder for him to dismiss them when he is sending letters to (certain) Canadians reminding them that they are part of who he is.

Make no mistake Iggy was defeated in his first crack at Lib. leader in large part because of his AWOL.
We don't need to get into some of his commentary gems here but they spooked the Libs out of choosing him as leader in the first place.

No doubt he will be forced to defend a lot of his quips when the time comes and this letter will only emphasize them. In a backhanded way he legitimizes the criticism he wants to deflect.

Terry1 the Toxic Troll said on July 30, 09 at about 6:00 am ET:
“And, oh yes, fingering Liberal Party figures by name as being responsible for the “conspiracy”, or as bearing responsibility for getting to the bottom of the “conspiracy”, is the kind of thing that can get you sued.”

Now, I’ve been enjoying re-reading some of TT’s pronouncements. Here are a few recent ones in two previous threads:
“Its [sic] like Harpo saying his attack ads are truth ads when the real intent is to damage his opponent while his lousy management of the economy does not get discussed. That is about to change as Warren kinsella [sic] has his computer ready to release truth ads about Harpo and his ruination of the Canadian economy and his lies and his past.”

“stephen [sic], Count [sic] on Warren kinsella [sic] to get the real facts out!!!!”

“… Warren K. is just itching to get at Harpo in an election campaign.”

“I've repeated the lies many times over and am not going to waste my time supporting your drivel. … An Irving newspaper apology and a potential shipyard susbsidy [sic] announcement all on the same day. Dirty politics at play from this dirty PM.”

“harpo [sic] lied and Kinsella has challenged him openly.”

“That Irving apology is simply a reaction to a threat from the PMO and it will be exposed.”

“WK is well known and I didn't wan [sic] to oveload [sic] his very popular blog…popular becuae [sic] it contains the truth!!!”

“However, I do believe Warren Kinsella hit the nail on the head in terms of the apology being made ahead of a shipbuilding subsidy program which would benefit the Irvings immensely. Harper is still a liar and never consumed that host in church.”

So, Terry, who’s the one who’s been “fingering Liberal Party figures by name”? And a renowned NB family, to boot?
Terry the Toxic troll, that’s who!
And Terry1 is threatening me by saying I'm the one who's going to get sued for “fingering Liberal Party figures by name”?

As the great Bugs Bunny says “What a maroon!”
*gales of laughter from me*

Thanks for compiling this Gabby.

Sheds some light on Terry's blatant partisanship and hypocrisy.

Thanks, AlexinEdmonton.

Hey, good catch. That does seem to be his plan, does it not?

Are you Gayle? You sound like Gayle. Why the name change?

Partisanship is fine – personally, I never deny being totally blue and totally partisan. Idiocy, offensiveness, inanity, hypocrisy, arrogance, odiousness, rudeness…etc. are not fine. Unfortunately, Terry1's comments are all of the latter.

Ignatief has one interest in Canada to be Prime Minister. This guy is a snob no matter how he tries to change his image that’s the way he comes across.Canadians en masse will recognize this in the next parliament. He is not a Liberal,Conservative or NDP He in his own mind is Canada and the party handle is to get him elected. Sorry Buddy intellectual snobs bore me silly just like our last Governor General before we got one of the people.Hard working Canadians want our tax money back from Ad Scam before your party is legitimate again.

Ignatief has one interest in Canada to be Prime Minister. This guy is a snob no matter how he tries to change his image that’s the way he comes across.Canadians en masse will recognize this in the next parliament. He is not a Liberal,Conservative or NDP He in his own mind is Canada and the party handle is to get him elected. Sorry Buddy intellectual snobs bore me silly just like our last Governor General before we got one of the people.Hard working Canadians want our tax money back from Ad Scam before your party is legitimate again.

Very true.

gabby……… the “get it wrong” tory troll…………..the original quote you attributed to me was made by someone else and was referenced….. your willingness to make me look like the fool turned 180 degrees on you. then again you are a tory in QC. I am currently in my native province and can smell the fresh breeze of Liberal seats coming our way.

