Christy Clark’s Point Grey By-Election: The Townhall That Never Was and Her Media Image Melting
There is one thing the electorate hates more than a politician who lies.
It’s one that, just like Christy Clark, is too much of a coward to stand before them and do it. It’s sad that we’ve come to expect our public servants to prevaricate–be economical with the truth. I thought that was just the constant currency of the BC Liberal Party and their propaganda arm, ‘The Bill Good Show’, but apparently the Premier has taken it upon herself to tell tall tales (albeit empty ones), but only before crowds that are made up of blithering sycophants.
Friday night I attended the Premier’s so-called ‘Townhall Meeting’ and it was anything but that.
103 people in the room, including the Premier. Mind you, the room doesn’t fit more than about 200, but still, it was a poor showing even for a staged event.
‘Staged!’ you say? Absolutely. After dropping my son off at his maths class in the late afternoon I ventured over the St. Mark’s Church, at 2nd and Larch
(one block from where I lived for years), right in the heart of Kitsilano. I expected major preparations, streamers, balloons, placards, all Christy, all the time.
And I wasn’t disappointed. Festive signs lined the boulevard and three Clark goons, one in a blue sweater that filmed me and others watching, while shaking his head and muttering profanities about me to the others, kept watch outside the church, in, I’m sure, breathless anticipation of Premier Snooki (I’m surprised how with she and I ending up in the same church that the walls didn’t begin to crumble).
It was about 5:30pm at that point, and I needed to collect Junior.
After a quick trip back to the hacienda, I left again just in time to appear promptly at 7:15pm, when the ‘townhall’ began.
Frankly, I did indeed expect a staged show, but this was beyond ridiculous. Before we get into the specifics, to show you just how empty the Christy facade really is, let’s give you some interesting attendees.
Her campaign chairman Colin Hansen was there but left early (he was the ONLY BC Liberal MLA present …where were neighboring BC Liberal MLAs Moira Stilwell and Margaret McDiarmid?). Norman Stowe, formerly Kevin Falcon’s campaign manager, was present, as was the always affable Mark Giles, formerly George Abbott’s leadership campaign chief. Also, Lorne Mayencourt, all smiles in the third row, beaming up at his heroine. Pathetic…
And then there were the usual hangers on including many of Clark’s campaign volunteers (I counted 16 of them)
Then, by the front door, close to the RCMP detail–that were painfully over-torqued considering the biggest threat to the Premier was her mouth and one blue-haired woman that kept smiling at me–and had clearly just emerged from a Marc Emery seance at Dana Larsen’s home, there was one Steve Saville, legal advisor to the provincial council of the federal Liberal Party of Canada in British Columbia (nope, no Liberals around Christy). Saville served on that council along with long-time Mark Marrisen/Christy Clark groupies like BC Rail figure and now Premier’s staffer Kim Haakstad, who served as Clark’s Ministerial Assistant during the scandal–Haakstad consistently met with briber Erik Bornmann. Saville, armed with a clipboard that was loaded with Clark question propaganda and the like, was stoic and reserved.
All her henchmen were. They were unquestionably uptight.
Also in attendance was former Kevin Falcon leadership bid advisor and long-time federal Liberal Bruce Young (currently principal at Earnscliffe Strategies and former Special Advisor to Prime Minister Paul Martin)….um, not a single Liberal around the Preem, no way…she’s a bloody Conservative, right? Right?
Wrong.
As moderator, INCREDIBLY, was a fellow named Steve Kukucha. Now, full disclosure, I’ve known Kukucha since we were classmates in French Literature at UBC in the 80s and I consider him a friend. But his appearance was stunning.
No, not just because he’s another staunch federal Liberal, part of the Marrisen set that brought you spineless Paul Martin, but because he is an Independent Power Project (IPP) executive, with, at one point, TEN LICENCES up for approval.
Clark actually had the incredible temerity, the unmitigated gall to stand there and answer questions about the environment and how she cared about the flora and fauna of sensitive streams–much like The Blessed Mother Teresa did about Calcutta’s poor, all while seated two feet and hosted by a guy whose companies stand to make GAZILLIONS in profits on schemes that the B.C. Utilities Commission have declared “an answer to a non-existent problem.” So while Premier Snooki was shoveling the bull about how much she cares for the BC environment, she was seated next to a man whose plans could easily contribute to its destruction.
When I confronted Kukucha about it afterwards, he froze and then nervously laughed it off, as he slipped into the night.
As far as the substance of the night goes, there was none. Her answers were simply more of the same acting Clark has been doing since she barely won the BC Liberal leadership.
Oh, she was terribly convincing when she talked about her mother’s death. She was endearing as she talked about her battles with the healthcare system she now (fraudulently) defends as “the best in the country.” But NOT ONE of the answers contained issue-specific, related policies either in the hopper or currently in play, that would give anyone with even half a brain some comfort that this woman is qualified to be Premier.
It was truly shocking for me. I hadn’t heard Clark speak in person for some time and have concluded that there must have been a great deal of script-filled binders placed infront of her at NW (As there always have been for Vanilla Bill), because this latest version of Clark is inarticulate and confused and she is confusing. On the one hand she lauded her government’s general record, on the other hand, she spent at least half her leadership campaign slagging it. On the one hand, Clark believes in bettering democracy in the province through “greater openness and transparency” and yet her Finance Minister is veiling threats of cuts to services “if we axe the HST and go backwards”, and while she is surrounded by key henchmen that stand to make a fortune if she and her government beat the NDP in the next provincial general election.
There was about a dozen and a half questions, most of which were set plays. One very large, elderly man, who admitted to me that he’d been drinking all afternoon (like it wasn’t obvious), had “gone over to the campaign office today and got my question…” Nudge, nudge, wink, wink…
Clark was hammered by feathers all night. One incredibly obvious plant was from a woman named Anna Lilly. Some of you will remember this PR great as the woman who was Sam Sullivan’s woefully underqualified media clerk (routinely in screaming matches with some of the civic press core, usually the CBC’s Stephen Quinn) that just retired from being a CLARK leadership campaign volunteer! It was all I could do not to laugh, as the very pregnant Lilly appeared at the microphone, pretending to be a simple resident asking about “families”, and off the top, thanked Clark “for doing this” in as meek and humble a voice as could be. In fact, I think I did indeed laugh, Couldn’t help myself.
