federal debate

[rockandbrush]

i found this awhile ago , i know its old but it shows something about mulcair that is really scary if he gets in power http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/12...n_6263410.html

[JBen]

My guess would be that neither left wing party wants that to become an election issue after the shyte-kickin' the Liberals took over it last time out. Harper should have kicked the lid off it and missed a golden opportunity to put both Mulcair and Trudeau on the spot. Not one damn thing was accomplished with the yak fest,last night. More ho-hum.

Just the first of a number of debates and likely the least important.My guess?
All parties, all leaders prepare for these things like theres no tomorrow and its a chess game.

As we draw closer to the election, the gloves really start coming off. Round 1 is in the books. Theres still 2 months to go and plenty of time for JT and Angry Tom to implode.

Harpers a smart man.

[terrym]

I find angry Tom looked like he was ready to blow a fuse. His plastic Kodak smile looks very artificial. He clearly has been trying to reinvent his persona but it sure doesn't come across as genuine. What I think doesn't matter. He has Quebec and BC locked up and likely a fair chunk of the Maritimes. I still think he is the next PM. God help our children.

[B Wilson]

I don't think any of them are genuine.

Always get a good laugh every July when they all show up at the Calgary Stampede sporting their freshly pressed plaid shirts, pleated denim jeans and cowboy hats looking like real genuine cowboys.

[trimmer21]

I don't think any of them are genuine.

Always get a good laugh every July when they all show up at the Calgary Stampede sporting their freshly pressed plaid shirts, pleated denim jeans and cowboy hats looking like real genuine cowboys.

Yep and Mulcair with his hat on backwards. LOL

[standup]

Mulcair did a great job of dodging the question of whether his plans for a carbon tax would increase prices at the pump. He did very well last night. Not good.

I want to stay CPC supposing it costs my next breath but geesus would I love it if mulcair was leading. Harper has the facts straight but not with that charismatic flair that GTA and QC seem to hunger for in order to vote for You. Seen it b4. They've over looked fact for flair many times

[yellow dog]

Didn't bother watching and already know who I am voting for Harper. Can't stand the site of those other two clowns JT and Hitler.

[Oddmott]

I don't want to vote Harper, the guy definitely has had his share of eff-ups and a lot of what he's done runs very counter-intuitive to old-time Canadian culture.

But any of the other 3 getting a majority is essentially the death knell of Canada. This country can't really bend much further economically without breaking. With ON and AB on the ropes... which provinces are going to pick up the slack and carry the country back to prosperity?

Answer... none.

[JBen]

Time and place M.


The day (likely at least 20 years from now) people will thank Harper, despite his faults, mis steps and abrasion.

It's not enough to look at a party, or leader. Have to weigh what's going on, these days (since around 2004) globally, as well as forge in policy have become even more important.

As you said, Alta and Ont....
Global issues, instability....

[standup]

I won't but would love to be around in a 50 or so to see if the history books say the same slander of Harper and Bush as we like to say about them now. There was a day when far from all liked Lincoln. Find me any great amount that don't cherish the thought of him now. All three dealt with tough issues at the time. Issues which had them slighted to the point where one was killed. Probably the one we now love the most. Like I said I'd love to see how history writes their story