As you can imagine, Andrew Scheer is looking a little beleaguered. Like a man on the edge of a cliff, or a nervous breakdown.
But then who can blame him? His big shiny Con convention is now less than a week away, and it's all going horribly wrong.
Maxime Bernier is making him look like a wimp. He just won't shut up.
Scheer is too cowardly to fire him.
And now to make matters even worse, it looks a lot like the Con clown Michelle Rempel may have finally gone over the deep end.
And is also threatening turn the Con convention into third-rate version of the Thunderdrome.
It all started when the Canadian Press decided to give Scheer's claim that the border issue was a "crisis" the Baloney Meter Test.
And he failed miserably.
Given the facts and the views of the experts, while there's little doubt the situation poses a political and policy challenge for both Ottawa and the affected provinces, Scheer's contention of a "crisis" rates a ranking of "full of baloney."
Which was bad enough since Scheer and his filthy racist Cons have been peddling that lie for over a year.
But then came the really bizarre part.
An enraged Rempel refused to accept the result, and accused the fact checkers of being part of some kind of sinister government conspiracy.
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel has a problem with fact-checking – namely, she thinks fact-checking is used as a “spin tool” against Conservatives.
In the latest bozo eruption from Andrew Scheer’s Conservative caucus this week, the federal immigration critic accused the Canadian Press’ “Baloney Meter” feature of being controlled by “Trudeau’s top henchman” in the Prime Minister’s Office.
And yes, this is scary stuff.
It seems Rempel, who even sounds like Trump, really does believe that the venerable Canadian Press is Justin Trudeau's propaganda tool.
And all I can say is, she's been heading for Crazyville for a long time...
And now she's finally arrived...
And I for one have seen seen enough.
Rempel needs to seek help as soon as possible.
I'd tell her that myself, if she hadn't blocked me years ago for no good reason...
Like she has so many others.
But Justin Trudeau is right, the Cons are still the Harper Party...
Asked about Bernier's condemnation of the Liberals for embracing ever more diversity, Trudeau said the Conservative Party "hasn't changed much since the time of Stephen Harper."
"They still look at the politics of division as a way of drawing political advantage, by pitting Canadians against each other," Trudeau told reporters at an event in Saint-Eustache, Que.
Harper made them in his image, and now they are all as rotten as him...
Or just as cowardly...
And whatever this Con cult has become, it's clearly unfit to ever govern this country.
Welcome to Canada's nightmare.
Welcome to the Con convention...
Awwww, isn’t this precious?? Partisan Liberal hacks who spend all week crying about “shabby Con media” conspiracies against “Justin” because media does the job of holding government to account as we expect them too now criticizing others for doing the same.
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Your comment makes no sense. Either go back to remedial school or go back to Russia.
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DeleteThe CBC was stacked with Harpercons on the board. They've been falling down on the job not pressuring Scheer on his ties to the Rebel, La Meute, you name it. All the while chasing squirrels about every tan suit and Dijon nothingburger the cons came up with about Trudeau. Trust me, I've seen what bothsiderism for "ratings" leads to in the USA. The Ceeb is no different and I'm more than aware of the Postmedia oligopoly in this country that's eerily similar to Sinclair.
DeleteAll the more reason why Rempel's talking points about the media being in the pockets of the "Liberal deep state" are bullshit. They've been carrying water for the cons all along. Simon is absolutely right to call out the Con media. We have the pretense of "liberal" media where I'm from that's an absolute joke when it comes to speaking truth to power. Instead they gave the orange oaf free advertising for a year and a half and let white nationalists tell "their side of the story." That's exactly what your outlets have been doing with Scheer. How many stories did they run about Indiagate or the blue dress that never was, versus doing some actual reporting on Marshall's Analytica operation?
You should get your talking points updated next time Hamish sends out another memo for you to copy and paste. Bye, Felicia.
Hi anon@1:41 PM....you live for the moment I publish a post. You are almost always the first one to write a comment. If you don't like this blog why do you read it so faithfully? And why do you always sound the same. Do you really think that anyone will believe that you aren't a Scheer sucker on a self declared mission to be an annoying troll for your depraved master Andy Pandy and his Hammy Hamish? Do you take us for fools you depraved loser? Can you answer any of those questions? I didn't think so. Now run along, be good, and don't ever come back...
DeleteHi Jackie...the idea of a Con like Rempel claiming the media is biased against the Cons would be hilarious if it wasn't so obscene. It's been a long week and I admit I'm not inclined to be charitable, or patient as you can see from the comment above. But if Rempel really believes that she must either be drinking too much or be out of her mind. For as you point out, our shabby media has been carrying water for the Cons for as long as I can remember. And the pass they have given the creepy Scheer is simply unforgivable. The man is a threat to this country and its values and should be denounced by all decent Canadians....and Americans....😉
DeleteFact check organizations evaluate the claims against the facts using a panel of experts if necessary. The "shabby Con media" produce opinion pieces mostly biased in favor of their owners who publicly endorsed the Harper Cons during the last election. The CP plan on evaluating political claims during the next election cycle. Unless the Cons can somehow create their own factless check source or pass off the Frazer institute as an equivalent they will be in trouble. Although there are some exceptions its mostly Cons who are crying foul .... why is that?? Oh yes its another conspiracy!!
