Tuesday, June 19, 2007

It set the mailbox-to-recycle-bin speed record. Why is my riding's Conservative candidate stuffing my mailbox with party propaganda before an election is called? Does this person know something about the timing of the campaign that the Canadian public doesn't? Is this individual showing off the Tory environmental plan, starting with the resources wasted on, and carbon footprint left by, the slick pamphlet? Or is it just more of the same in-you-face arrogance that has become the hallmark of the Conservative Party of Canada and its ever-deep pockets? I say all of the above.

Oh, and since all candidate Web pages and communications are routed through Big Tory Brother -- is this disconcerting to anyone else? -- so that everyone is on the same page when it comes to self-aggrandizing and Liberal-bashing, Googling this electoral false-starter reminded me that I had an idea for one of the Conservatives' fatuous television ads: "Is Stéphane Dion enough of an asshole to be prime minister?" Given how astonishingly high Stephen Harper has set the bar on that count, the Tories would be able to brag to their cold hearts' content.

posted by media_dystopia @ 00:54 [ link | top | home ]

Sunday, June 03, 2007

Can this guy be any more of a prick? Someone really needs to tell Stephen Harper that a prime minister who incessantly runs attack ads outside of an election campaign is, to use his party's tired rhetoric, not a leader. He does, however, have what it takes to be a complete and utter asshole. Every time I see one of those childish Tory ads, I feel ashamed of my government. (Once I'm done hurling insults at the television screen and jabbing at the remote control, that is.) And I'm using the word "government" in its broadest sense -- the Conservatives are too busy blaming the Liberals, crafting attack ads (what name shall we call Stéphane Dion this week?), and being jumped-up little demagogues to govern. You know, federal politicians on the campaign trail are given a minimum of 36 days during which they have free reign to insult the intelligence of Canadians; I really have the question the integrity of those -- of any political stripe, but especially those in power -- who choose to do it the rest of the time.

posted by media_dystopia @ 22:21 [ link | top | home ]