It was without a doubt the worst day in Andrew Scheer's political career. A day that should seal his fate as Con leader. It ended with Scheer travelling to Quebec to listen to what some of his many defeated candidates had to say to him, which couldn't have been pleasant. But long before that meeting, he was hit by a series of blows that left him little more than a dead man walking, or stumbling...
I must admit that when I first read that Kory Teneycke was defending the Con's latest disgusting attack ad, by claiming: "We’re better than news, because we’re truthful." After a moment of shock and disbelief, I practically fell out of my chair laughing. Even though as I later pointed out, him and his Cons should be arrested, for spreading terrorist propaganda. But then, just a few hours after I wrote that post, I had a terrifying thought. What if Teneycke and the other little monsters in the PMO really believe what they're saying? What if it isn't naked hypocrisy? It's terrifying self DELUSION !!!!
As you may know the Cons have just released a new attack ad, which uses ISIS' images and music to attack Justin Trudeau. And should, according to the provisions of their own Bill C-51, cause the Cons to be arrested. But now you must really watch the Harperite stooge Kory Teneycke try to defend the Con propaganda machine. And fail miserably.
Well now it's official. The Con fluffer Kory Teneycke and his chicken leader Stephen Harper really don't want any serious political leader's debates. They want to hold their own mini-debates, and prevent as many Canadians as possible from watching them.
So they won't take part in any organized by the country's major broadcasters. The Conservatives have rebuffed the latest offer from Canada's major broadcasters to host two nationally televised leaders' debates at the height of the federal election campaign. Even though only they can deliver a massive audience, and provide French Canadians with the country-wide coverage they deserve. And the fluffer and failed TV executive Teneycke, couldn't be more brutish. "We're going to pick the five that we think are going to be the best five, and the consortium didn't make the cut, unfortunately for them," he said.
"The prime minister is the prime minister, he's leading in the polls right now, and if the opposition leaders want to debate the prime minister, they know where he is," he said. Or more ABSURD. "If they don't, because they're scared, then they won't." When nobody is more scared to have his ghastly record attacked on TV in front of millions of Canadians, than Chicken Harper himself...
Because he is a Great Chicken Leader, as well as a Great Closet Leader, and this is just the latest example of his ghastly cowardice. It really is beyond belief what those Cons are doing to our country and our democracy. But the good news is this latest outrage will only reinforce the impression left by his not to heroic ordeal in that closet. And he can forget about trying to portray himself as a Great Strong Leader from now on. For nobody will believe him. And we WILL use that against him. We can ridicule him on social media. We can put up posters in our neighbourhoods, or turn up at his rallies dressed as chickens, or make clucking sounds wherever he goes. And if you're up to it, and I am eh? Even greet him all over the country with a little chicken dance...
Yup. Let's make him pay the price for being such a coward. Let's brand him as a chicken. Let's embarrass him beyond recognition. Let's have a little fun, and laugh him out of office...
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They don't dare admit it of course, but there's one thing everyone who has worked in the PMO would say if they could be sure of being accepted into the Witness Protection Program: It's not easy working for Boss Harper.
Uh oh. Somebody call a plumber, or a mortician. It looks as if Sun TV News, also known as Fox News North or Harper TV, won't be able to make us pay to keep it on life support. Sun News Network has been denied a guaranteed spot on basic cable TV packages in a CRTC ruling released today. Maybe. But the CRTC suggested Thursday it isn't happy with the status quo and proposed "a new approach" regarding the distribution of Canadian national news services. Which has Kory Teneycke, Harper's old flak, clinging to hope that his stinky fish might survive...
Golly. Call me Nostradamus eh? Almost three years ago I wrote this about the outhouse gang at Sun News Network aka Fox News North: They don't have the money, or the infrastructure, or the talent, to compete for even a small part of that tiny news market. Or even to be taken seriously. This is going to be the biggest bomb in Canadian network history. And sure enough, it was a bomb or a lead balloon. Nobody was EVER able to take those Con Klowns seriously, and now they're trying to save themselves by picking our pockets.
