The Rodham-Clinton Method: After a Disastrous Week, Premier Christy Has a Cry
Here’s what Premier Christy Clark had to say at the ‘Alexa’s Bus‘ press conference the other day.
“Just one year later, preliminary data shows we are already exceeding that with a 40 per cent reduction,” Ms. Clark declared. “That’s 45 more families in B.C. who have been able to keep a loved one safe from impaired drivers.”
And then a tender moment, where Shirley Bond, the most unqualified Attorney-General ever, stepped in.
Have a look at this and try to hold down your lunch:
Now have a look at this…
So pathetic. So, so pathetic….
Far be it from me to insult a crocodile, but are either set of tears real? I know, I needn’t ask.
I know Ms. Clinton’s were not, and I truly want to believe that for as much as I loathe her public persona, the Premier was sincere about the boo-hoo. She’s an excellent mother (except when she drags poor Hamish out for photo ops) and I truly believe Ms. Clark feels her responsibility as a mom. But that was an exasperated cry. That wasn’t a mom feeling like a mom. That had nothing to do with poor Alexa.
That was Christy’s public facade collapsing under the pressure.
She couldn’t get the puck in play this week. Every time she wanted to start, another body-check, another body blow. If it wasn’t her mandarin’s husband getting another plum job, it was the resignation of Barry Penner, who on his way out of the legislature he served, couldn’t say that there were no disagreements in the Cabinet room with the Premier–which I understand drove her to a four-letter word expletive riddle rant in the Preem’s office. And lest we forget the Trasolini train that rammed a hole right through the BC Liberals gullet leaving them choking for air (at least in the Valley). There’s no way Port Moody goes anywhere but NDP–no matter what Mr. Trasolini is said to have done along the Evergreen Line properties (by buying up huge tracts of land) nothing sticks to this guy. And Barry Penner’s seat will likely go BC Conservative–that is if they can stop playing keystone cops with such bungled messaging and absurd delivery.
After a week where the Premier was pummeled by the press and her own people, I think the stress is making Christy crack. It’s obvious, she can’t handle the job. For her sake; for her own personal dignity (whatever is left of it), I sincerely hope she doesn’t collapse a la Bob Skelly, because that’s the way it’s lookin’.
And that spells disaster for her and her BC Liberals. Unless you’re listening to the Premier. “Renewal!” she exclaimed. Renewal, my ass. That’s the tripe she was shoveling: that all these changes are renewal of her party. No it’s not. And it’s not rats leaving a sinking ship either. I have a hard time referring to people like Messers Penner or Black as rats. They’re most certainly not. It’s more like people with some conscience remaining not wanting Christy to cuff them to the deck rail of the Titanic.
But the big cry was the tipping point. And the subsequent horse manure of trying to attach herself to the ‘Alexa’s Bus’ Project (to which I encourage anyone of means to donate) was beyond belief. Dianne Watts was the one who started the original effort (which she expanded this year) to fund that project at consecutive Surrey Mayor’s galas. I was there. In 2010, Laurel Middelaer sat right next to me at my table. In the dictionary under endless courage and thorough decency, there should be a picture of Laurel.
But back to Christy’s crocodile moment.
At the birthday party last night for my pal Rafe Mair, not ANY of my fellow colleagues believed the Premier was being sincere when earlier this week her tears flowed. (More on the terrific Rafe roast later).
And in case you thought the province was not going to use the great boo-hoo to advantage, that’s a government video you’re watching up top. They could have spliced it to eliminate the cry, but no-way they’d miss an opportunity to show a softer side of the spider woman.
Sad, isn’t it, that in this day in age you can’t get an honest cry out of the Premier?
What a nightmare of week for her.
Oh well, if the Lions win–and I expect they will, Dennis Skulsky will help his old pal Christy hoist the cup.
Honestly, this is what the BC Liberals dare refer to as good government?!?!?!
When I saw dear Christy cry,I just wanted to give her a big hug,and maybe cop a feel. I mean, that’s a lot less offensive than the outright SCREWING the Liberals have been doing to US! Take that carbon tax,for instance. (and yes,I DID mean to be obnoxious and offensive,just like Clark)
MADD is certainly the most PC organization around,they have no trouble getting the Press and the politicians out to any of their events.