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Rempel also organized a petition to have Trudeau removed from the Liberal caucus over that bogus blue-dress story. They've all chugged the rancid milk of the Proud Boys, and the poison potion of the Rebel Kool-Aid, which is clearly flavored orange in honor of the Russian asshat illegitimately occupying the White House. And as Canadian Cynic said in his most recent posting, "I'm sure it's just a coincidence" that the cons are beating the drum on issues that Russian trolls have been identified as amplifying over social media. Whether they're literally in bed with Moscow or not, the cons' and Russia's interests (and that of satellites in the Russian sphere of influence, particularly the United States) clearly do line up.
ReplyDeleteThe cons need to be investigated for adopting the same rhetoric as Trump regarding the press. A bomb threat was phoned in to the headquarters of the Boston Globe yesterday, just after they organized that editorial solidarity movement refuting Trump's allegations that the press is the enemy of the people. Ezra Levant and Hamish Marshall both need to face a parliamentary inquiry and certainly a financial audit, if not a criminal investigation. Scheer needs to reveal who his money men are, and Harper needs to be put on the spot and answer for who he's "consulting" with. Nobody should trust that fat cat any further than they can throw him.
As for the time being, I sincerely hope the cons continue embarrassing themselves to oblivion and having a circular firing squad or WWE Royal Rumble at their I'm Not O.K. Corral, and that the Liberals pull off another victory in 2019. Trudeau is going to need to fumigate the place, because these kooks are emboldening hate and have risen (or sunk) to the level of a security threat. The targeting of Trudeau and his family -- including even his children -- by Rebel scum in the comments pages is evidence enough of who they are and what their "supporters," given the opportunity, would do.
Jackie, what you're talking about is stochastic terrorism - "the use of mass communications to incite random actors to carry out terrorist acts that are statistically predictable but individually unpredictable." In short, remote-control murder by lone wolf.
DeleteRight wingers have been using this strategy for a long time, dehumanizing their enemies and making them out as threats to society, then kicking back and waiting for the most radical and unhinged supporters to take violent action.
The forced-birth movement is a perfect example. Forced-birthers from the protesters outside clinics to political leaders like Scheer talk about abortion as "murder," say that abortionists "kill babies," talk about women as "mothers who kill their children," and make other profoundly dishonest claims. Then clinics are firebombed and doctors shot at and killed, and we are all supposed to pretend that the latter has nothing to do with the former. It's just "lone wolves" acting on their own. And so we end up with James Kopp, Marc Lepine, Alexandre Bissonnette, and so on. The cops really should be taking these comments on the Rebel far more seriously.
we really should be questioning how much of the news is fake, I would say aside from the event happened its 100%. As Napoleon said the winner write history, as Lenord Cohen said the rich have their tv in the bedrooms of the poor. The news never reports on the real issues or real solutions. Do we have a solution to war? Yes its called the UN and what does the news tell us every day, its useless and corrupt. This may be accurate but why dont we make it real? The main reason the USA will not accept any constraint on its authority to be an international bad guy.
DeleteThe news networks are for the mind the vigilante of fast food for the body.
Hi anon@5:36 PM...thank you for that interesting comment. I have never heard of stochastic terrorism, but we do have a real problem in that regard. Over the last few years the level of discourse in this country has been coarsened to a level I never thought would be possible. So when a widow in Fredericton calls the Prime Minister a piece of shit when he calls her to offer his condolences, the comments are full of people praising her instead of condemning her for her lack of class. And the Rebel has run so many death threats aimed at Trudeau it should have been closed down long ago. This country is heading for a very dark place and most Canadians seem not to realize it...
DeleteFake news is designed to bypass the rational brain and elicit an emotional response. To counter this type of propaganda people are encouraged to run media bytes that elicit emotional response through a fact checker. For Rempel fake news is normal and so its the fact checker that elicits the emotional response. Such are the perils of living in an alt reality universe.
ReplyDeleteRefugee claimant statistics are currently running at approximately 50,000 per year. Although the numbers are approximately 2 times higher than typical, the period 2000 / 2001 was at 40,000 per year. Not a crisis and unlikely to become one unless the Orange Olf takes the US into total meltdown. However even in that unlikely case we would have far bigger problems than an influx of refugees fleeing the US as an unsafe country.
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Fake news is everywhere. For sure Snopes is not barometer of truth.
ReplyDeleteThank you again, Jackie Blue and Simon (et al)for your insights. My fav blog. "Steve" is an amusing court jester
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work,please.
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thanks I just say whatever I am thinkingaboot with no filter.
DeleteAll I really want is a perfect world. Its here now we just need to organize ourselves better.
Hi AR...Thank you for that kind comment. And yes we have all kinds of commenters. Some are geniuses, some are court jesters. But I enjoy them all, and all I ask of them is that they have good hearts and believe in a better world...
DeleteSimon cant I be a court jester and a genius at the same time :)
DeleteI have to say I’m really enjoying watching the Conservatives fall apart. Scheer has shown himself to be the weak leader I always thought he was. He’s a man without principles, and Justin Trudeau is going to make mincemeat out of him in the next election.
ReplyDeleteImagine they had a convention and no body noticed. The con blackout is eerie.
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