The media magnate insists that his crusade to force the CBC and its French-language arm Radio-Canada to release confidential data about their operations – including the salaries of Peter Mansbridge and other network stars – is not about politics or ideology. It is about taxpayer dollars, and how they impact Quebecor’s bottom line.
Surely he can't complain about taxpayer dollars, when his ruthless media octopus gobbles up so many. And surely he can't deny that his tacky little news network's main purpose in life is to destroy the CBC.
It’s important to bring to your attention, though, the fact that Sun News is providing a much-needed service in Canada. If you’ve got a devilish sense of humour, it is the most hilarious news channel you’ve ever, ever seen. You want weird comedy? You got it by the bucketful with these people.
And how about that Krista Erickson?
Recently, the channel’s Krista Erickson accosted dancer Margie Gillis on air about arts funding and tried to beat her up, verbally. This was comedy of the raw sort.
Erickson then went wacky. She waved her arms around in a lame attempt to mimic dance movement. Not a wizard at the arm ballet is Krista, believe me. She looked like the Martin Short character Ed Grimley getting excited. “This whole thing,” she barked, while frantically waved her arms, “Why does it cost $1.2-million over 13 years?” Then she shouted at Gillis to try to drown out the response.
And then it got worse.
Then Erickson went full-bore Monty Python. She denounced Gillis for being a dancer and having an opinion about Canada. The thrust of her argument was expressed as this: “We have lost more than 150 soldiers who have served in Afghanistan! They have put their lives on the line and, you know, it is, frankly, quite a serious business compared with people dancing on a stage!”
But my advice is take John Doyle's word for it, because life is too short, they pay him to watch this stuff. And he has some good advice for Erickson.
Memo to Krista Erickson: Get out of Sun News now. Before your name becomes synonymous with Monty Python-style TV gags and the hilarity that ensues. But, before you go, do that attempted arm ballet thing again. Man, that’s funny.
Because when they start laughing at you it's OVER.
And Ezra Levant is funny enough...
As for Kory Teneycke, my advice to him is to start polishing his resume, like he used to polish Stephen Harper's fleshy buttocks. Because this has to be the biggest bomb in the history of Canadian television.
And goodness knows who he'll hire next...
Sun Nooz TV, the lonely voice of the conservative movement.
Catching up with the news....I see that Don Martin thinks that Kory Teneycke's sudden departure from Fox News North aka Harper TV, is a good thing for Sun TV.
Brash to a fault, with a take-no-prisoners viciousness that made his jugular lunges impossible to ignore, Mr. Teneycke took on controversies with such gusto, he usually made them bigger.
Mr. Teneycke had publicly identified some of the fake signatures that came from the same Ottawa Internet address, even though the list wasn’t public. When that was pointed out, Mr. Teneycke cited an unnamed source for his information. Very strange. Somewhat suspicious.
And I agree with him. Because now at least it's Sun TV again and Fox News North is as dead as a Dodo.
How do I know this?
Because I know Luc Lavoie, and he won't allow it...
He may be a ruthless operator, and Brian Mulroney's devoted consiglieri. But he's no friend of the Harperites, and he's no teabagger.
Oh sure, if it ever gets a licence, Sun TV will be a right-wing station. For a while at least.
Plans to get the show on the air are moving forward quickly now. The announcement that radio host Charles Adler will join the network is expected to be followed by news that ever-colourful author Ezra Levant will have a show just before one featuring the solid pairing of David Akin with defence analyst Mercedes Stephenson.
But it will never be the rabidly right wingnut station that Kory Teneycke was hoping it would be.
And most importantly it almost surely won't be a mouthpiece for the Harper PMO.
On the road this summer aboard the "Liberal Express", I witnessed several occasions where Sun reporters in the regions produced a piece of paper with a question for Michael Ignatieff. They would read this query, sometimes saying they'd been told to ask the question by their bosses. Funnily enough, the questions mirrored Conservative talking points that were also sent by email to reporters aboard the bus.