So,in the same spirit, I call on the government of British Columbia to enact Prohibition of all sales and consumption of alcohol! If just ONE life is saved,….and according to the zealots at MADD,it’s 45, I rest my case.
Hey,it worked in the distant past….
B.C. wineries can sell their poison to other jurisdictions,where they can merrily imbibe and commit vehicular slaughter to their heart’s content.
Funny how in a Province that is SOOOOO against anyone using alcohol,and which demands ever tougher penalties for DUI,they supply shooting galleries for junkies.
Puzzling.
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Right on! And now the idiot platoon in Vancouver is out pushing for legalization. Pure insanity.
BTW, I’m member of ‘DADD’: Dads Against Daughters Dating’ I even have my own shirt!
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Don’t blame you Alex, it’s a frightening proposition, seeing your most prized possession going off into the night with some spotty, greasy little over-sexed adolescent!
In fact, usually the most frightened of the triad of daughter, father and hopeful suitor, is the young man in question.
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Well, in this case it will be.
But we have a few more years before I need to worry about this. I just like the precursor of the t-shirt….
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Yup tougher penalties work for drinking and driving BUT Harper’s tough on crime laws WILL NOT WORK according to these people. Very interesting how that works.
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Yeah, isn’t that a amazing.
Philip Owen quotes 65,000 Canadian deaths per year due to alcohol. Well, how many does he want to add to the death column from legalizing yet another intoxicant? The contradictions in their arguments are glaring.
Absolutely stunning stupidity on the part of four mostly unremarkable Vancouver mayors.
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Here’s the thing.
Politicians try to look knowledgeable and in control all the time. Did either, one or both of these women completely fake their reactions? I’m not so sure.
Hilary had her “moment’ then went back to her message. It was something that was initially derided by media–then guess what? People started warming up to her again during a critical juncture of the campaign. She spoke in simple kanguage and showed a little frustration with the system, at her place in the campaign,— and then got back on the attack. It was both as charismatic and human a look at the woman that we were likely to get. Is it possible that a politicaian can actually say something close to the truth and then get “back to business” within a sentence. Yes, I think so. This would have made her no different from others who were perceived as great communicators, including her hubby and Ronnie Reagan. You’re on the public stage—it’s showtime, much of the time, if not all the time.
Same with Clark, and I’m no fan. Christy’s eyes really do look red to me. Yes, maybe it was a moment to vent some frustration, rather than fully in sympathy with the drunk driving situation.But maybe she was thinking “Wtf, if my kid died, what would i have, because this political stuff is bullshit right now”. I get things like that kind of mixed thought fleeting through a person’s–even a pol’s brain. I thought it sounded more calculating in the edited version I heard on ‘NW yesterday. Now,
I’m not so sure. I’ve seen her turn on the “twinkle’ or sound “fake concerned” before, but she did sound miserable through part of this video.
Politicians are damned if they do, and damned if they don’t when they seem to have that emotional moment. It has certainly ruined a few men’s political careers (ie. Hubert Humphry, Dukakis, and Howard Dean’s “YEEHAW!!!” moment come to mind). We want our pols to keep stiff upper lips, appear to be the smartest one in the room, and run the government with flair and precision. And of course, no one wants to see a politician fake it. then we complain when they seem so plastic.
It’s always best to try to have that even-handed demeanor most times, or be able to show what i call “righteous indignation” when you have to rally the troops.
But even the Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher was known to swat a cute guy or two on the arse, or play the coquette with high level staff and dignitaries. it didn’t impede her ability to govern, or to do the tough stuff when needed.
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I don’t have a problem with people getting emotional while talking about kids getting killed, I really don’t. I do it, if some kid who is a friend of our son or daughter is killed. Especially if I can’t scream ” AWWWWWW $HIT !!”
Yeah, she’s a pandering flake, but I’ll give her that one.
“BTW, I’m member of ‘DADD’: Dads Against Daughters Dating’ I even have my own shirt!”
