Frances Russell is one of my favorite writers and represents the entire left wing of the Winnipeg Free Press. Her column today "Were the 2006 election results tainted? " talks about the Conservatives and the " In and out scandal ". Russell seems to think that the extra million the Cons allegedly had to spend on advertising may have changed a few minds.
This along with the RCMP announcing during the election that they were investigating the Liberals may have made the difference in who would form a minority. The RCMP, as Russell points out, seemed to have deliberately changed their policy on announcing criminal investigations during elections.
Could it be true? Could the state police have colluded with the party they favored and attempted to subvert democracy? Did the Tories deliberately overspend beyond the advertising limits also subverting democracy? I hope not because just as Lizzie May says, "Canada is not a banana republic".
All of this talk about subverting democracy got me thinking about George Bush, elected in two questionable elections himself. As a matter of fact Mexican President Calderon was elected under massive protest and allegations of vote rigging. It's nice to know that these three can get together in our name and discuss NAFTA and SPP and sell out all our interests to a small corporate elite and turn all three countries into Oligarchys.
2 comments:
He asks his fellow leftists "Were the 2006 elections tainted?".
Why didn't he just say " The 2006 elections WERE tainted"?
Clearly, this guy is a typical leftist who tries to imply something without any evidence to get a few "confused people" to think for a few minutes.
Liberals are known to use the phrase " What are you trying to hide" on a daily basis and this is no different.
Are you telling me that Harper ( who had over 1 million more popular votes) won because of 1/17th of his election spending.
Grow up and quit supporting people who try to take advantage of " simple minded " Canadians.
Because if you read that article, it couldn't be any more simple.
Is Francis still smokin that funny weed???
You sound like Al . . . you know the green guy with the private jet and 3 mansions . . . remember "I won the popular vote"!!! Of course if he knew what he was talking about . . . it was about winning states, not pv.
Winning the last election had a lot to do with spending . . . it was the Liberals spending my tax dollars by giving millions to friends, in restaurants, in brown envelopes and then lying about it!!!
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