It'll just be a weird little shoe string operation populated by absurd nerds like this one. The kind that jump up and down in their seats, look at themselves adoringly in the mirror, and say golly aren't I NAUGHTY ? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
And how long do you think viewers will put up with the military industrial complex android Mercedes Stephenson telling them war is good for us? Before they scream BORING !!!!!
As for Ezra Levant....even if he is hired, he'll be forced to tone down his ridiculous act, because Quebecor is cheap, and doesn't like being sued.
So he might actually be amusing. In an ugly sort of way.
Yup. Fox News North is dead. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
And all I can say is I'm glad Ottawa police and the RCMP have been called to investigate this sordid incident.
Teneycke's resignation comes after the group behind the petition, avaaz.org, formally requested the Ottawa Police and the RCMP to begin a criminal investigation to determine who posted "fraudulent" signatures to the petition from an Ottawa internet protocol, or IP address.
Because we really need to know whether that address lives at the PMO, or at Fox News North headquarters. You know the ones who want a special licence.
This isn't over. Canadians are not just concerned about a Prime Minister's former spin doctor, they're concerned about a channel that backs the Prime Minister's political agenda, asking for special government favours to fund its launch.
Oh well. Poor Kory. He set out to destroy us and ended up destroying himself. I can't say I'm sorry. But after reading what the fishing magician idiot had to say:
"It has morphed from one of market differentiation to something more vicious and vitriolic and yes, at times, I have contributed to the debasing of that debate myself,"
Golly. This Fox News North Harper TV affair just keeps getting more and more interesting.
First Kory Teneycke claims his organization has been smeared by Margaret Atwood and some fictional characters
Atwood is not the only A-list “celebrity” that has signed. Dwight Shroot (from The Office), Boba Fett (of Star Wars), Snuffaluffagus (Sesame Street) and Homer Simpson are also signatories. Clearly the CRTC should take note of such distinguished individuals lending their name to this smear job.
Then Kady O'Malley finds her name on the petition, along with a bunch of other journalists. and wonders how Teneycke knew about Snuffaluffagus and those other fake signatures.
okay, this is weird. how did @KoryTeneycke get a list of *fake* (not fraudulent) sigs on a list that isn't available online?
Then the Fox News North guy claims his "source" did it:
Source emailed me to say they registered Boba Fett, D. Shroot, etc. Petition lacks basic controls. Not sure who signed me up.
Only to have the executive director of Avaaz claim that they have:
"tracked all of the suspect names to a single IP address," and that it appears that "a good number of the journalists who were fraudulently added were from the same source that added the Snuffluphagus" -- which would, of course, be the very same correspondent who tipped off Tenecyke to the fake names in time for him to include them in his column today.
"What's really concerning for us is that this fraud occurred last night, right as he must have been writing his op-ed, so he appears to have almost instantaneous knowledge of the fraud being committed -- before we did or anyone else. How is that possible? And, given that this is potentially criminal investigation, will he disclose that relationship to his source? Was it someone who works for him?"
Then Susan Delacourt muses about what it all means.
On the road this summer aboard the "Liberal Express", I witnessed several occasions where Sun reporters in the regions produced a piece of paper with a question for Michael Ignatieff. They would read this query, sometimes saying they'd been told to ask the question by their bosses. Funnily enough, the questions mirrored Conservative talking points that were also sent by email to reporters aboard the bus.
Caramba. What a coincidence eh? Are they channeling Stephen Harper's gaseous emissions. Is there a plumbing problem? Or is there a PMO connection?
And now Norman Spector jumps in and claims that all Teneycke's Quebec masters want is a lousy hockey arena.
“I hope that we’ll see the Nordiques return,” Harper said in French. “We have discussed this with (Quebec Mayor Regis Labeaume) and we will continue those discussions.”
Golly Sherlock. Now I don't know WHAT to think.
Except that wouldn't it be ironic if the move to give the PMO its very own network, and make Teneycke our Citizen Kane Kory, ends up taking them ALL down?
Fox News North. The gift that keeps on giving?
The turd that keeps on smelling?
Or the Con propaganda network that is threatening our democracy?
Holy bait Batman. I see that Kory Teneycke is still carrying the ball fish for Fox News North. And that it's getting really stinky.