Me too. Years ago, when the first guy came to the door to pick up our daughter, I went to the door in my shirt sleeves, wearing my shoulder holster. I said (conversationally) “Oh, by the way, if you touch my daughter, your parents will be visiting us on a regular basis…….. because I’ll bury you in my front yard.”
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I like your style….
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Although Alexa’s death is so sad and it was caused by a drunk/drinking driver what about all the children in BC living in poverty? A recent article claimed that child poverty was increasing in BC. Now cristy can cry for little Alexa and proclaim legislation against drunk/drinking drivers does she also cry for the impoverished children in BC? Does she strive to pass legislation to help those same children? No, she doesn’t because she knows it probably won’t get her as many votes.
I suspect we’ll see Mr Penner(note caps for Penner and not cristy) back in politics after the liberal herd is culled…JMO YMMV
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Great point. She doesn’t care about those kids. Shameful.
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Where did you get the shirt? I am a DADD too but don’t have any official wear yet. Or did you have it made?
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I was gifted it. But I have a friend who makes t-shirts and I’m in the process of completing merchandising for this website including ballcaps, t-shirts, womens wear, baby wear and accessories. Long time coming, believe me.
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I keep hearing rumours that Patrick Kinsella is behind the scenes with Diane Watts recent election win. Any truth to that?
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Complete, unadulterated horse manure. She doesn’t like him at all and he’s been supportive of everybody else except her.
Kinsella will never have anything to do with any campaign of Dianne’s. Trust me.
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Good. She’s about the only hope I see on the horizon. Hopefully, she won’t surround herself with the skack from the bottom.
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There is no way anyone would attach themselves to Pat.
Politically, he’s very damaged goods.
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Have a look at those telling faces at the 18 second mark of your first video link… the long knives are out!
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Yes, I saw. Interesting indeed.
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Her week did not appear to get any better in the hour long interview with Vaughn Palmer on Voice of BC. He asks pointed questions, among them her handling of Kash Heed. BC Rail comes up around the 24:40 mark. If you have time, the whole show is worth a look.
http://vimeo.com/32672848
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On the issue of BC rail you can see her completely lying her derriere off. This is so good it proves what I’ve been saying all this time: she’s involved and committed a significant breach of trust, several times.
Her eye contact died, she started to stutter, she even lied: the course didn’t find Basi or Virk guilty, they pled guilty as part of a plea bargain–there is a vast difference. But she can’t sat that.
But again, where was Vaughn? Basi and Virk were two of her best friends and confidantes. If they’re really guilty, what did she know about their activities? I don;t care what she says, I’d like to get Basi and Virk on the stand and hear what she was really up to.
She’s so guilty, words cannot begin to describe how she would be chased from any officer she held if she called for an inquiry.
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looking at the video, I would like to think that the tears were sincere.But as a grouchy old man I some how doubt it. i wonder if Mrs Middelaer feels like she is being used? Cambell used to troop her out when he had a bad day or week and funny enough Clark does the same thing. you could almost count on it. And I well and truly hope I am mistaken.
Jesus what a waste of the Police officers time Dragged out to a photo opt.
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You know damn well this is a cheap disgusting photo op. Did you notice the fancy signs for the occasion and in front of the legislature. I have total respect for the ” Middelaer ” family, however this is not the first incident involving drunk drivers causing death or disability. Of course Christy would use the most recognizable one to provide herself with extra mileage. What about all those years that people & advocates cried out for tougher laws ? Where were you then Christy Clark ?
Again, I have total respect for Laurel & family but for Christy to all of a sudden show concern, I just don’t buy it… and the rest of the Liberal gang in the front row. Did Christy show any concern when Jane Thorntwaite was caught ? Did she say we can’t have MLA’s preaching one thing & doing the opposite. There are hundreds of people who suffer everyday because of drunk drivers. I know because since 1964 and 46 years of walking with crutches…. I’m reminded almost every day.
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She was busy cheating to get on SFU’s student council and then she was busy when it came up again and she was slinging hash at the diner in the old Blue Boy Motel….
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Did anyone notice Penner @ 0:20 looking into the distance looking for an escape route?
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Yup.
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Alex, you’ve loud and consistent with your disgust of pot, but I wonder if it makes you wonder a bit when 4 former mayors, at least one of whose opinion you respect, all come together like this.