As well, interesting that the BC First candidate Danielle Alie was in attendance and asked the closing question: Some incomprehensible gibberish that flew over people’s heads. I actually explained to her quietly during the meeting that her campaign signs were affixed to trees on medians and lampposts (which is illegal) and her response was this: “So? You know, it’s tough to run a campaign in ten days…do I know you from somewhere? Are you in the movies or TV? I recognize your face.” And in earshot of witnesses. Astounding. Mind-numbing.
But I digress…
There were two questions Clark was hammered with: Both about TRUST. The room fell silent as I’m sure her faithful were scared of the BC Rail issue arising, but it turned out that one question was about her lack of availability to debate her opponents and the other was on healthcare, to which Clark responded as vacantly as ever. For the umpteenth time, she uttered, “Well, we’re going to work with you, I promise, we WILL work with you…” And my favorite, “Well, ya know, as Premier, I’m pretty busy, but you’re here now…” with a huge smile and little wiggle for good measure.
Clark is going to work with the people? Her government’s record is all about screwing the people.
No specifics, no stats, no intelligence.
To his credit, hate him, if you must, for all the things he eventually became that were so very wrong for this province, but Gordon Campbell could tell you exactly what the deficit was sitting at, almost down to the last dollar. He knew the specific terms of his disgraceful giveaway of the University Golf Club and could recite the preamble to the Tsawassen Treaty chapter and verse. He could give you the specific number of young families suffering below the poverty line, even though he was prepared to do nothing about them.
In contrast, Christy Clark, I am convinced, is fully prepared to run in this by-election, and then a foolishly early call into a provincial election, on her brimming sexuality and prom queen identity. She appeared on Saturday at the St. George’s School Country Fair (stress COUNTRY–with many bales of hay, cowboy hats, and boots), a surely stupid, classless move that was not appreciated by many parents and attendees, in her high heels–that would leave a seasoned exotic dancer panting. I watched her from where I was standing with my family. As soon as she saw me, she bolted in the other direction. Not that I would have been so crass as to confront her there.
Back to the meeting….it was a staged photo-op that did nothing to further her image as anything more than an air-headed parade princess that has mastered the Queen’s wave to her subjects.
Some closing thoughts and then some pictures:
1) Adrian Dix, for as much as I STILL believe he was the wrong choice for the BCNDP, will make mincemeat out of her in any debate. She’s finished unless she can cram ten years of policies and general platform into her cranium and THEN be able to execute the mental dexterity to draw down on all that at will in a debate. She’s just not capable of doing it.
2) The BCNDP are IDIOTS for not running someone other than David Eby in Point Grey. I like David, we’re friends, but his strategy has been all wrong. He’s more worried about the Greens bleeding votes off him than going after Clark where she is weakest: TRUST, INTEGRITY and HONESTY. She is a failure to all of them. He has barely mentioned the BC Rail scandal, of which Clark was a key player, instead worrying about defending himself from (fair) accusations of mindlessness where drug legalization, porno on BC Ferries and polygamy is concerned. If they had run Bill Tieleman, he would have destroyed Clark’s political career in one fell swoop. But then again, he knows he stands to make a bundle more in union PR fees if the NDP are elected, though he would have made much more and been more effective as a senior Minister. Stupid moves. I don’t agree with Tieleman on some things, but he is an extremely principled guy that wouldn’t be defending multiple wives, drug legalization or porno on the ferries. He would have talked about REAL issues and turned her candidacy into thin paste.
3) The BC MSM are turning on Clark–somewhat, since Baldrey and Palmer (although Palmer less so lately) are still swooning. I can’t give you the details, but there is a major piece coming from a surprising source, that will rock Clark and the BC Liberals to their collective core. Gary Mason’s piece on the weekend was a damning indictment of her. As was Mike Smyth’s excellent piece from yesterday. And even Clark old pal Brian Kieran took a run at her bad judgement. And lest we forget CFAX’s always good Adam Stirling. Although, just this afternoon, she finally appeared on CKNW, but ONLY because mild-mannered Sean Leslie was hosting (who has never and would never ask her a hard question). Notice how she avoided Mike Smyth, like the plague, who would have demolished her and her hypocrisy. Leslie let her run off at the mouth about Eby and then thanked her. Classic NW complicity.
4) There is only ONE RESULT that could be worse for Premier Clark than losing the by-election on Wednesday–and that is that she wins but by a thin margin. And that’s precisely what I’m predicting. She can spin it all she wants (as many of her caucus members already hedge on facebook, like John Rustad and Mary Polak), but with a candidate as wrong as Eby and the BC Conservatives not organized enough to run a good candidate in Point Grey, she should win in a landslide–but won’t.
5) Her campaign against Eby in the last week has gotten VERY nasty. Translation: The numbers are as I have predicted from the beginning, too close to call–and THAT is very bad optics for her.
No wonder her organizers are worried. Her numbers are falling through the floor and she’s fallen out of favour with two of the biggest names in the BC mainstream press. With every minor ‘good news’ piece comes the collective yawn from Vanderhoof to Vancouver.
And now she’s in a dogfight with a guy she should have been able to trounce.
I say, she wins a pyrrhic victory (a marginal notch) against a candidate who was all wrong for the constituency, except that he represents the NDP–that have held the constituency many times before and shows how low in the polls she and the BC Liberals really are (notice the dearth of polling from barkers like Canseco etc al? Nothing good to offer Clark, to be sure).
If this happens, I GUARANTEE you her blood will be seeping out from under the BC Liberal caucus door–and soon.
And if she loses, which is entirely possible, the break-up of the BC Liberal Party will be epic.
And immediate.
Oh yes, and in case some thought Christy Clark’s Achilles heel was forgotten in Point Grey…from outside the church, for all to see…
And in if it wasn’t clear enough, the flip side….
A wee comment, a friend has told me that Christie Clark’s ‘provincial’ election goody for the people on Vancouver’s West Side and Vancouver council is a SkyTrain (oxymoron) subway to UBC.
The problem is that the estimated $3.5 billion price tag may sink the Liberals in the Fraser Valley, not to mention merchants on Broadway when cut and cover subway construction is used yet again in an attempt to reduce the cost of this behemoth.
This is why there is no mention of this now as it may torpedo Clark’s attempt to become a legitimate MLA.
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I’ve heard the same thing and am awaiting confirmation. If she does this post by-election, she’s done. She’ll have a sure split in her party.
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To further my comment, it seems that good Federal Liberal friends Bombardier and SNC Lavalin are putting great pressure on Clark to build this massive project, as their influence in Ottawa is greatly diminished.
The scenario will be the same for the Cambie Street Canada Line, under-cost the project, sell it on Bill Good’s show, then do the switcheroo from bored tunnel to cut and cover (without compensation to local merchants) to reduce costs. Mind you, this depends on Susan Heyes’s Supreme court appeal.