Iggy lost the first run at leadershipo because the party lefties somehow managed to let their guy slide up the middle. Something like Kimmy baby winning the leadership for the cons in 1993

jack, who cares? many many canadians have dual and triple citizenship. What is the issue here? His competence or his citizenship. I presume you've lived here all your life but you're not yet running a political party,probably because intelligence is a prequisite.

sorry Alex, it sheds some light on her ability to get it worng as usual. She thinks she is gods gift to political research but doesn't realize that's not partisan.

E of E…. and that's how ignorant attack ads get written…. all out of context just like the reformatories governing Canada.

E of E…. I speak in the type of language used by your party in its limited ability to speak proper english or french..at least from what I see in the attack ads. Libs are just practicing for the day they come down on the reformatory nonsense.

This a rehash of wafergate and since Step;hen seemed so sure it would bleed bad stuff for the Libs I will celar up your misperceptions once again:

1.http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/30/wafergate-gate-okay-round-up-the-other-usual-suspects/#more-73514
“ITQ: Is there anything else that you would like to get on the record here as far as the apology from the Telegraph Journal, the comments made by Bob Fife that suggested “Liberal” involvement in “passing the story” to Jamie Irving, or the LifeSite News post alleging that you posted the video before the paper had come out?

WK: This whole affair is symptomatic with what is wrong with this “government.” In a week where StatsCan is showing unemployment levels exploding, their preoccupation is something else entirely – themselves. It is always just about them.

I realize they are terrified about losing whatever headway they have made with the so-called Catholic vote. But this is not how to go about doing it, in my opinion.

I publicized this story because of their insane overreaction. Had they not overreacted, it would not have been as interesting to me or anyone else.

My lawyers have sent a letter to Lifesite News this morning demanding that they correct the record (as you have sought to do), and apologize. If they do not, they will profoundly regret it. And that, too, is the truth.

2. http://bcinto.blogspot.com/2009/07/wafer-madnes…
*The timing of this thing is also very peculiar, coming weeks after the initial stories. Clearly these reporters must have picked up the paper the next day, read their story, and been all “wtf dude, I didn’t write this stuff!” They must have gone to the editors and said “this stuff you added isn’t accurate, we need to do something here.” So why the lag of weeks before the retraction/apology? And were there any phone calls, or legal sabre rattling, from the Harper camp?

The placement of the retraction, and the on the knees grovelling nature of it, is also out of line with standard newspaper corrections/apologies, which even under threat of legal action tend to be grudging, at best.

BigCityLib also raises an interesting connection: the TJ is controlled by the Irving family, whose shipyards rely heavily on federal contracts. And which very recently got a half-billion shipbuilding contract from the Conservative government. Things that make you go hmm

there's more:
http://bigcitylib.blogspot.com/2009/07/someone-…
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Isn't life wonderful when the reformatories get to play in their own dog poop. and there is more embarrassment coming for Harpo on this so stay tuned…lets just hint that lying is part of the red faced stuff to follow.

Terry1 said: “… it sheds some light on her ability to get it worng [sic] as usual. She thinks she is gods [sic] gift to political research but doesn't realize that's not partisan.”

A nonsensical response … but congratulations, for not including insults in your comment as usual.

They are all lefties.

Gabby… being a reformatory in Qc is punishment enough and I don't want you to suffer needlessly

David, that's certainly better than being a right wing harpercrite fan.

Many are faux lefties. Good grief – how could Martin, for example, ever be promoted as left of center – he sure didn't become wealthy by giving it all away to the masses, that's for sure.

Whatever Ignatieff's official citizenship – I would like know the answer to one question: where is his heart? Is he here only for his own glory or the glory of his backers or is he genuinely a Canadian at heart. Based on his long absence and his sudden reappearance and even more sudden rise to “power”, I do not have the impression that his heart is in Canada. He may not be officially American (there is no doubt that he is officially Canadian) but I consider him to be American because he obviously didn't love Canada enough to build his life here. Even though I cannot stand Bob Rae's style, at least the guy paid his dues in Canada, unlike Ignatieff. Dominick LeBlanc paid his dues in Canada and is the son of a great late Canadian. Ignatieff seems to be defined by his Russian heritage and his foreign career. How can I take him seriously as a contender for the Prime Minister of Canada?

And, Terry1 – if you reply with some crack at Harper, I'll know that you agree with my sentiments – if you cannot answer the actual question without slagging our Prime Minister, that means that you have absolutely no logical argument against my sentiments.