I think I speak for a lot of people when I summarize marijuana like this: it’s at least as dangerous and addictive (or not) as alcohol and cigarettes. It has nothing to do with harder drugs, and if you pull out the stat that 50% of cocaine and heroin users used pot earlier in their life, I’ll point out that 99% of cocaine and heroin users drank milk when they were children.
I don’t smoke and I don’t drink a lot and I don’t smoke pot, but I see that people around me all over the place use all that stuff and as long as they’re not abusing it and harming others, who are we to care? Well, we should care when we spend so much taxpayer resources trying to (and failing to) control it.
I realize you’ll have more to say on this topic elsewhere, but you mentioned it above so I thought I’d throw some fuel on your little spark.
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The milk analogy is completely idiotic. Should we include breathing.
I won’t bite, for now, but leave you with this, while demanding that you return to topic: If alcohol legalization produces 65,000 related Canadian deaths per year, why add to that number as you make marijuana more available?
50% of all those who smoke cannabis are under the age of 19. Think about that for a minute before you respond. Legalization is for idiots.
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I’ll be very brief in replying to your (rhetorical?) questions because, indeed, way off topic.
Yes, the milk analogy is idiotic; milk, breathing, corn flakes, school… most heroin and cocaine users tried it all. I was simply addressing the “gateway drug” nonsense which comes up, that pot leads to harder drugs. Only if milk and cookies and oxygen do as well.
40,000 die a year driving cars. Should we stop that too? Why don’t we also cut alcohol and reduce that 65,000? The answer is quality of life. We can ban skydiving and bungee jumping too. People will die next year doing all of the above. It’s called freedom of choice and freedom to pursue happiness and quality of life. No one is going to force you to do any of the above, but why should you be stopping others? We bask in our freedom in this country… let’s allow each other to enjoy it.
What % of under 19s drink and smoke? You did both. You turned out ok. What’s your point?
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My point is that most people who take your position make the kinds of absurd comparisons that I’ve just had the misfortune of reading.
Wait for my post and try again. Your above comment ranks high in the ridiculous column to be sure.
Marijuana is yet another intoxicant that young kids will find more attractive and cheaper than booze. It’s loaded with crap and to keep up with the dealer who will always be selling better product you are further enriching those you claim to shut down. The Govt as competition bureau. How is that “fair” to those of us that CHOOSE to disagree?
On the issue of “freedom of choice” you take a harmful narcotic and pretend it’s simply a decision and that’s it. Who pays for the increase in various diseases from dopers? We all do. Is that fair? Moderate alcohol has some benefits. Moderate amounts of marijuana has no such benefits unless you consider teenage schizophrenia and psychosis benefits.
Marijuana has never been legal, so we don’t really know the true harm, except that while in some lung tumors it lessens their size while increasing liver and pancreatic cancer five fold.
Look, enough. Wait for my post and you can post drivel then.
And BTW, I’ve interviewed over 200 addicts from the DTES, Seattle and Northern BC. 3/4ths subscribe to the gateway theory.
Wanna tell them how smart you think you are for wanting to legalize that garbage?
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Hi Alex,
Not to defend CC, but even phonies have a real moment from time to time. She may have been truly touched by the woman’s story.
As for HRC, I wondered too at the time, but on mature reflection I don’t think that was a fake. Exhausted, her campaign collapsing (and her sense of entitlement destroyed), I think she just cracked. I hardly think she wanted to show such weakness. Completely undermined the tough cookie, I’m up to the job, persona she was trying to establish against the ingenue BO. What do you have against her anyway? She has actually done a pretty good job as BO’s SoS. About the only area in which that administration has had a strong performance.
Love to know what you think about John Boehner’s recurrent tearing up. For real, theatre, or just occasional cracks in blocked tear ducts?
Cheers!
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Totally off topic, so I’ll be quick.
Boehner has suffered from depression for years and is a highly emotional individual.
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HEY!….WOD. (Weaver of dream’s).
“I hardly think she wanted to show such weakness”.
I dare You to spout your crap to anyone in the media.
This is why you have no friends. STOP with the writing stuff, unless it is more profound.