If this happens, watch for Surrey’s Mayor Dianne Watts, lead the south Fraser municipalities out for both TransLink and METRO Vancouver, with a possible Watts versus Clarke political showdown.
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I’d pay almost everything I’ve got to watch Dianne pummel Snooki.
Alas, it won’t happen. Watts has even bigger plans for Surrey. But the IDIOTS in BC Liberal caucus who suggested she wasn’t “in the know enough” (Falcon and Polak) are royay screwed now. Cummins will likely run against Polak in Langley, and Kevvy baby’s team sure blew it as they gave away the grand prize to a woman who is woefully underqualified to be Premier.
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Ahhhh yes, SNC and Bombardier.
Along with Air Canada and most of the other federally owned but Quebec dominated companies.
One wonders what “changes” Mr Harper has in store for them now that he has a majority and the Libs cant block him.
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Hi Alex,
This Kukucha fellow…….surely this is no relation to a Cindy Kukucska that works as a Team Lead, Consolidated Intake for Information Access Operations……commonly known as the Freedom of Information office…..is it?? I have an “ethnic” surname of similar heritage and know all too well the variations in spelling. Please tell me this isn’t so and it is just an odd co-incidence. I do not want to name names on speculation, perhaps you could confirm first.
I am on my 4th FOI (4 x $150.00) regarding information on the Sunshine Coast IPP proposals. I am dismayed that Christy is continuing to mislead the public on the sheer size of these drain the lake power projects. Norm Farrell has some good photos on his site. I have many more. They are not green.
Ms. Kukucska has advised she could not answer my questions on daily or monthly (not yearly) production figures for the Tyson Creek (Narrows Inlet) and Fitzsimmons Creek (Whistler) projects. She has referred me to BC Hydro. I am awaiting data from them.
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Why don’t you call Cindy and ask her? Simple enough. Let us know what you arrive at. I don’t believe she’s related to Steve, but I may be wrong.
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Good idea…..that is how you got where you are today. I fully admit being wrapped up in the IPP issue to the point of being paranoid.
I called. Cindy was exceptionally polite, friendly and professional. If there is any problem getting information from BC Hydro I am to get in touch with her again. She is no relation whatsoever to Steve Kukucha. I would like to “erase” any hint of a connection and apologize.
But….I am not erasing my concerns about lake draining IPP’s.
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No problem.
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A picture is worth a thousand words… very good report Alex…absolutely brilliant reporting..
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Many thx.
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Looks like we grew up in the same neighbourhood Alex. I went to Sunday School at that church way back in the dark ages and delivered newspapers throughout the area. Ah, memories…
Seriously though, good to see she is at least being dogged by her own failings. It is very unfortunate that the BC media has decided to throw in behind Clark. It looks very bad from every perspective. People aren’t dupes and can see things for what they are. If Clark makes it to the Provincial election she will find the going more than tough–not due to softball questions from a complicit media, but from angry voters that see through the façade. If she has any chance of reversing the Liberal slide she must address the elephant she packs around in her skirts–BC Rail. Even then that will only be the beginning. To quote Desi Arnaz; she’s got a lotta splainin to do.
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A lotta indeed!
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The thought of those people’s faces when you showed up, and that truck (not yours I assume!) has given me the biggest laugh of the day.
I was over in Point Grey yesterday and was very surprised by the number of Eby signs on display.
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I didn’t want to overplay the story, but when I walked in she was at the microphone and stop and started her sentence again. It was priceless.
I should have taken the mic but I actually felt sorry for her. She is very easy to throw off her game.
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“I actually explained to her quietly during the meeting that her campaign signs were affixed to trees on medians and lampposts (which is illegal) and her response was this: “So? You know, it’s tough to run a campaign in ten days…”
This is a really interesting comment, considering the city has just gone through extensive consultation with both Vancouver citizens and the Chinese Embassy to create a by-law that effects the Falun Gong from placing structures on public property.
One would think that a candidate in a Vancouver riding would be aware of such by-laws…unless of course they received permits from the city.
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There has never been a city permit for using trees of lamp posts as campaign sign frames. A protest is something quite different.
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A note:
In Delta, where the “Eye’ lives, we have an almost Fascist style sign by-law, overseen by sign-Nazi’s. Any sign without a permit and those are strictly restricted to the point where community events are only allowed a paltry four, are removed almost immediately! Those in charge of this sign law are deaf to any exemption.
Yet political signs are exempt from the by-law.
I would wager in the fine print of Vancouver’s sign laws that political signs are equally exempt, anywhere placed.
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Bad wager.
They are not exempt for lamp standards and trees. Danielle Alie hasn’t the first clue what she’s doing.
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You mean…like this????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMM4xQ2ZVTk&feature=related
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Never a dull moment in B.C. Politics.
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Oh yeah….
When you see her Alex…..where an Engineers cap….Christy will get the hint/joke…
http://www.google.ca/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=engineers+cap&aq=f&aqi=g1g-v9&aql=&oq=&oi=image_result_group&sa=X
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I was tempted to go to the mic and ask her if she wouldn’t mind spelling LIAR backwards…
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LOVE IT!
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I think you may be wrong on this one Alex.
I’m calling for a NDP win in this coming by election. For the simple reason that most voters EVERYWHERE are angry, fed up, and refuse to vote for the party in power. How many minority, coalition govts are there in the world these days? Voters are turning the pollsters on their heads. Who would have predicted the Bloc Rout 2 days before the election.
I think her arrogance has blinded her to the anger of the voters.
Eby gets a majority
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From your mouth to God’s ears. But I’ve seen some polling and know the constituency like the back of my hand. She is concentrating in the Joyce Murray overlap and they are furiously going over federal Liberal polls results to see the overlap with provincial bingos sheets. They are fishing where they think there are fish, with some success, but she is still way below where she needs to be to win. If she doesn’t pull this off, she’s toast.
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We can only hope.
Speaking about overlap, there were many, many, many young people who voted in Van Centre riding (West Side bit) this past federal election—many for the NDP and the Green’s. I suspect that those kids may well be mobilized again…
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They is LOTS of overlap: Joyce Murray/David Eby.
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“as Premier, I’m pretty busy” This is the part that really irks me. Christy is running around on the tax payers dime pretending to be a Premier but is really busy trying to get elected. And that goes for her manager Colin Hansen. Do these people want us to believe that they are separating public business time and private time. It makes me sick to think that I am paying for someone who I truly do not trust to get elected. What a joke.
