tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post2298957183392535801..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Hey Toxic Trudeau Haters You Lost We Won!!!Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-67234419090843737112021-09-24T13:38:37.923-04:002021-09-24T13:38:37.923-04:00Hi RT….The grubby flip flopper O’Toole is finally ...Hi RT….The grubby flip flopper O’Toole is finally paying for his dishonesty and lack of a moral compass. If he had won the election he might have got away with it, but now he’s really in trouble. On the one hand he has some members of the Con establishment like Mike Harris going to bat for him, while on the other hand the right wing extremists and religious fanatics are demanding he be fired for betraying his original promise to them. I don’t know who will win this tug of war, but hopefully it will tear the Cons apart…Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-64449793672483025652021-09-24T12:37:05.869-04:002021-09-24T12:37:05.869-04:00Hi Steve….Yes, it really is the final straw, and I...Hi Steve….Yes, it really is the final straw, and I’m going to have to write something about that, because nobody should let the Cons get away with it. They tried to steal the election during the campaign, they will not steal our victory….Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-20048413972680548052021-09-24T12:31:42.429-04:002021-09-24T12:31:42.429-04:00Hi anon@10:01 AM….Yes, Patrick Brazeau has gone th...Hi anon@10:01 AM….Yes, Patrick Brazeau has gone through a personal hell and come out a better person. He had a severe drug problem so it’s great to see him show that rehabilitation is possible, and I wish him all the best…Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-11478549814744069742021-09-23T20:09:03.939-04:002021-09-23T20:09:03.939-04:00Cons seem a little pissed that the Tool went full ...Cons seem a little pissed that the Tool went full Liberal with his election platform and has nothing to show for it. He had no intention of fulfilling those promises if they were elected but now he is stuck with trying to weedle out of the promises when Liberal tabled legislation is passed. Expect a lot of, I know I supported a carbon tax, assault rifle ban, money for health care, day care, no balanced budget for 10 years but the Liberal wording is all wrong and for the sake of all Canadians its necessary to block the legislation until it reflects my true intent. On the other hand it might be easier for the party to turf him and in true Con fashion deny the Tool and his promises ever existed. Abra kadabra, poof another True Blue is pulled out of the hat.<br /><br />https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conseratives-split-erin-otoole-1.6187155<br /><br /><br />RTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-35586842795954717952021-09-23T18:32:32.032-04:002021-09-23T18:32:32.032-04:00The cons who live in a black and white world say J...The cons who live in a black and white world say JT lost the election. This is just a slice of the problems with the con universe.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-69771570995793611012021-09-23T10:01:01.635-04:002021-09-23T10:01:01.635-04:00Such a classy guy! https://twitter.com/senatorbraz...Such a classy guy! https://twitter.com/senatorbrazeau/status/1440291596495327237?s=20Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-85450216963109803612021-09-22T20:26:50.569-04:002021-09-22T20:26:50.569-04:00Hi Cathie…thank you for that lovely comment that I...Hi Cathie…thank you for that lovely comment that I will treasure forever. When I wonder why I am blogging, I will take it out and read it again. Especially since I have always enjoyed your blog for the gentle Canadian values that you have always promoted. I worship those values, I believe they make us the country we are, and when I see our ugly Cons trying to trample on them I see red, and I don’t think I am exaggerating when I say I would die to defend them. I almost did die in the last few days of this election campaign when I got a bad case of food poisoning that left me so weak I practically had to crawl to my computer. But it’s amazing how victory was able to get me back on my feet. And we do have so much to celebrate. Goodness won and our country still lives…Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-82053762792411968582021-09-22T19:58:39.024-04:002021-09-22T19:58:39.024-04:00Hi windsurfer….Yes, the Cons and the Con media are...Hi windsurfer….Yes, the Cons and the Con media are trying to discredit the Liberal victory by whatever means necessary. And Boessenkool’s article is a perfect example of that. Why the CBC would allow a Harperite to publish a piece threatening the government with more extreme Con behaviour is beyond me. But one thing I do know is that if the Cons should replace O’Toole with Pierre Poilievre it will be the end of them. So please be my guest…<br />🤠Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-92015247815356193992021-09-22T19:48:43.698-04:002021-09-22T19:48:43.698-04:00Hi RT….Goodness some of you guys are a gloomy lot....Hi RT….Goodness some of you guys are a gloomy lot. I realize I am sometimes hopelessly optimistic, but we should enjoy what progressives achieved in this election. We prevailed against some of the most powerful and most evil forces this country has ever seen. And we have a lot of things to celebrate, So cheer up gloomy one!! Having said that, you’re right, We will face a nest of angry Con hornets, and you have some good ideas to take the sting out of them. However, remember they are seriously divided, and the uglier they are, the more they will reinforce negative impressions about them. In my opinion the first thing we must do is make sure that we no longer depend on the Con media for political coverage. We need to step up our efforts as citizen journalists, and expose their lies and their bad behaviour so they can’t get away with what they did in the lead up and during this election….Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-1158051518076987842021-09-22T17:33:47.440-04:002021-09-22T17:33:47.440-04:00You were my rock during the down times in this cam...You were my rock during the down times in this campaign, Simon - sitting here in the Prairies, surrounded by Con governments, its very hard to tell how the rest of the country is doing, so I relied on you very much during this campaign.<br />Scrimshaw and Franky were my go-to polling twitter feeds/websites -- they too were convinced that the Cons had no path to victory and they were proven to be correct. Scrimshaw thought at one point that Trudeau could pick up enough from the Bloc to get to majority territory but the English debate screwed that up, unfortunately.<br />Interesting article by Dale Smith this morning about how poorly the NDP riding associations are doing - I think if this doesn't get changed, they will ultimately be finished as a political force in Canada. The Greens are proving to be a lesson in what happens to a party when it starts ignoring the ordinary people in its base.Cathie from Canadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11418899090537597360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-22245881290797835202021-09-22T17:22:23.624-04:002021-09-22T17:22:23.624-04:00RT -- agree so much about the bullshit committee i...RT -- agree so much about the bullshit committee inquiries. I counted no less than three articles out this morning practically salivating over more Benghazi bullshit instead of policy coverage. The Hill Times, TVO and of course the Probe and Wail.<br /><br />Damn, I wish Trudeau had been more forceful and aggressive in calling out the toxic parliament being the impetus for the election or just let them bring down the budget next spring. The DipperCons are going to be murder hornets in this parliament and even though a win is a win, a Pyrrhic victory makes it a total mess.Jackie Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05221859743498420491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-75455625608789233982021-09-22T15:04:54.894-04:002021-09-22T15:04:54.894-04:00I'm hearing more of the 'sore loser' c...I'm hearing more of the 'sore loser' comments about the CON's and it seems like it was in their game plan. Now I'm hearing that Skippy already has his knives out for poor Erin.<br /><br />Someone should out a cork in the mouth of this guy. Since CBC is accepting opinion pieces from whomsoever, one of you with credentials should take a shot at it.<br /><br />https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/opinion-ken-boessenkool-trudeau-lost-nobody-won-1.6184330<br /><br />WindsurferAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-26036617270775297962021-09-22T13:59:21.369-04:002021-09-22T13:59:21.369-04:00Wish I could share your enthusiasm Simon but altho...Wish I could share your enthusiasm Simon but although the Cons are bleeding support from some of the fringe groups they are not out...yet. They still have the hope that the NDP and Post Media will continue to support parliamentary inquires and other propaganda to paint the Liberals as a corrupt incompetent mess. The Post media propaganda machine and internet distributors reach approximately 20 million Canadians and is unlikely to change. The NDP will be less obvious but will still jump at the chance to trade it all for a permanent ineffectual number 2 position should the chance arise. Harper foresaw this scenario years ago hence his fascination with huge monuments to the scourge of communism and strategy to paint the NDP as pinko when the time comes.<br /><br />To counter this the Liberals need to forcefully push legislation that forces the weakened Con coalition out into the open. Laws that prevent individuals from trolling medical staff would certainly draw out the anti abortion crowd, support for independent journalism and balanced internet distribution vs the firehose propaganda machine, tightened assault weapon gun laws where they are either disposed of or rendered permanently inoperative, and $10 day care to name a few. The Liberals have the mandate to boldly push the legislative envelope before the propaganda machine regains momentum. The Cons cannot change, egotistical Singh will unlikely which means nice guys slowly trying to build legislative consensus finish last. We saw signs Trudeau could meet the challenge of calling out assholes towards the end of the campaign but time is of the essence. Cooperation is a virtue but cutting your losses before they become insurmountable is another.