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You need a chill pill. I’m sure weaver has lots of friends and ia quite articulate, even though his assessment of HRC tenure as American SoS is too flattering of her, by half.
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with christy clark all of bc has been crying.
the only reason christy is crying is because she knows the gigs up
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Why not bring back an actual expert on drunken driving- the “high” commissioner Gordon Campbell.
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Listening to Premier Cute at http://vimeo.com/32672848 say “warrior politics is over” makes me wanna scowl.
Among other statements… like pivoting away from opening up MLA expenses… that one drives me nutzoid.
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Hey, it’s the leader of the party you support. Enjoy!
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A horrendous week for sure – and many more to come. She is a proven quitter so when the heat gets turned up – she’ll fold like Rita McNeils lawn chair.
I just wonder if she is captaining the Titanic or the Minnow….
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Good one….
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It is all hooey anyway. Under the new laws, the police may stop you and insist that you “blow” for absolutely no reason whatsoever. They don’t even need to say that they pulled you over because there is a pub 10 miles down the road, and they suspect you may have had a drink of alcohol. It may be that they don’t like middle-aged white men, or Native Indians, or Irishmen; they don’t need an reason whatsoever. This is all about a money grab from a bunch of crooks over at ICBC. It will cost you a minimum of $3,000 even if you don’t blow over .08! And, what is worse, it will put a man or a woman out of work for years, especially in the interior communities that are without efficient transportation alternatives. And if they catch an ex-mayor of Vancouver driving in a car full of reefer smoke, one supposes that they would have no way of knowing whether or not they are impaired. In fact, the system for measuring the alcohol intake of any driver, has never worked efficiently anyhow.
Driving after having a drink is dangerous and stupid, but its criminality is questionable. Has the Mountie who killed the young man on his motorbike and then left the site, been charged yet? You know, the one who was part of the gang that killed the fellow at the airport.
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Mr. Penner is smart enough to have decided that with Clark as “leader”, it’s just not a team he wants to associate with. Given her behaviour and his eminently saleable skills, he decided to leave government at a time of his choosing. The time has come. Good on Mr. Penner. Shame on the premier.
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Good Job Mr Cobb.
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Well, I saw the crocodile tears, and was disgusted. How DARE she cheapen such a horrific tragedy.
Here’s a woman that told Marrisa Thomas on air, that she sometimes bumped into the players from the B.C.Rail Sale at the Helijet, meanwhile peeling potatoes and laying out serviettes for one ADMITTED briber of Government Officials in her own home, and she expects us to believe anything that comes out of her mouth!
She shouldn’t been talking about Alexis’s Bus, she should have been under it.
And on a totally unrelated note, some of your Readers Alex ,have been stating that perhaps “some” of the present Liberal MLA’s will join the B.C. Conservative Team, before the next Election.
Well, I’ve told the B.C.Conserative Party, and I will state it here, that if they pick up ONE Liberal MLA, I wil stay at home Election Day. Further more, I will do my utmost best to pursuade my friends and neighbours to do likewise.
We have the Dishonerable Don McCrae representing us. Yes, the swarmy looking punk clinging to Premier Prom Queen’s undergarments in every Photo Op he can attend. He replaced the late, great Stan Hagen in our Riding. Stan must be rolling over in his resting place. Can you just IMAGINE the likes of McCrae tainting the Conservative Party with his presence?
So, to reiterate, ONE Liberal MLA taken into the folds of the B.C.Conservatives, and they can kiss alot of the groundswell of support goodbye.
That’s my rant………………
And the “DADD” shirt cracked me up!
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Glad to have been of service… GOOD RANT!
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But if a lot of the B.C. Liberal MLAs actually did abandon Christy and cross the floor to the B.C. Conservatives … then that would be a case of the sinking ship leaving the rat.
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On Bob Skelly; it was the first time I ever felt bad for a politician of the lefty-dorky sort. It is hard to be always up and be calm and steady for whatever situation comes along. I remember driving cab at the time, and a fare in the back said to me “Why doesn’t he go and see a specialist in public speaking, there are all kinds of experts out there to help.” Truth is, some of us are made to lead, and some of us are made to follow. Shy and bashful people are usually wonderful charitable people, and the those behind the leader can be the true heroes in any campaign.