Finally like many others I have never voted NDP in my life. However, that will change in the next election. The Liberals must be sent packing and I don’t believe the NDP will destroy the Province. There are too many guards (such as you Alex) that will make sure it doesn’t happen. In case you missed it, there’s an interesting article today how the Liberals have provided Encana (retired Morgan) with a 2 million dollar deal…paid for by you & I in the interesting of greener BC.
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True enough.
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Colin Hansen is a stuck-up insufferable prick.
There. Someone had to say it.
I do find it fascinating that the Preem severely demoted him after winning the leadership race (not to mention he was supporting Kevin and made no bones about it) and now he’s her campaign chair?? Hmmmm.
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Gosh,
As much as I dislike the Liberals, I dislike the NDP and their socialist ways even more. I have a dilemma. I hope the Conservatives can get it together.
I do not want to take a chance with a NDP Government especially with Dix at the helm.
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And that’s precisely the sentiment that will put Clark over the top if she wins.
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You’re friends with that poverty pimp, deceitful, scumbag David Eby?? Wow I am stunned. It makes me think twice when I read your articles. Eby was known in the DTES to manipulate people into making complaints against the VPD and then keeping the money for himself when the city bought him off. The guy is utterly loathsome. And he has yet to answer to the whole debacle where he promoted his buddy Adam Smolcic who was lying about Police deleting video from his cellular phone. What a fricking joke Eby is. As much as I loathe Christy Clark, she is a million times better than Eby who is the lowest form of scum.
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Stan:
If my friendship with david is a problem for you or anyone else, I’m sorry about that. That it makes you question my posts is puzzling considering I have been critical of David and his positions on many matters of public interest, when, he has been/is dead wrong. I appreciate freedom, but it always come at a price. I think people should be free to practice their religion, but when that religion is degrading to women, as Bountiful has proved, then polygamy should be banned. It’s truly abnormal behaviour and hurtful to women. When David talks about legalizing drugs, he does not consider, as he has admitted to me as recently as last week, that the very dealers he seeks to put out of business, would use the govt supply side as a competition bureau, whereby they would INCREASE their already massive profits. When David speaks of freedom, again, at what price? I think it’s insanity to be able to get at porn sites while using the ferry service in this province, though I defend your right, or anyone else’s to seek sexual jollies in going to any sight you wish–but on your own dime and at your home or office.
Where Christy is NOT as good a candidate, as David, is in the integrity department. You might not like Eby’s policies. I don’t. But what you see is what you get. HE has not participated in one of the greatest giveaways in BC history and he didn’t stand in the legislature and lie to the house.
Nor, more seriously, did David LEAK SENSITIVE CABINET LEVEL INFORMATION to admitted bribers of public officials.
Christy has committed to each of those activities.
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I think the other thing that ANYONE who loathes Eby or the NDP should consider.
Even when he wins the riding. It doesnt mean squat! How many provincial seat do the NDP currently have?
He wont be able to achieve anything . He wont be able to change anything. He wont be a threat to Pt. Grey voters way of life… Period.
The ONLY thing Eby will achieve by winning the riding is to put Queen Christy’s Head on the chopping block.
Cant think of a better way for her to spend the summer than scurrying around the province trying to fing another safe seat.
A vote for Eby is a vote for barnyard justice. Because the Justice system (ala BC Rail) has failed the voters of the Province miserably.
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Sorry, scurrying around for a safe seat??? Forgive me, but are you feeling well? If she doesn’t win this definitively, she’s done. And I mean definitively. If it’s a loss, she’ll be replaced or the party will break apart. If she wins by a slim margin, then she’s in ever worse shape. The knives will be out long and sharp. Trust me. In either of those two scenarios, she’s fish meal.
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Yup.
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I appreciate your points and your well written reply. I suppose in the integrity department, a matchup between Eby vs Clark is a total write off as neither of them has any, imho. I look at this contest as an exploiter of the poor vs an exploiter of the system and I would take a thief over a pimp in this matchup… as bad as Clark admittedly is.
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Thank you, yes, some may consider it a wash. But I simply stack David’s foolhardy defence of civil liberties, without reason attached, up against her willful deception and subsequent lying about her participation in one billion dollar scandal and I think her conduct is significantly more serious.
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Hi Stan:
I’m ambivalent about Eby and the BCCLA. They’re very effective critics of police misconduct, but I wish they’d go after some bigger fish:
http://www.bcpolicecomplaints.org/bccla.html
However my understanding of how the group handled the issue of the cellphone video differs from your account. The way I get it, the BCCLA tried to determine whether or not there was video evidence, then acknowledged that the results were inconclusive.
http://www.bcpolicecomplaints.org/vann_hubbard.html
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I figure if Cristy blows this one, she will be angling to replace some super power. The woman seems to be a flake who really wants a big job but not willing or skilled enough to get it
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Precisely right. She is very much the female version of Paul Martin. Totally unqualified for the job.
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I hope I’m not too much off topic here…
Today Christy announced that the government will be spending 15 -25 million dollars for smoking cessation.. while that is a good cause indeed. I think if someone wanted to quit smoking it would cost the equivalent of 3 packs of cigarettes per week to buy the patches and Quit now.ca runs online support free ..
If you are quitting anyway–why not use the money, not being spent on the cigarettes, and buy the patches yourself..
So my question to our Premier would be, wouldn’t that 15-25 million dollars go a long way towards treatment centers for drug addicted trying to get clean and healthy.
These are questions I would have liked to have asked of Christy Clark…
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Please send me that privately. I will be asking the Premier questions very soon–and on a daily basis.
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Well,…theory
Much like what happened to Rita Johnston and Kim Campbell….ya think Christy is simply being set up as the fall person….?
After the train wreck pick up the pieces..re-group…or last minute support the BC Cons ?
Maybe even the LIEberals ain’t that stupid
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No, what happened to Rita was different, I was there and worked hard for her. She was not particularly qualified to be Premier but had good intentions and knew the province well. Additionally, she was someone who could be reasoned with. She loathed the photo op and worked very diligently to better the lot in life of many a BCer. She was not particularly well suited to the formalities of the job either.
Kim was just awful from the get go. Arrogant, divisive, distant and stubborn like a mule.
I’m not big on conspiracy theories. I think you read too much John LeCarre.
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It would be wonderful if David Eby won. The look on her face would be priceless.
If she wins, Alex, you are right, Dix will make mincemeat of her. Things will be interesting over the next year for sure.
