BC Provincial Election - All Candidates Meeting

Is Political Correctness Now Firmly in Control of BC Politics?

First Ray Lam withdraws because the Liberals found some so-called "racy" photos on his Facebook page. I publicly stated on here and elsewhere that this was ridiculous for him to leave the race. Let the voters in his constituency decide if they want him as their MLA.

Then the NDP digs up something that Marc Dalton said 13 years ago. More to the point, nothing he said was hateful, he was just expressing his views of homosexuality at the time. Whether or not you or I agree with him is not the point. What is key is how many people in our province have so completely dismissed the concept of Free Speech. I can't decide whether to view them as more Pathetic or just Downright Scary.

Now there are cries for John van Dongen to withdraw because he has too many speeding tickets. It would be most interesting to look into the personal histories of those making such demands to see how incredibly perfect they are!

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And lest we forget, all the while this is going on, very little of substance is being discussed in the actual campaign. Is it any wonder why so many British Columbians have become incredibly cynical towards all politicians? Two words to leave you with: Go Canucks!

Good Synopsis of the BC Election Campaign

Listen to Bill Good, Vaughn Palmer, and Keith Baldrey discuss what has been happening with the BC Election Campaign by clicking here (at 7:30).

Pressing Election Question of the Day

Here's an e-mail I just sent to Jon McComb at CKNW:

Jon,

On your website right now is a poll question asking who won the debate.

In this New Age Kumbaya World that we now all co-habitate, is it really proper to keep score any more? In picking out winners & losers, might we not be damaging the psychological self-esteem of our political leaders?

And come to think of it, still calling them "leaders" really isn't appropriate either, is it? They're more like guides, showing us through the Forest of Life.

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Oh sorry, Jon, I don't know what got into me just a moment ago. I do recall walking past the Art Gallery on 4/20 and lingering there a bit longer than I should have. :-)

Looking forward to your show today!

Robert W.

BC Election: Leaders Debate

Watch it LIVE here

Carole James the Dullard

This is the woman who is promising to deliver Hope & Change to British Columbians. She has also promised fresh new ideas and a new political discourse. Yet today we see her on a somewhat more familiar tack. Pathetic. Actually, beyond pathetic.

BC Election: Early Polling

A new poll on B.C. politics was released by the Mustel Group today. Here are some key findings:

My 3 top political issues for some time have been these:

1. Free Speech (not covered by this poll)
   
2. Law and Order
3. The Economy

So it's a no-brainer as to who I'm going to vote for. Doesn't mean I'm entirely happy with the provincial Liberals, because I'm not. But getting the NDP back in power will not do anything positive in the areas that are most important to me.

On the basic "Who would you vote for question?" the poll returned these results:

• 52% - Liberals
• 35% - NDP

That's a 17% gap. First, I don't believe it could possibly be that large. Second, I think that public perception of such a large gap will only hurt the Liberals, as many of their lukewarm supporters won't bother to go out to vote.

NDP Election Propaganda

I was walking in front of VGH today and came across this "protest" rally. I put the "P" word in quotes because anyone who thinks that this was purely about the cause at hand is kiddin' themselves. This is pure NDP politics, pure & simple. The messages for the cameras was clear: These workers, mostly women, are being taken advantage of "by that horrible Gordon Campbell".


Will people fall it? As tens of thousands of people in the private sector are starting to lose their jobs because of the global recession, will people now start to feel sorry for public sector workers? I wonder.

The Repugnant Tip of the NDP Spear

British Columbia's election campaign seems to have gotten started in the minds of many. And from what I've seen already, some NDP supporters are determined to make it U-G-L-Y.

This morning, Kash Heed was interviewed on CKNW. After 30 years of being involved with policing, he has declared his candidacy for the provincial Liberal party. He's a very well spoken person and had some very interesting things to say.

Sure enough though, the call seems to have gone out to the thugs on the Radical Left. One fellow called up, had nothing particularly important to ask but simply wanted to insert the term "child eater" into the minds of the public. In case you're not aware, this is reference to a YouTube ad published a while back by COPE 378, a public sector union. It was a failed attempt at humour and a good nominee for Stupidest Election Ploy ever.

Yet this same union is not backing down. They're now running a series of other ads on 'NW that refers back to the original YouTube one. These people are so filled with H-A-T-E (I use the term accurately) that nothing will stop them from backing down. They remind me of that strange guy who is an univited friend of a friend at a party. He isn't funny, isn't polite, but simply resembles an obnoxious boor. Eventually he's asked to leave (by Carole James at some point, I'd assume) but then he even turns on her.

I was never in favour of the gag law and cite COPE 378 as a [not so] third party that needs to have their voice heard. Only then will the public understand how incredibly vile one key part of the NDP hierarchy truly is.