As for Hillary; it takes the village idiot to say “It takes a village to raise a child.”
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“And Barry Penner’s seat will likely go BC Conservative”
It will. No doubt about it. Along with the rest of the formerly solid BC Liberal “Bible Belt” in the Valley. The Okanagan is also toast for their brand. Your previous piece was bang on Alex. Look for a weak NDP government with a seriously upswinging BC Con opposition. Another election in 2 years, after Premier Dix flames out from a major scandal.
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Another major scandal created by the Lame Stream Media you mean.
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Whatever one’s opinion about Hillary Clinton is, she cannot be compared to Christy whatsoever. Nobody is perfect but, in politics, one at least should expect a certain level of brain power a politician possesses. Hillary is an extremely bright, albeit cynical a politician, way brighter than her two-term US President husband. On the other side you’ve got an idiot shedding real, not necessarily crocodile tears during an event that is supported by everybody sane and concerned with EXCESSIVE DRINKING by drivers. I prefer comparing the same fruits. Hillary and Christy play in different leagues as far apart as the Earth and the Moon. Just MHO.
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http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Vancouver+mayor+tweets+support+legalizing+marijuana/5769300/story.html
Finally a Mayor with some common sense.
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Robertson and his supporters are living proof that it’s not called DOPE for nothing.
How much courage does it take to want to enslave generations of Canadians?
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“Finally a Mayor with some common sense.”
Maybe to you.
How does it make “common sense” to drug your brains out?
Enjoy your Cheetos dude. Oh look … a shiny thing.
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NOTICE TO READERS: SUPERB COMMENT–REQUIRED READING.
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No surprise that mayor Moonbeam yesterday called for the legalization of dope. Then he can take all the tinfoil out of his basement windows.
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ROTFLMAO!!!!!
He also claims that he hasn’t sparked a spliff in years! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
The guy’s a comedian. I know of eye witnesses!
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What I’m finding even more concerning is the line up of advertising on Global TV.
Today, Sunday morning, when children are more likely to be watching TV @ 7:43 Happy Planet soups were advertised, the word global is being used to describe the taste of their foods.
Immediately following was a commercial which to be honest I don’t know what was being advertised, I believe it was tourism BC, BUT the only thing I heard in that commercial was the term, BC Bud, and then the announcer jokingly states, no not that kind….
Sadly, since the Mayors came out this week in favor of Marijuana there appears to be a campaign to normalize it in the media.
Such a shameful indoctrination of an entire new generation.
These politicians are kidding themselves about taxation revenues from drugs….I’d be hard pressed to believe that illegal sellers would charge taxes…
The Occupy movement keeps telling us, lets stick it to the man, the corporations…do you think the CRA might be one of those that pot smokers might want to stick it to?
I’m so tired of crappy media indoctrination of our youth..and then after teaching them all about the goodness of globalized pot…lets give 16 year old kids the vote…..
No longer can we use the term “taking candy from a baby”…we are now “giving drugs to our kids”……and buying their curiosity vote..
Drug the kids, keep them under political control, and indoctrinate
them..a perfect Agenda 21…
as a former 30 year pot addict all I can say is..
ARGH! Such a big mistake..
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Quite agreed.
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Talk about conflict of interest there.
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Alec.
What did you mean by “not wanting Christy to cuff them to the deck rail of the Titanic”?
They are already cuffed to the rails of the PGE, sorry I meant BC Rail or should I say CN West?
Take a break and enjoy the Grey Cup, hopefully there’ll be no BC tears on Sunday.
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Thanks. Sure hope not!
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What most of you folks don’t realize, because you are linear thinkers, is that Christy Clark has it in the bag.
Her entire life has been carefully orchestrated to fool you into thinking that she is a drufusified version of fluff.
She is the only current premier (or current PM) in Canada that has a achieved a BC high school diploma. She also invented the pink shirt. She has been to China and India! She is a high school graduate. She birthed a baby.
Do Dix or Cummins have EXACTLY the same qualifications? I know who I’m voting for!!!
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Oh, of course…
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You are a nut,
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If he wasn’t being facetious then he is indeed nuts!
