Calgary Grit

The gradual dismemberment of the Tory attack website continues. The only thing left are the attack ads, Dion bio, and the poopless flying puffin.

After the pooping puffin on Tuesday, it was more mean spirited poop from the Tory campaign today – this time from a Sparrow (and, again, it indirectly involved Michael Ignatieff): MONTREAL — Senior Conservative Party spokesman Ryan Sparrow has been suspended from the campaign after suggesting the father of a slain soldier who criticized Stephen […]

Don’t get me wrong. I think the “NotALeader” Tory attack site has a few things worth chuckling at. Sure, at times the laughter comes because the site is almost a self-parody of itself – the part where you can make you own attack ad comes to mind (actual slide: “leadership means eating your hotdog like […]

May’s in. The Liberals get what they wanted, and will be hurt because of it. The Tories get what they didn’t want, and will benefit because of it.

See also: Slot machines, roll the dice First Impressions: Thank God they’re back to cheesy attack ads! More than a week of warm, fuzzy, sweater vested Steve, and I might have started to like the guy. Ad Intent: I think this one is pretty self explanatory. Tagline: Let’s not risk it all on Stephane Dion. […]

First Impression: Does anyone else have an uncontrollable urge to go recycle something? Ad Intent: Sell the Green Shift to Canadians, highlighting the positive aspects of it. Portray the Liberals as having a plan for the environment. Tagline: “This is just the beginning of what we will do with our great country Canada. “ Things […]

Pooping Puffin Pulled From Tory Ad But not only is that the best headline so far from the campaign, the story also has the best lead: The Conservatives have edited an Internet ad showing a bird pooping on Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion to remove the defecation scene. Luckily, Harper has made it perfectly clear that […]

…just 20 short months after winning the Liberal leadership race. This site is a great idea and well produced. Sure, it should have been done back in January 2007 but better later than never.

Kinda: The report calls for a $30-a-tonne price tag on emissions, and says a “staggering” investment in green technologies is required. The document has been signed by four former prime ministers, Joe Clark and Kim Campbell, both Progressive Conservatives, and Liberals Paul Martin and John Turner. […] The report stops short of endorsing the Liberals’ […]