Yes, Martin did steer the ship hard to port considering his history.

Dion won because he wasn't either Rae or Iggy. That is what Rae had purportedly said. Iggy's baggage about supporting the Iraq war and torture were well known to conventioneers. Iggy wasn't going to win because of it.

first of all, why does being a Canadian mean someone has to spend their life here. I had a wonderful overseas life for 14 years myself and neve felt less Canadian even though I was working primarily with Americansbrits,etc in other foreign lands. iggy built a reputation and his talents took him to the height of academia, a great TV career in the UK and finally a return to Canada where he must have some passion for the land. Remember, he had a choice and chose his land of birth to return and use his talents for the greater good.

I cannot resist the crack at Harpo because, as a comparison to Iggy, he never ever left Canada until he was PM, not even to the US. His narrow minded and very parochial vision shows up right there. His writings were all dogmatic and narrow and eh has certainly proved he is no economist.

Iggy's wide search for donations is because he knows Tory times are tough times. Here's another failed report card :

Canada's Economy Contracted More-Than-Expected
By Alexandre Deslongchamps

(Bloomberg) — Canada's economy contracted for a 10th month in May because of falling manufacturing output, and declines in the mining and energy industries.

Gross domestic product declined 0.5 percent during the month, compared with the median estimate for a 0.3 percent drop in a Bloomberg News survey of 22 economists. The economy shrank 0.2 percent in April, Statistics Canada also said, revising its original estimate of a 0.1 percent decline.

The economy contracted 3.5 percent in May from the year-ago month, the biggest drop since October 1982, Statistics Canada said. The report adds to evidence the world's eighth-largest economy extended its contraction in the second quarter as the global slump saps orders for Canadian exports.

Output shrank at a 5.4 percent annual rate in the first quarter, the biggest drop since 1991, and will shrink at a 3 percent pace in the second quarter, according to a separate Bloomberg survey.
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and this is the government who says the recession is over………..liars all

We can certainly be thankful that we avoided the new “Greenshift “taxes the Liberals promised . It would have decimated the private sector. Given the options Canadians had they clearly made the right choice.

Interest rates are at an all time low. If that is tough times I can handle that. Any bank would be happy to give you a mortgage at the Trudeau era interest rates of 22% or so. Ahh the good old days!!

Terry1 said:
“and this is the government who says the recession is over………..liars all.”
Once again, the product of Terry's febrile overwrought imagination.

Here are two references (with appropriate links):
http://www.commandnews.com/fpweb/fp.dll/$cpac/h… (H/T CPAC)
« L'économie est encore trop fragile pour des élections, dit Harper

La Presse Canadienne Jul 30 17:56
Par Alexandre Robillard

LA PRESSE CANADIENNE
ADSTOCK _ Les signes d'une reprise économique sont encore trop fragiles pour exposer le Canada à l'instabilité politique que provoquerait une élection, a déclaré jeudi le premier ministre Stephen Harper.

M. Harper a insisté sur le chemin qu'il reste encore à parcourir, affirmant que les économies internationales sont encore au milieu de la pire crise depuis la Deuxième Guerre mondiale.

Mercredi, le ministre des Finances, Jim Flaherty, avait mis de sérieux bémols à l'enthousiasme de la Banque du Canada, qui a récemment prédit que l'économie canadienne sortira de la récession cet été.
Selon M. Flaherty, le chômage pourrait continuer d'augmenter même si le produit intérieur brut recommence à croître. … »

In short, both PM Harper and Minister Flaherty have cautioned Canadians there's still some work to be done before getting out of “the worst crisis since WWII.”

But there are some definite signs of recovery:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/r…
« Recession easing but still has a bite
Heather Scoffield
Ottawa — Globe and Mail Update
Last updated on Friday, Jul. 31, 2009 11:36AM EDT

… Still, after 10 miserable months of contraction in Canada, May could well be the last, he added. June GDP is showing signs of being flat or slightly negative, as auto production is picking up, consumers are well equipped to continue shopping, and the housing market is on fire.

That sets the stage for growth to resume in the third quarter, economists said.