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Never mind the politics of The Premier’s tearful abuse.
If it makes just one idiot think before driving intoxicated, the fake tears are worth it.
My regular routine was:
Leave work
Deal with Lion’s Gate Traffic
Have a beer with friends on Davie Street
Have 3 more
Then drive home, knowing that I’m a superb driver (which I am).
Get home, Thank various Gods that I made it
Go to bed (without dinner)
Get up (feeling horrid)………..
After September 2010 I have close to zero tolerance with drinking and driving. On three occasions since then and now I’ve had one glass of wine before driving. That’s it.
Premier Snookie’s message whether orchestrated or not is important.
Damn the politics.
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I always use a driver if I know I’m likely to have more than one. Often times, if I’ve driven and occasion has me at two, I’ll leave whatever I’m driving parked and hail a cab. It’s too complicated otherwise. Not worth it.
It’s not worth the aggravation.
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Has anybody ever given some thought to what may happen to our cross border trade if they ever legalize pot up here? You think going across the border at times is bad now, just think of the potential lineups if this ever occurs. Like it or not, the mjority of our countries trade is with the US. Legalize pot up here and they will tighten the border security significantly to the point that it will affect the cross border trade. Our economy will surely suffer. Be careful as to what some fools wish for.
For those advocating legalizing pot, please talk with some former addicts from the DTES. They will tell you a different story….
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SUPERB COMMENT.
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“Yawn” Palmer’s interview of Crusty Crotch on “Voice of BC” was nothing more than a one hour infomercial!
Did anyone notice how all the questions were pre-recorded, que’d up and ready to go?
Do you suppose CC was allowed to preview the questions in advance with “Yawn”, so they could write their little Kevin Trudeau style infomercial script?
Could it have unfolded something like this: “I’ll toss you a softball question that we’ve already rehearsed, and you answer it…
Then I’ll play you a pre-recorded video question we’ve both heard already; you pretend like you’ve never heard any of this before, and give me one of those snappy answers we talked about… OK? Repeat as necessary!”
You know… kind of like this –
Kevin Trudeau’s Free Money Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wlXqqYBOwI
Debt Cures – Kevin Trudeau
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXIHG6lv6Rk&feature=related
Vince with Slap Chop Love My Nuts! BEST REMIX PARODY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaR4LcLbW8I&feature=related
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Everyone should watch the vid of the Barry Penner stuff.
At the very last moment of his last words, as the House stood up.
The camera changed to a full view of the House.
And there was Christy, weaving thru the isle like in a movie theater just trying to find her seat.
All the while say’ing and bumping into all along the way ” sorry….what did I miss……..sorry…ha ha ha…..no really what did I miss….he what?……..christy sit down….I mean stay standing for this.
This is on the taxpayers home movies. You can check it out on 121 BCPL, on Shaw.
Merry Christmas, while the politico’s get a much deserved time off.
Merry Christmas Alex, Mr White.
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And Merry Christmas to you too.
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Just finished watching the video. Had the volume off.
Pretty slick production, ” Cut to Ambulance”, ” Zoom in on Police Motorcycle”, ” Cut to MADD sign”, switch to premier crying……….
Yeesh !
I felt like I was in a highschool driver”Ed” class again.
Free advertising for MADD.
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Too bad she’s not as upset about the 20% of British Columbian kids who are growing up in extreme poverty and the “aged-out” CLBC kids who are cast adrift.
It’s great that there are 45 more families in BC who haven’t lost a loved one to an impaired driver. As hard as it might sound – those people would have been dead. The thousands that I am talking about are very much alive, and will be for a long time.
Crocodile tears Christy. And I don’t believe you for one second!
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Great comment.
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What is next…. that CC and her sunshine band will soon ban the playing of “Tracks of My Tears”?
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Well, I tried to watch that whole 1-hr. interview between Vaughn Palmer and Christy, but my stomach just wouldn’t take it. So I skipped over to the Sun to read the column he wrote on the subject.
He sounded very much like a man who’s been bought. I don’t think I’ll bother reading his column anymore.
As to the ‘crocodile tears’…….I think Christy missed her calling. She would have made a terrific actress.