Liberals Broke, No Election Possible For 6 Months

I was hoping for a new election in March but according to Mike Duffy it simply isn't possible for the Liberals to mount an election campaign anytime soon.

".... and this whole thing about an election at the end of January, first of February, we've checked all the math: Liberals couldn't fund it, even if they wanted to. It's got to be at least six month down the road before they get their rebates from the federal government that they could consider going to an election."

Is it possible that the once might Liberal Party of Canada is going down the same path as the Big 3 Automakers?

Hat tip to "Eastern Paul" on SDA

Gregor Robertson's American Friends

David Berner has an excellent and detailed column about precisely where Vancouver's Vision candidate, Gregor Robertson, is getting much of his campaign money from. Please read it. If you're as disturbed by this foreign intrusion into our election process as I am then you will go out and vote this Saturday, against Robertson!

Obama's Foreign Campaign Donations

At 1:07:00 (1 hour & 7 minutes) into John Batchelor's latest show is a detailed examination into the "strange" campaign donations made to the Obama Campaign. You will learn about strange donation amounts, made via credit card, to the campaign. Such amounts include the following: $188.67, $1,542.06, $876.09, $388.67, $282.20, $195.66, $118.15.

Do these sound like donation amounts that Americans would make via their credit cards? Of course not. It is now assumed that these are foreign donations and the strange amounts are the result of foreign currency conversions.

In case you're not aware, it is absolutely illegal for even $0.01 of foreign donations to an American election campaign. Don't believe me? Please click here.

You'd thus think that the mainstream media would be all over this story, right? You'd be wrong. This is one of the few stories I could find on it.

Grassroots Campaign in Canada

There are less than three weeks until the election, an election that will decide the next Prime Minister of Canada.

The person elected will be the Prime Minister of 'all' Canadians, not just the Liberals or the Conservatives. It's time that we all came together, Liberals and Conservatives alike.

If you support the policies and character of Stephen Harper, please drive with your headlights on during the day.

If you support Stephane Dion, please drive with your headlights off at night.

Together, we can make it happen!

One Cannot Help But Feel Pity for Stephane Dion

From the beginning I have felt that Stephane Dion is a well meaning man who believes strongly in his world view. I just don't happen to share his politics and think that his plans would be disastrous for Western Canada. With that in mind, watch this clip:


One thing that is ironic is that earlier today I was told by someone that we must all respect political elites such as Dion. She gave that as one of the reasons she detests Sarah Palin.

Contrast the Dion interview with this recent one of Palin and John McCain:

Stephen Harper and the Mysterious $86 Billion

Our friends on the Left in Canada are getting desperate. They know that most voters aren't buying their nonsense so this last week in the election campaign they're going to paint Prime Minister with any combination of the following:

• Scary
• Neo-con
• Bush-lite

And you may also hear about Harper cutting "$86 Billion in Arts Funding". When you do, require that the speaker or writer provide you a careful tally of how they arrived at this number. Then read this and this. You may very well come to the same conclusion I did: Artistic talent and basic math skills can't seem to fit into the same brain.

Upcoming Radio Appearance

As I was traveling this past weekend, I wasn't able to join in on the political panel on Roy Green's show. You can listen to it here though. Just move the slider to 0:35.

This Sunday, October 5th I will be in Chicago but will be back on Roy's show. You can listen to it here at 1:05pm PDT / 4:05pm EDT.

Election Signs

Up until now I have seen zero election signs but after visiting my dad today I captured these:


A little colour on an otherwise dreary day!

Michael Graham on the Don Imus Show

Too much great stuff here. 11 minutes of hilarity about the election campaign!

More from Michael Graham.

Canadian Federal Election: Prediction with 24 Days Left

The Liberals, the NDP, and the Greens are all going to keep on promising endless new programs costing hard working taxpayers who knows how many tens or even hundreds of Billions of dollars. Stephen Harper will stay mostly silent and let these social engineers on the Left out promise each other ad nauseum. Hopefully a majority of Canadian voters will not buy into the 1970's style socialist nirvana and will vote in a much needed Conservative majority government.

If the price to pay for that is us concerned citizens having to listen to copious amounts of twaddle then I for one am willing to do my duty!

Stephane Dion: Spending Like it's 1978!

Have you been following the amount of spending promises Stephane Dion has been making? The National Post has and so has Jonathan Kay. It's up to $80 Billion ... in just 13 days! I don't think it even cost God that much to build the Universe in seven!

Here's a quick comparison of the major parties so far:

1. $80.183 Billion - Liberals
2. < $20 Billion - Conservatives
3. $16.5 Billion - NDP

All projected over 10 years.