“For now, we are forced to hold our noses for another month and await the flowers that are expected to spring in second half of the year, beginning with the month of July,” said Stewart Hall, economic strategist at HSBC Canada.” »

See, Terry, that is what a responsible government does. It sends out a balanced message, telling Canadians yes, there is a recession, but we'll get through it OK, and here are some indications that things are improving. And some economists agree.

So, stop your fabrications: “this is the government who says the recession is over” never happened, like … oh, OK, let sleeping dogs lie.

I would disagree. The so called green taxes might have been the productive way out of this recession instead of bailing out old industry car companies. Green taxes are inevitable. when the tar sands go green youn will pay at the pump and since you will always need gas it would have made sense to “green up” the tar sands.

Then again I'm not a populist deficit lover.

lonely Gabby……….the recovery is not a sure thing. things are still going to hell in a hand basket south of the border. We are not isolated. Suncor just laid of hundreds of VP's today on their way to lay off thousands of people. Nortel is gone. savings have yet to occur in Canada.

My stuff is based on economic fact not tory BS and the economists say we are not out yet and may not be in the near future. We all know that Tory times are tough times and don't want those tough times with a new debt burden of $150Billion or so while they populate their supporters with my tax money.

One more thing….stockwell day the surfer gave an interview in kelowna the other day and siad specifically the recession was over. John McCallum wrote to flatulence to ask who was right. See kinsellas blog for both items.

sorry to blow up your balloon one more time….fresh liberal air here in Quebec and lots of Harpo haters. the BQ wants him gone as well..

Funny odor on this Blog. What does Catsmeat smell like?

“See kinsellas [sic] blog for both items.”
:- D Riotous laughter from me!

You and your idol are welcome to your opinions, of course, but please!
You tell me “My stuff is based on economic fact not tory BS” and I'm supposed to read your idol's blog for confirmation of facts?

:- D Even more riotous laughter from me!
Geez, it sounds like you're starting a new cult!

You poor benighted person.

BTW, could you come up with something more original than “Tory times are tough times”?
I'd have a tidy sum if I got a loonie for every time you've used it.
Tsk, tsk … so predictably tedious.

Warren T it smells like Harpercrite…surprised you had to ask.

gabby, the tedious is you with your holier than thou persona……….too bad the real you doesn't show through. If you posted on a Lib blog it would show through. too bad facts don't matter with you.

Haha It won’t work for thinking expats! My daughter has dual citizenship and is living in the US. She has been agreeing with the new visa requirements, arguing with a Canadian friend that Kenny is right!

Good kid – has a good head on her shoulders. Iggy’s letter will fall flat with her!!! She has been taught well to spot bull****

Gabby, something to keep you busy during your lonely reformatory times in QC:

Stephen Harper: Massive failure as PM.

When one looks at his Premiership they see partisanship, arrogance but more than any other negative quality they see: failure. However, this is exactly what Stephen Harper and his Conservative/Reform/Alliance party wants. Let's take a look some at Stephen Harper's Conservative Government's most recent failures:

The Deficit: It is estimated that Canada will have a long-term deficit of $155.9-billion. When elected Stephen Harper chose a man famous for his $6 billion deficit from his tenure as finance minister of Ontario to be finance minister of Canada. For months the recession hurt many Canadians who lost their jobs. Stephen Harper ignored the recession. During the 2008 election the issue of the economy was barely touched upon by the CPC and they didn't release a platform until a week to voting.

The Isotope Crisis: Months before Chalk River was shut down, Linda Keen, the nuclear regulatory watchdog, tells the government that they need to fix the problem now or it will be much worse later. She is promptly dismissed.

Infrastructure: The Conservatives repeatedly dragged their feet on infrastructure spending, this ensured that many projects did not get underway this summer during construction season. Canada continues to export raw materials but the government has done nothing to encourage innovation (even after a billion dollar GM bailout.)

Health Care: This is not a recent failure but one overarching one. In 2004 and 2006 the CPC campaigned on reducing waiting times and improving the health-care system in Canada (what would Andrew Coynes say?) But they have done nothing to fulfill either of those promises. In 2008 the Fraser Institute had a Student Video Contest where they attacked the system in Canada, saying how health-care was failing.