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Warning: Please refrain from offensive, unproven and defamatory remarks. You are not permitted to take such outrageous liberties here. If you genuinely believe someone of Vaughn’s integrity has been purchased please keep your comments to yourself.
In the alternative, such utter and complete lunancy is the currency of others blogs, all of them NDP-leaning. Such kooks can be found in the Kootenays, Garden Bay and Surrey. Look them up and please yourself there.
After you made such an idiotic statement, I lost interest in reading the rest of your comment. But in the interests of showing how out-of-control the left gets, I let it go–just this once.
Please go there.
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Thank you Alex, I once in a while sortie to leftarded land such as the Tyee just to torment them. IF BC knows what is good for it, they will keep such irresponsible people from power… which does NOT excuse Premier Cute Canute.
I can’t wait for Premier Kevin Falcon @ this rate. He will cause guys like these to SCREEEAAAMMMM.
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Oh dear…
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Josef:
Ever consider changing your name or at least your online moniker to Dexter?
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Nah. I’d love getting even too much.
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“Premier Kevin Falcon” ????????????
Just shoot me…………………….. please.
Cheers
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I’ve known Kevin for 20 years…great guy, super constitution, intelligent…and didn’t endorse him. There’s a message there….
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Many have commented over the years at just how bad the MSM is in this province. So bad the question becomes “are they in cahoots, or just incompetent?”
Gini’s comment seems quite reasonable to me, and Palmer isn’t the only questionable journalist in BC, either- I’ve often thought Keith Baldrey, for example, must be on the BC Liberal payroll. And what about Vanilla Bill?
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It is reasonable to you for someone to hide behind a moniker and make a defamatory claim against Vaughn Palmer? That’s despicable behavior and I’m delighted not to have Gini as a reader anymore.
And your suggestion that Keith is “on the payroll” is equally defamatory and equally STUPID. I am legally responsible for your comments and I post anything that isn’t defamatory of just stream of insults by some politically motivated jerk off, that wants to start something. Gini falls into the latter category, I hope you don’t and understand that responsible commenting is important, otherwise I just can’t publish your comments or anyone else’s if you’re not going to be responsible and take due care–period.
Please take heed.
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Recently, I have come to view MADD less as a public safety advocacy group, and more as a teetotaler group with authoritarian tendencies. That no political party, particularly ones that claim to stand for preserving individual rights and liberties, will stand up to them and say “No” is very disturbing to me.
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I’m not sure I agree with you. I was of the same impression until I got to know them.
Mind, my attitude has changed to. After even ONE drink, I’ll leave my vehicle and call for a driver or a cab. Then again, I don’t go out much anymore, so it doesn’t much matter. We’re always with the kids (when I’m around!) and doing some activity, so I NEVER drink when I’m around them.
MADD or not, everyone has to take responsibility for their lives.
Christ, something must really be wrong with me. I lost a pile of weight, cut my hair, act responsibly….does this mean I have to grow up???? Sure hope not.
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Alex, are you on a christy hiatus???, no written words for 5 days!!!, we need our fix!!!, no lack of material to write about this woman.
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Go to the first silo of the day. It’s up now. I’m off to workout and then a steam. I’ll be back in a few hours.
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I attended this media event and can confirm that the emotion was 100% genuine. In the audience was Arnie and Carol Hamilton who lost their son to a suspected drunk driver. Premier Clarke was referencing her experience of attending their sons funeral when she was genuinely stunted by the emotion of the subject. It was probably edited in to the government video of the event, because it was also captured and reported on by attending media. Sorry is this inconvenient truth doesn’t fit with the story created here, but shame on you and some of your commenters here for their inaccurate and insensitive remarks. I’m no liberal party card holder or particular Christy Clarke fan but your portrayal of this event as some sort of false or contrived show of emotion is way off the mark and insulting to those involved in the subject matter.
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So, it was an edited tape and we should know about the piece that was missing, I assume through osmosis, to ensure complete accuracy.
You’re not a Clarkite or BC Lib?!
Careful, your nose is growing. I have had emails from others that were at the event, that though she was faking it. Either way, the reality is, her Govt is consummed with photo ops–good, bad or otherwise.
Thanks for coming by.
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