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Outside of his usual supporters/ardent NDP’ers Dix doesn’t do well among women and that probably is Clark’s biggest forte if she makes it to the next election.
If you look at how she won her own party it was the women that pulled her through where guys like Falcon failed miserably.
Making mincemeat out of a woman doesn’t win too many points nowadays unless you are running for the leader of the Taliban.
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At the SFU pub, she was known as The Beer That Walked Like a Man. i don’t know too many people that would be upset seeing treated like a man.
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OK Alex…maybe you are right.
BTW you want a lift to the Illuminati AGM at the Freemasons Lodge ?
I have that case of Remy Martin VSOP I got from the IVANHOE
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Oh Boy !!!
The NDP just turned up the heat.
The New Democratic Party has asked Elections B.C. to investigate the actions of Premier Christy Clark, saying it believes she is using public resources to help promote her campaign in advance of Wednesday’s byelection.
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/requests+investigation+Christy+Clark+byelection/4754399/story.html#ixzz1LvISevg3
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Yes, but expect another announcement by Clark’s people. She is trying to message her win by the skin of her virgin knuckles. They know they are too low and are unsure of the horizon line.
If Eby creates some fog….
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I read the invite list to Premier Christy Clark’s swearing in at publiceyeonline and had to laugh at all of the Federal Liberals that are linked to the former friend and confident of the Premier, the self confessed briber of government officials – Erik Bornmann.
Thank goodness you are asking questions about Christy because no one in the MSM are…
I heard that one of the people on that invite list has a past drug conviction. Will try to research that furthur.
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I heard the same thing from a member of the MSM but he’s still looking into it.
The hillbillies have taken over.
Like one of Clark’s brothers said at her swearing in–within earshot of a very good friend of mine who is a member of the press gallery: “My sister is qualified as shit to be Premier…”
And I agree.
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I am a contributor to a forum called “Vibrant Victoria” with over 1,600 posts.
Here is a copy of my thought for the day.
I need a little help with a political dilemma. It is no secret that my political beliefs lean a little right of center, but I am struggling with the participation of our Premier in the Point Grey by-election this Wednesday. She refuses to attend “all candidates” meetings with the excuse that she is too busy running the province, and can reach more voters via telephone “town hall” meetings.
At first glance this may seem valid, but my stomach tells me otherwise.
Although it may be true that all candidate meetings may not allow a lot of voters to view firsthand the interaction between candidates and the electorate, but there are usually newspaper reporters and visual media present that relay the atmosphere and the details of a meeting in the morning news for all to read. We have over the years relied on such reporting. There is a triangulation if it were, between a room full of astute political beings that can provide insight into the candidates’ personalities, demeanors, and sense of purpose that may not be able to be reproduced electronically.
Apparently a telephone call is initiated the day of an electronic meeting asking the voter if they would like to attend. I am assuming that if the correct button is pushed the voter is then given instructions as to how to listen in and even participate. That may appear to be somewhat convenient, but there are inherent problems with type of campaigning.
First of all you will only be able to listen to one candidate’s opinions. What about the other voters that live in the household? If you only have one telephone, how does your spouse or grown children participate? What if you are not at home when the phone rings?
Our unelected Premier is required to represent a riding in order to speak in person in the Legislature. Some might be of the belief that a prerequisite would be that she speak to the constituents, in person, first.
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What a piece of work she is…truly–a nightmare.
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>>..She refuses to attend “all candidates” meetings with the excuse that she is too busy running the province,..<<
Perhaps we need a Premier with better time management skills?
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Interesting to me that there are similarities in how both Harper and Clark ran their campaigns….
The great difference to me, not once did I hear Harper blame running the COUNTRY, on his desire not to answer questions.
To me it shows a lack of character to do the blame game … and then there is the obvious,.
There is a big difference in running a Country and a Province…
Especially when you throw in little inconveniences like making calls and announcements about minor issues, for example the assassination of Bin Laden… I’m sure that took a few moments of Mr. Harper’s time out of campaigning. …
Just an observation.. but says a great deal about character.. IMO
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Harper’s “lack of answers” was a media construct specifically designed to stop a Conservative majority. The PM takes 6-8 questions at any given presser and extended that same courtesy during the campaign when there was even less time. Chretien typically took 8. Martin sometimes took as little as 4. Ever hear any complaints about them? Mulroney in contrast took as many as 15. No one cared and it’s hardly a reflection of trying to control anything or spend too much time talking about matters. It’s simply that the media now want to be spoon fed. And any mistake becomes amplified in the immediately available spin on TWITter or faceboob. Quite ridiculous.
In Clark’s case it’s quite different, as she has avoided debates and townhalls with other candidates because she is a coward. She hasn’t shown up at all. She knows what her weaknesses are a she’s scared to death of being confronted by them–by any candidate.
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Your point on David Eby, “He has barely mentioned the BC Rail scandal, of which Clark was a key player” is a very good one and two things come to mind. Firstly, he’s a neophyte pol who has a big ego and is focused on his own agenda. Secondly, I wonder if the NDP is laying off on BC Rail lest the Liberals dredge up ‘Memogate’.
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Unlikely, as ‘Memogate’ wasn’t anywhere as big a deal as Chrusty’s deep involvement in the sale of BC Rail.
But your point is well taken. What a show!
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I have to agree about David Eby. As much as he is all gungho at the thought of defeating the dragon he is not running a smart campaign and if this was a general election the NDP would have virtually written off his seat long ago and moved their focus to more greener pastures.
As a matter of fact I am wondering if down deep they are going through the motions in PG and will concentrate their efforts in the probably fall election. Otherwise they would have ran someone with a bit less baggage than Eby.
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True enough but I’m hearing that he is well-within striking distance. That shouldn’t be happening even through a by-election.
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Multiculturism……..Say It Alex.
YOU Are Right. You get it. The One Question You Have Always Wanted To Ask. Here Is Your Chance.
Make It Good.
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In due time…there will be many.
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By her own admission – two things that Clark enjoys and does well:
Bottling farts for later release
Squashing beer cans with her breasts
What a truly moronic figure Clark presents to the public. Sparkling white teeth and flashing smile but very little substance filling the space between her ears eh !
Can’t wait to read that David Eby trounces her at the polls.
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I can only hope that the voters in that riding show some good sense and vote NDP. I would love nothing better than to see the public execution of Crusty Cluck. If by some chance she should win and call a general election in the fall, then I want to see the Fiberals decimated to the point of the Bloc with CC losing her seat also.
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If Christy wins by a slim margin, you wrote:
“If this happens, I GUARANTEE you her blood will be seeping out from under the BC Liberal caucus door–and soon.