Foreign policy:
- During the G8 conference Mr. Harper was obstructionist and two-faced on Climate change.
- Prime Minister Harper did not attend the Beijing Olympics.
- A free-trade deal with the EU has been risked over Mexico/Czech visas.
- During the 2008 Democratic Primary the Prime Minister's office leaked information in an attempt to hurt Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
- The Conservative government has done nothing on the issue of softwood lumber.
- Lawrence Cannon ignore African diplomats who wanted to know what Canada cut aid to African countries in favour of South American ones.
- Stockwell Day has to lobby and lobby before Prime Minister Harper would change his Cold-War era policy towards China. Canada is now engaging China much later than other Western countries.
- PM Harper was silent on Iran.
- In 2008 the Harper Government refused to recognize the existence of Kosovo. The United States of America did, many European countries did. This drew attention to the Canadian national unity issue and make a huge stink that noone cared about.
-Income trust lies. In 2006 Harper stated he would not tax them, then he promptly did once elected.
The Environment: Thanks to the Green Party, the Conservatives have done nothing to address climate change or encourage green industry.

“the tedious is you with your holier than thou persona……….too bad the real you doesn't show through. If you posted on a Lib blog it would show through.”

Another nonsensical response from the devoted disciple of a well-known Liberal strategist.

What does posting on a Lib blog have to do with my persona?
If I did post there, perhaps I’d meet more carbon copies of idiots like you, whose only purpose in life is to void venom and come up with puerile putdowns like Flatulence, Harpo, and Reformatories.
Oh wow, that’s really trenchant debate, isn’t it? That’s rapier-like wit at its best, right?

Flash! Linking to pro-Lib blogs to support your nonsense is not providing facts, it is merely echoing the same tired diatribes.

As I said in a previous response to you, Terry1, I usually don’t engage in putdowns against an opponent – unless that opponent persists in that kind of tactic. You continue to insult everyone who posts here, and now you seem to be whining for reinforcements to come to your rescue.

You want me to stop laughing at you? Link to your friends, if you like, but don’t call those “facts.”
And quit the name-calling.

Oh wow, I'm so flattered you've done this research for my benefit.

And your source is … ?
Hmm, I don't see a link anywhere …

Thank you for supporting a party that has made sure Harper remains PM.Again in a underhanded way you attack the Liberals.

Tough night Gabby?..the whining is at a high pitch this am.

I linked the Kinsella blog for good reason…..THERE ARE FACTS THERE AND NO BS.

You can laugh all you want until the polls close in November. I'm a patient man except for the length of time Harpo is screwing up this wonderful country. I listed his follies for you in another post and that was only part one.

Gabby..there is serious proof that TORY TIMES ARE TOUGH TIMES. $150BB of new debt, an erosion of our laws and freedoms theough petty practices and ugly unprincipled management with many lies and false innuendos.

Why do I need a link to post facts that are available everywhere?

David, last poll just out has the Liberals ahead and Igg yhas been mostly invisible all summer. Just wait until the fun starts and you will be whining more and more about the Libs. I don't attack Liberals but I do motivate them to act against Tory tyranny.

Terry1, your idiocy continues unabated.

Not only have you alluded in another comment to how I dress, now you're wondering about my nights?

Your prurient interests signal a sick mind.

Words fail me … because I continue to roar with laughter!

gabby it used to be that a clean desk was the signal of a sick mind. you have taken it to new lengths.

Keep laughing becasue that fresh Liberal breeze in Quebec is just getting fresher and cleaner.

We've been hearing excuses for four years now….If you did attack Libs they might have behaved differently. They take your money and prop them up.

david, unlike the reformatories who collect their money mostly from church going rural Albertans and other westerners and then try to asuage them with some of the religious right ideology promised to them.

Last poll out is Nanos. Libs 25

The latest Nanos poll:
Conservatives: 40
Libs: 25
NDP: 19
BQ: 9

Just out of curiosity when you were away for 14 years, did you make belittling comments about Canada, did you say the government “disgusted” you, did you compare our flag to a beer label, did you say the only thing in Canada you missed was a park, did you go on TV and say Canada has no future as a counrty, did you say that your real home was another country, did you on TV and claim you were a citizen of the country you were living in? Just asking.

having another wet dream?

gardoffer……..you area joke. This government has ripped off more Canadians than any number of adscams could. There are Tory bagmen all over Ottawa handing out prizes to the faithful becasue they know this fall is it for the very incompetent reformatories.