<br /><br />RT<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-40345584466637660942021-09-22T10:37:06.276-04:002021-09-22T10:37:06.276-04:00Hi rumleyfips....I don't think the Cons have y...Hi rumleyfips....I don't think the Cons have yet appreciated the extent of their loss. But they will, and as you point out their future looks grim. The mob is already calling for O'Toole's head, even though the list of replacements is simply pathetic. The party is too ugly and too bigoted to ever replace the Liberals, especially since I see the NDP shrinking even further. There is a nasty looking potential scandal brewing over the way Jagmeet Singh tried to turn the party into his personal advertising agency, only to look like an idiot, and end up in the same place he was before. I expect that many NDPers will become Liberals so the future of decency is assured....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-62940763662727578692021-09-22T10:29:20.649-04:002021-09-22T10:29:20.649-04:00Hi JD...Yes, I thought that photo of that meathead...Hi JD...Yes, I thought that photo of that meathead Con giving Trudeau the finger was one of the images of the campaign. Trudeau was up against the lowest scum of the world, he refused to be intimidated, and he put them in their place. I do hope those Con thugs are putting their guns to good use, and are blowing off their own heads. Kapow!!! And regardless, after the horror they put us through, I intend to gloat and gloat and gloat. As I told Ottlib, progressives have been too nice in the past, but not any longer...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-51583645444314734242021-09-22T10:21:43.695-04:002021-09-22T10:21:43.695-04:00Hi Pierre....I can't understand why any progre...Hi Pierre....I can't understand why any progressive should be glum. Despite the bias and the hate, the Trudeau Liberals held the line and won a big victory for our Canada. When you look at the state of the opposition parties it couldn't be bigger. And then there are all those Liberal plans for the future that were saved, and can only make the party even more popular. And yes I agree with you, the next time Trudeau must let the opposition bring down the government. They won't dare do that for YEARS. And I intend to spend those years working to rid this country of its hideous Con premiers, and of course mocking the Con losers who were so sure they were going to win...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-32771669414750367932021-09-22T10:08:42.387-04:002021-09-22T10:08:42.387-04:00Hi Myworld1916...I too was disappointed to see the...Hi Myworld1916...I too was disappointed to see the Bloc win as many seats as they did, but as you point out in could have been worse. And at least Legault didn't get his wish for a Con minority government, which is encouraging. I started to call him a Duplessis retread a long time ago, and I'm glad that more people are also calling him that. A lot of Quebecers seem to need a Big Daddy, but I am not one of them...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-81897173651468905722021-09-22T10:02:17.966-04:002021-09-22T10:02:17.966-04:00Hi Ottlib...Yes, I am looking forward to the mail-...Hi Ottlib...Yes, I am looking forward to the mail-in votes, and I'm pretty confident that they will skew heavily Liberal. I'm not sure they will have much of an effect on the seat count, but any extra seats would be a bonus. And they would at least help silence the Con media, who after having failed to elect O'Toole, are now claiming that Trudeau really lost. Only in Canada eh? As you can see from my post, I will not let those scumbags get away with that. What they did was an absolute disgrace, and along with the toxic Trudeau haters, they must be made to pay for their crimes against our democracy. Progressives have been too nice in the past, but not any longer....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-14725737750801020112021-09-22T09:36:52.141-04:002021-09-22T09:36:52.141-04:00Hi Jackie.... It was a great victory, and had Cha ...Hi Jackie.... It was a great victory, and had Cha Cha Cha Kurl not boosted the fortunes of the Bloc in Quebec by calling Quebecers racists it might have been even greater. But it's still good enough. The Cons are now going to spend the next year tearing themselves to bits, and Jagmeet Singh for all the adoring coverage he received turned out to be just another loser. So the Con media can say what they want, there is only one winner, it was a great election. And Justin Trudeau will leave when he wants to leave, but it won't be anytime soon. Only in Canada would some call a winner a loser. Pity....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-87049899926089329182021-09-22T09:20:57.876-04:002021-09-22T09:20:57.876-04:00I always thought that after a third election ( maj...I always thought that after a third election ( majority or minority ) Trudeau would not run again.<br /><br />The reformatories want to get back to their hate and obstruction but may be too distracted. Look at the length of the lineup of knucklewalkers wanting to replace him.<br /> Peter peckerhead has already released his first leadership campaign video. Teamwork from a guy too unlikeable to win nationally. <br />Leslyn is there but like a Cavin and Hobbs treehouse it's ' no girlz allowed ' .<br />Jason Kenny will need a job soon but his sabotage of Otoole's tricycle won't be forgotten.<br />Doug Ford will need a job soon but how do you get him out from under that bed.<br />Derek Sloan: don't count out the right wing nut jobs letting him back into the bunker.<br />Mad Max? Sure , it would be a good way to bring those votes backto their reactionary home.