And if she loses, which is entirely possible, the break-up of the BC Liberal Party will be epic”.
This really shows how gutless those MLA’s are in the Liberal caucus. If Christy is despised by so many of the MLA’s, and she is a proven liar, but still has the “support” of the caucus subject to her showing in the by -election, what does it say about the credibility of those MLA’s?
The MLA’s are chomping at the bit waiting for her to fail in her bid to win a seat in order to justify their actions of a mutiny.
What if she wins with over 50% of the votes? Is that deemed a solid victory deserving of blind support and to keep the knives in the drawer?
It just may give those MLA’s hope that the Liberals chances of winning a general election is boosted. They will “support” Christy with their renewed faith that the Liberals will be able to win the next election, and keep power allowing the MLA’s to continue to top up their pension.
Wonderful representatives….support an unethical Premier while padding their own pensions as long as the prospects of winning look good. Seem thing happened with the “support” of Gordon. When the polls were heading due south, the gang of 17 MLA’s grew balls and were prepared to “force” Campbell out of office. They were looking after their own interests…not the publics.
The same group of MLA’s are probably drafting a letter to give to Christy, and just waiting for the results tomorrow. Cowards. They all should be replaced.
The great question is who to replace the BC LIberals with?
You, and many of your contributors to your blog put the BC Conservative Party as the saviour.
I have asked a few times to get a response from either you or them to explain why the BC Conservatives are the right choice to replace the BC LIberals.
In 1991, after the defeat of the Socreds, there were the same discussions to find an alternative to the Social Credit Party….the Liberals emerged as such. However, 10 years later, it has proven that there was no great reforms with the Liberals that changed unethical behaviours in government . The lies of providing accountable government, keeping election promises, etc. spouted by Gordon Campbell prior to be elected in 2001 were proven to be simply a mouthful of crap.
However, the blind followers who supported the Socreds and then went to the Liberals , and now are looking for an alternative Party to support deserve the crap their get from the Government. These supporters do not care about honesty in Government…only when the polls turn on the Party, and defeat faces them in an election.
With all due respect, I feel the new supporters of the BC Conservative Party or the BC First have no idea why they are supporting these parties other than jumping ship from the Liberals.
What are these Parties offering that will provide assurances that we will not have a Government that lies such as the Liberals or NDP have demonstrated over the past 20 years? Do none of these “supporters” give a crap that a Government should be held accountable to keeping their election promises? or it simply does not matter that the people are lied too as long as the Government gets re-elected?
If the the break-up of the BC Liberal Party will be epic, then it is important to have a Party provide an alternative to support. Can you take the time to analyse the BC Conservative Party and BC First, and to point out what these Parties offer that are different from the Liberal Party, and what these Parties will do differently to make sure the Party does not go down the unethical path as the BC Liberals – remember, the BC Liberals were the saviour to disenchanted Socred supporters. These same supporters are once again disenchanted…the problem is that the same people are running the BC Liberals who ran the Socreds. The same “blind” supporters of the Socreds are the same “blind” supporters of the Liberals.
What is really going to be the difference with another Party? The same people will move from the Liberals as orgnaizers and backroom boys to take over the new Party.
So far, I have not heard anything from John Cummins that makes me feel warm and fuzzy that a Government under his leadership would be committed to keeping election promises and would not be controlled by special interests and friends.
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1) I HAVE NEVER SUGGESTED THE BC CONSERVATIVES ARE SAVIOURS OF ANY KIND. I simply like John and he’s a principled guy. Dix was dishonest when he was in the Preem’s office and Clark was a trainwreck her whole time in Govt.
2) I didn’t realize I needed to legitimize my voting choice beyond picking the only reasonable leader of the three. If you’d like a more detailed post, it’ll come, but on my time, not yours. I gather nothing would satisfy you anyways unless I said the NDP are our saviours.
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No…do not want the NDP in government. Just would like to have a Party that understands that not keeping commitments promised during election campaigns is simply lying to the electorate, and is prepared to actually show some fortitude and be committed to keeping their promises within 2 years of being elected, otherwise, be preapared to face an election for being liars.
You seem to not like Christy for being a liar….what difference is there when the whole Cabinet supports election campaign promises, and, once elected, fail to follow throw with the promises?
The Liberals and NDP have proven to be liars. I am just wanting to know if the BC Conservatives will be any different. You are supporting them, therefore, I assumed you would not support another group of liars over the bunch already in Government. I was hoping you could shed light on what this Party will do to instill faith back into the public that “all politicians are not liars”.
So far, I just read that people are going to vote for this alternative party to the Liberals. Why? What is being offered that is any different than what we got after the Socreds were replaced by the liars in the Liberals?
Since you are supporting the BC Conservatives, I would expect someone such as yourself who despises the lying Christy Clark to demand honesty from the BC Conservative Party…or does that not matter to you if they do not keep their election promises? Just asking because I want to support such a Party…it surely is not the NDP. Not sure where this bizarre concept has come from that I support the NDP.
I would gladly support John Cummins if he was prepared to actually follow through with his election promises. I am not so sure about him yet as Vaughn Palmer already has shown that he does not tell the truth on all matters. One example was John said he voted for in the 2009 provincial election…at first he said he voted independent, and now he says he voted NDP. Just hoping for a straight shooter who I can trust in his word as a Leader.
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I’ll happily give you more on Cummins as time passes. For now, I’m not supporting one party over another, I’m simply saying that I couldn’t vote NDP because I don’t believe you can multiply wealth by dividing it first, and I can’t support the BC Liberals because they have a dishonest person as leader. So if an election were called tomorrow, I’d vote BC Conservative.
Your points are well taken.
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The problem with the BC Conservatives are they are on the wrong side of the BC Liberals and more than likely will never get elected.
What will work is a party that plunks itself at centre between the NDP and the BC Liberals and takes away supporters who are fed up with their party’s shenanigans on both sides.
Not sure who that would be but that would be successful with the voters.
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I’m not sure I agree. Clark is bleeding from her right flank more significantly than from the left. She has moved the party too far to the left (except for satisfying her pals and their business interests) for your hypothesis to hold true.
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Vancouver teachers receive layoff notices Notices went out to 187 teachers
http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/223936–vancouver-teachers-receive-layoff-notices
I wonder how this will play out……
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Do you have an ETA for the major piece that will rock the Libs to their core and will it be seen here or elsewhere?
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It’s the 11th hour Jay, like you I was waiting but I suspect that Alex is waiting for the By-Election results and is keeping his powder dry and waiting for the province-wide election.