Intellectual snob, huh? I think he's probably much smarter than you could ever be and that rubs you the wrong way. Too bad, your loss.

Maybe he does. There are 1000's of Italians here with dual citizen who vote in their elections,and one of them actually has a seat in their parliament while still living here. You fail to understand the world has grown beyond your pettiness.

LOL, aka the joker, If you had read the full commentaries and/or the books they are quoted from you would note the stuff was mostly takne out of context by reformatory war room operatives who seem petrified by him.

Now, if you took some of harpos NCC comments and posted simple sentences on their own even you would be frightened by this man. However, the Libs are taking the high ground for now bu their war room is well prepared to blanket the media with harpos current and past nonsense and there is almost too much to choose from.

Here's why the reformatories will ultimatley fail:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/to…
“In his latest appeal, Mr. Finley accuses the Liberals of an “unprincipled attack,” alleging they leaked incorrect information to a New Brunswick newspaper that resulted in a story about Stephen Harper pocketing a communion wafer at the state funeral of former governor-general Romeo LeBlanc.

Last week, the newspaper issued a front-page apology, and both the editor and publisher left the paper.

“What's worse, the Liberals have refused to deny that they were behind the manufactured story,” writes Mr. Finley in his letter that was sent last Friday. He adds that there is “no respite” from the Liberals' “attempts to smear Stephen Harper.”

“This controversy demonstrates that the Liberals will do anything to get back into power … we need to have the resources necessary to fight back and defend both our Prime Minister and our record in government,” he writes.
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Late last week, the parties posted their second-quarter fundraising results. For the first time in several years, the Liberals and the Tories are basically tied – the Harper Tories raised $3.9-million; the Liberals raised $4-million. However, the Tories had 35,217 donors compared with only 19,487 for the Liberals.

The Tories won the first quarter, raising $4.3-million from 39,432 donors compared with $1.8-million from 15,230 donors for the Liberals.

Liberal Party president Alf Apps conceded that the Liberals do not have the legions of donors of the Tories, but he said that to be competitive now, with the “best fundraising machine that Canada has ever seen,” is “an amazing thing.”
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Late last week, the parties posted their second-quarter fundraising results. For the first time in several years, the Liberals and the Tories are basically tied – the Harper Tories raised $3.9-million; the Liberals raised $4-million. However, the Tories had 35,217 donors compared with only 19,487 for the Liberals.

The Tories won the first quarter, raising $4.3-million from 39,432 donors compared with $1.8-million from 15,230 donors for the Liberals.

Liberal Party president Alf Apps conceded that the Liberals do not have the legions of donors of the Tories, but he said that to be competitive now, with the “best fundraising machine that Canada has ever seen,” is “an amazing thing.”

Liberal fundraising has improved considerably since Mr. Ignatieff took over as leader last December. Mr. Apps said, too, that membership has increased in six months from 36,000 to 90,000, which makes for a healthier party financially.
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So here is the Christian right campaigning on harper's lies and falsehoods with an attack dog strategy while the Liberals go after the voters who want change and better government. Guess who will prevail in the end and it won't be the harpercrites. The Liberals clearly have momentum and financial stability on their side as the donation base grows along with their membership. talk about a party with momentum vs one that lives on lies and underhanded methodologies. The reformatorties live on the old theory that a sucker is born every minute. Its like stealing money from widows and other weaklings as the ponzi scheme guys do.

Parnella, WarrenT., could you provide the link to support these numbers. I have checked Nanos site, and haven't been able to find any recent numbers that match yours.

mksfromdurham, that was just a wishful, and untruthful, but typical reformatory supporter lie. The theory is if you can't beat 'em cleanly then do whatever you have to do.

Who's been doing some housecleaning around here, and why?

What do you mean?

When I came by, the number of comments showed 75.
When I came by later on, the number showed 70. That means 5 comments have disappeared.

Is it my eyesight or is this “letter” datelined “United States of America?”

If it is, WHY?

Is it my eyesight or is this “letter” datelined “United States of America?”

If it is, WHY?