<br />Stevie Hapless? A man for whom there is never enough public humiliation.<br />There are other racist, homophobic,misogynistic, xenophobic reformatories out there with more ambition than judgement or ability but I can't do this all day. <br />rumleyfipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03346146988416679423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-84634703475511478812021-09-22T07:22:45.944-04:002021-09-22T07:22:45.944-04:00It is what it is! Now stop the constant bickering ...It is what it is! Now stop the constant bickering and bitching and do your jobs!Marmaladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01651890655542192076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-53679522316113966732021-09-22T01:34:43.861-04:002021-09-22T01:34:43.861-04:00It's funny that earlier today I was thinking a...It's funny that earlier today I was thinking about that big, repulsive meathead with the goofy sunglasses giving JT the finger and I guess you were to Simon by prominently displaying the bird flipper and the many scumbags JT endured during this campaign. He never flinched and he never backed down. Leadership at it's best. And speaking of leaders, I'd like to congratulate Justin on winning his third Prime Minister's election. In spite of the ridiculously biased media coverage, he pulled it off because A: Decent Canadians aren't stupid cretins who live and die by the manure the Con MSM spews out and B: Decent Canadians aren't prone to knee jerk reactions when things don't go their way. We bide our time, think things through and make sane, educated choices. As for the Cons, I imagine their tears and rage must be flowing heavily today. Boo fucking hoo. You get no pity from me and I will do what I don't normally do. Gloat. Gloat at having beaten the party of rectal Reformers and colonic Cons. In short, assholes. While you grind your collective tooths and hurl your death threats I will remind you all that none of that matters to JT. He is so far above you that you must appear as insignificant gnats to him. Easily ignored and if need be, squashed as required. Get a grip losers. Until the right is returned to a party of ideas and respect, they will forever be mired in the cesspool that Harper and company created and dragged them into or they willingly waded into. For the third time Canadians have spoken and have rejected the ugliness of the Cons. The fear and loathing that is at the core of the right will forever drag them down until the remaining vestiges of Harper are finally purged from the party and maybe, just maybe, a viable option for electors may emerge.<br />JDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-36919970120381804702021-09-21T23:48:12.166-04:002021-09-21T23:48:12.166-04:00It is impossible to say whehter Team Trudeau can w...It is impossible to say whehter Team Trudeau can win another election.<br />Too many factors are in play, including world events...what if there is another war, a terrorist attack, rampant wildfires, an indigenous uprising? All these things can just turn a good government.<br /><br />It's not all glum though. Evan Scrimshaw is 100% correct that the CPC is done. They will not get a majority, and any minority they get will be hamstrung by the LPC or NDP/BQ. It's over for them.<br /><br />So what we will see is retail politics for the foreseeable future; a little to seniors, a little college kids, a little to private enterprise, a little to the province of Québec, a little to...and I will put my $ on the line here with this statement.<br /><br />Justin Trudeau will not be the one to cause an election, it will be CPC BQ with a non-confidence motion.<br /><br />Pierre D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-7386914291979558072021-09-21T22:41:53.916-04:002021-09-21T22:41:53.916-04:00Aw Simon, I was so happy about the victory but I&#...Aw Simon, I was so happy about the victory but I'm feeling kind of glum now. I read Dale Smith's column about the election, and he's usually pretty on-target as is Chantal. They both say it's likely that the clock is really ticking for Trudeau now, that he might leave on his own within a year to open the door for Freeland and/or someone else to compete in a leadership race. Now Gerald Butts seems to indicate that isn't happening, but my gut tells me that's more likely than not.<br /><br />I like Freeland and I can understand if JT is sick of the BS, but I would miss him terribly if he left. Depending on how the Cons handle the Tool and if they replace him with a loser like Skippy do you think he could win one more, or is he really getting ready to wrap things up?Jackie Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05221859743498420491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-33925309524396321282021-09-21T22:04:18.321-04:002021-09-21T22:04:18.321-04:00Lets not forget that although I was upset the bloc...Lets not forget that although I was upset the bloc Québécois maintained its suburb ridings, it still did not snatch ministerial ridings (Lebouthiller, Champagne and Bibeault in respectively the gaspé-iles de la madeleines, saint-maurice and Compton-Stanstead). Not to forget other ridings (such as Sherbrooke and argenteuil la petite nation for Brière and Lauzon). Anyways their strategy did fail and thus it's just the lame excuse to keep ridings.Myworld1916https://www.blogger.com/profile/14770156473998149287noreply@blogger.com