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That would be correct.
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Even though I would never vote for David Eby if I lived in Point-Grey, precisely for his platform, I find it extremely disappointing that Christy refused to debate him throughout the campaign. But now in the last few days she’s apologizing for it on one hand while attacking his stances on the other hand. Attacking her opponent in the media without ever having debated him in public, very unprofessional Premier Snooki.
Good article as always Alex. Keep up the good work.
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Thx pal.
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Is your dad Bill Tsakumis?
I was told that Bill and the Greek Orthodox Church were large supporters of Bill Vander Zalm, and were very much a one-issue group over anti-abortion.
Yikes, we saw what blind support does to the Province with Bill VanderZalm supported as Leader of the Social Credit Party, and therefore,as Premier.
This is what happens when people ignore warnings that style without substance is dangerous (yes, said by your not favourite person, Kim Campbell during her speech during the Whistler leadership convention).
The same could be said about those who have “blindly” supported Christy Clark.
See how history repeats itself?
Now I am getting a better idea of why you worked for VanderZalm in Victoria, and supported Rita Johnson during the 1991 election. You should have advised her to not carry her purse with her as if she was trying to look like the Queen.
It is interesting to see you so upset about Christy Clark when there were so many, including most of the MLA’s of the Socred Caucus, who did not support Bill Vander Zalm, the person you did(?) in 1986.
In the end, he won the 1986 election with a devisive majority, but destroyed the Social Credit Party – and to think he was strongly supported by people such as Bill Tsakumis. I guess it really takes someone who actually worked with Bill VanderZalm in Cabinet to realize how “not so bright” he was a Cabinet Minister. The same could be said about Christy…she was not admired by her fellow Cabinet colleagues.
I wonder what Rafe Mair thought of VanderZalm? Bill was always seeking attention. I remember being at the airport when he got off the government jet carrying a 24 case of Canadian. He actually had his papers in it instead of a brief case…he just wanted the attention of the media.
Some feel Christy is going to win tomorrow with a large margin in the 70% range. Maybe she is destined to win a majority like VanderZalm, and history will tell if she destroys the Party as he did or not….
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Darin:
1) Bill is one of my father’s brothers and therefore an uncle. We haven’t spoken in years. The idiot who misinformed you about the Greek Community simply filled your was full of crap. Even though we have differences which his evil and jealous nature will not allow to be resolved, my uncle was an exceptional President of the Hellenic Community and his support of Bill VanderZalm had nothing to do with abortion.
2) You don’t have the first godamned clue why and how I worked for Rita. If you cone here, leave the gossip and the horse shite elsewhere.
Thx.
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Hey Alex,
I do not have any idea who your uncle is other than from previous posts you have made. I meant no disrespect…just asked a question after someone “filled me with crap”.
There were many supporters of VanderZalm who were there because of the anti-abortion issue. Keep it a federal issue …hopefully John Cummins will as such.
Just curious now how you got to work for Rita. She is a very, very nice person…. You did work for Bill VanderZalm in Victoria? Rita was a huge supporter of Bill. Just a logical assumption.
It would appear that many of your families friends, such as Peter Toigo, were also friends/supporters of VanderZalm. I have no idea what circle you have travelled in that got you close to VanderZalm and then to Rita.
However, the Socred members and backroom boys and failed Leadership candidates such as Mel Couvelier could not understand the people did not want a VanderZalm clone/supporter as Premier. Rita could not change the opinions of the electorate after seven months being Premier.
I do not put much faith in the backroom boys of politics. Some of these great political strategists you have mentioned in previous posts have not seemed to have done much to prevnet the possible downfall of the Liberal Party… Not too impressive as the political strategists of the Socred era that failed to keep the Social Credit Party alive. One of these great strategists Pat Kinsella (not coming from you, but others who put him on a pedestal) was with the Socreds and the Liberals. I wonder if he will be joining the BC Conservatives since the same group of backroom boys will follow one day.
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The vast majority of people that supported Bill and the Socreds has nothing to do with abortion. The second Bill raised it, we lost thousands of people, mostly women.
I actually cut my teeth politically with Grace, but went to Bill after it was clear she couldn’t win. And I worked for Rita because I thought many of the people that surrounded Grace were corrupt–which they were. Funny that, considering one of Rita’s biggest supporters was Patrick Kinsella.
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Hi Alex,
if Eby wins great, if Christy wins the NDP should have a field day with her baggage and limited capabilities and achievements, assuming of course they have the capabilities themselves to make hay with this eternal sunshine in front of them.
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Much as it was in the federal election, the people of Point Grey are faced with a dilema, but the lesser of two evils is quite obvious. Let’s see if they know the difference and will exorcise this (fe)maleficent once and for all.
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To Darin @ 1:39 I think You hit a nerve
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Don’t flatter yourself or Darin. I just don’t like bullshit. Dragging any member of my family into a discussion is stupid–plain and simple. And considering I’m a supporter of choice, the connection to that issue was/is foolish.
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Thank you Alex for being here for us all.
May God bless us all tomorrow……….somehow……..someway….
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You’re most welcome.
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Hoof-Hearted says:
May 9, 2011 at 7:51 PM
OK Alex…maybe you are right.
BTW you want a lift to the Illuminati AGM at the Freemasons Lodge ?
I have that case of Remy Martin VSOP I got from the IVANHOE
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Alex what you have written regarding Christy Marsden is most enlightening,now we wait for tomorrow’s outcome, in the meantime how about a reply to the above mention question from the Hoof, are you in need of a lift to the FO-FA or not, like I mean shit its been 24 hrs already since he asked you, give the poor guy an answer….
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I think I’ve got the ride covered.
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Should have known that Henri would be of the Masonic Lodge, after all it is the only way a Quebecois could get ahead; by renouncing his faith. I recall as a boy, my father telling us that anyone who would wear a dicky under his shirt was not going to get a ride to school with him! (This was very fashionable for young men in the ’60′s.) My Catholic mother told us that our dad went out with other men wearing their aprons and met in secret conclave, using code-words etc., she then went to his closet and donned his cape with the red cross on the back, saying there was nothing fruitier than a man swishing around in a cape, a la Brian de Bois Guilbert and the Knights Templar, or some such. Didn’t know however that it was a Masonic policy to buy stolen property, though I know it isn’t with the Knights of Columbas (who, by the way, have their own capes and hats, with a fabulous ostrich plume in it). Touche!
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Larry, I entered Freemasonry in 1993. It’s been one of the more rewarding experiences of my life. People should be ashamed to comment on something they know NOTHING about.