Which is fine if you like rotten fish. But if he insists on masquerading as the head of a "straight" news organization he should really get his facts straight.
(1) When he complains about this:
It also picked up on the slur from Sun TV News’ competitors, calling the channel “Fox News North.” Fox, and its parent company Newscorp, are not owners of this channel, nor are they involved in its development.
The first time I met Kory Teneycke, he told me that Canada needed a Fox News channel of its own.
I impolitely told him what he could do with the idea and we didn't speak again for four years.
Remember? Idiot.
(2) When he gets all indignant over this:
Dwight Shroot (from The Office), Boba Fett (of Star Wars), Snuffaluffagus (Sesame Street) and Homer Simpson are also signatories. Clearly the CRTC should take note of such distinguished individuals lending their name to this smear job.
UPDATE: Alright, Kady just got off the phone with Kory Teneycke, who said he was emailed the fictitious names on the petition by the very person who had added them.
Shouldn't he be directing his criticism at his own supporters? Or is this just another bogus story?
(3) When he accuses Margaret Atwood of being unprincipled and unpatriotic:
This is not the first time Atwood has put her political agenda ahead of principles and patriotism. In the 2008 election campaign she was asked if she would vote for the separatist Bloc Quebecois if she lived in Quebec, she said: “Yes. Absolutely. What is the alternative?”
How about voting for someone who doesn’t advocate the breakup of the country?
He should be ashamed of himself. Because Atwood is a great Canadian who has done her country proud.
While the Con stooge has worked for the most disgracefully un-Canadian and unprincipled government in history.
A government that has always accused its opponents of being enemies,foreigners, and traitors. And is headed by a political thug who has sucked on the tit of Amerika all his political life.
Gawd.I have to admit that at first I thought the whole idea of a Fox News North absolutely hilarious...
I think I liked Kory Teneycke better when he was Corn Cob Bob's daddy.
You know Korny and Corny the environmental crusaders. It was a sweet relationship. It had its ups and downs.
"Our fearless mascot, Corn Cob Bob has launched a hunger strike in protest of the decision to ban our ads," said Teneycke. "We hope Telecaster reverses its decision before Bob expires along with freedom of speech."
But at least it was noble.
Of course all that changed when Korny went to work for Great Monster Mobster Leader...
Which was a scary experience for him AND for us.
I mean who can forget poor democracy? Or Korny following Lisa Raitt around trying to get her to memorize her lines? Good theatre it wasn't.
But then neither was his next and most pitiful performance to date.
Trying to impersonating Rush Limbaugh Corn Cob on the Evian Solomon Politics and Whatever Show.
When of course he's far too thin, far too boring, and the way he curled his lips when he snarled was positively WEEVIL.
Although the real Korny did blow a kernel make his mark eh? His attack on poor Frank Graves was a new low in journalism.
Which is why I am not surprised he's trying to set up a Fox News North.
The first time I met Kory Teneycke, he told me that Canada needed a Fox News channel of its own.
I impolitely told him what he could do with the idea and we didn't speak again for four years.
Oh Korny you shoulda listened to the Donster. I mean would you watch the Blogging Tories if it was a TV show?
Neither would I. Although I suppose that's what that ratfuck faux Fox network will probably look like in its dying days.
With Stephen Taylor reading the news, and the latest Con talking points. Dr Roy performing "miracle" healings...as well as reading horoscopes. And Ezra Levant doing the Free Hate Speech Hour...seven times a day.
And the weather...
As well as urging viewers to send in loonies, quarters, bottle tops, ANYTHING, to keep the network on the air.
Oh Korny what have you done? You could have been a CONTENDAH. Now you're going to end up looking like just another bum who thought Canada was Amerika.
Do yourself a favour go back to Corn Cob Bob. I'm sure he misses you a lot.
Pop me Daddy !!! Pop me Daddy !!!
Kornhole listen to me. I'm KNOW you can claw yourself back to respectability. And be an almost wunderkind again.
But it won't be easy eh? A sorta nice guy in a Con world. That's HARD.