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My Father and two Uncles belonged to the Masons..
One Uncle was a very high ranking member, can’t remember the title..Grand Pubah?? in the sixties.. I was young and don’t remember the title. But he was the head of his area membership. As president of Chrysler’s at the time it was a huge honor.. Things you didn’t know about me Alex
My other Uncle died two years ago, a widower. He had died in his sleep, and wasn’t found for 3 days. Needless to say my cousins were in shock… the Masons attended and offered assistance during the funeral and we were very grateful as a family.
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Very touching and appreciated. But let’s get back to the topic. Larry has a habit of going off the grid and taking us with him. I’m becoming much less tolerant of this. Back to business, please.
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Yes, well, it is a “secret” society, which, as secrets are wont to do, encourages people to assume certain things about them – you know, like what others think about Opus Dei, even though not a secret society as such. How many Catholics in your little circle of friends? Oh never mind, like I said, my own father belonged, even into Shriners all of whom do a lot of good. Though I have evidence that some masonic members seem to think that cloistered nuns are nothing more than nests of lesbians!
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Freemasonry is not a secret society but a society with secrets. Like businesses and families the world over. No difference.
Nonetheless, it’s the last off topic comment I’ll accept on this. Back to business please.
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My fingers are faster than my brain, that should have been FOO-FA
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Gotcha!
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My Father Would Be Outraged With The Corruption And Collusion With The Governing Body.
He Has since Passed In 95.
If I Went Back In Time And Told Him What Was Happening In The Future…………..He Would Ask Most Kindly, Change It.
To The Citizens Of BC………..NOW Is The Time.
A Smile And A Lie, Is NOT Funny Anymore……….Or When Was It?
We The Taxpayers Pay For The Corrupt To Talk For US.
Seems Like A Bad Business Decision.
Unless You Are Corrupt.
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In true Canadian fashion, I called both David’s and Christy’s campaign headquarters tonight to wish them both well.
The gal at David’s campaign headquarters said “You are calling from Victoria?….How nice…What was your name again?….How nice, thank you.”
The chap at Christy’s said quite solemnly. “I will pass the message along.”
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The Thought of The Midnight
“On 11th of May, of every year since the day I was born, people who know me celebrate… my Birthday. Friends have always asked me before ‘Did you make a wish?’ and my answer was always the same ‘Yes, on my Birthday, I wish for a By-Election!’ Today that wish came true. Citizen Clark vs. Citizen Eby and Change, in Point Grey. Weird, huh?”
Now, thinking more about it, it’s true what they say…be careful what you wish for. In Chinese symbolism a ‘Clark versus Eby race’ would be like the number ‘44’… Death-Death.
That’s why the only thing that would make me feel better on this Birthday would be to be back in my mother’s womb, nice and cozy, surrounded by the familiar amniotic fluid, and with Offenbach’s ‘The Tales of Hoffmann’ playing magically in the background, away from it all.
Paddle, paddle…barcarolle…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is0Lb4cj_3c
Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour,
Souris à nos ivresses,
Nuit plus douce que le jour,
Ô belle nuit d’amour!
Le temps fuit et sans retour
Emporte nos tendresses,
Loin de cet heureux séjour
Le temps fuit sans retour.
Zéphyrs embrasés,
Versez-nous vos caresses,
Zéphyrs embrasés,
Donnez-nous vos baisers!
vos baisers! vos baisers! Ah!
Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour,
Souris à nos ivresses,
Nuit plus douce que le jour,
Ô belle nuit d’amour!
Ah! Souris à nos ivresses!
Nuit d’amour, ô nuit d’amour!
Ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah! ah!
We live in Vancouver and this keeps us busy.
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Very nice but the gals’ facial contortions creeped me out a little. No Beverley Sills clips? No Cecelia Bartoli?
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Beautiful nonetheless, and judging from the names, Hungarian?
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This by-election is a ????
With Federal election over, and the Canucks barely escaping Preds….that has caught more attention, as well as the annual student exodus.
Christy has stated that the format of 1:1 debates is not useful , she prefers other formats .
Sadly, what can we voters do if the so-called keepers and upholders of democracy have this force field around the candidates.
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I must agree with Denis’s Post.
“I figure if Cristy blows this one, she will be angling to replace some super power”
Well Judge Judy just renewed her TV Contract, so that would be out, but you know, the Queen isn’t going to be around forever. That could be an opening if Ms. Clark would consider going a broad.
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About what time tonight do you think we will have the results for PG?
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By 8:45pm at the latest.
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So Crusty wears high heels to a country fair, and then hits the streets to press the flesh the day before the byelection in a business suit with running shoes? She either needs to hire a fashion consultant to add to her posse of “media consultants”, or find a good pair of comfortable flat shoes.
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What kills me is that she’s short and must have some obvious hang up about this. I don’t know why. She’s very attractive and has the ability to be kind and genuine. Unfortunately, she’s also a sociopath who doesn’t care who she hurts in the process of attaining as high a political position as necessary to satisfy her ego.
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“I say, she wins a pyrrhic victory (a marginal notch) against a candidate who was all wrong for the constituency, …..”
BINGO ! Buy that man a beer. Bulls-eye. Great call.
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Thx Jack. I know the constituency well. When I give you the analysis tomorrow, you’ll see why this is the worst possible result for her. She’d have been better off to have lost. Now she’s bleeding…and will die a slow, painful political death.
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My concern would be: How much MORE damage can she and her “Gordo Giveaway Gang” do to this province while she bleeds out ?
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Apparently, she’ll have lots of opportunity between now and next election.
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From NW News Online: “Eby says he’s strongly considering running for the NDP in the next Provincial Election and will likely take another run against Christy Clark.”
I suggest Clark and Dix run in the same riding, winner take all.
Wouldn’t THAT be a political junkies’ dream?
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AGT, I am new to BC politics and stumbled upon your site in my search for the results of the Point Grey by-election. I am no fan of the BC Liberals and frankly dislike most politicians general because they lack integrity. The Liberal Party of BC deserve to fired and I am very happy they selected Clark as their leader. She will make it happen for the party. Bye bye, Liberals. However, your comments here are venomous in the extreme so I decided to do a little research on YOU. IMHO, you are the Ezar Levant of the west coast. Just another showboat wanting attention. Egocentric people are often the biggest hypocrites.
I am sure you won’t post this, but then again serious people don’t pay you any attention anyways.
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On the contrary, I’m only too pleased to publish your comment. I’m very eager to help those who claim they know little and then prove it.
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