If that's not the new slogan, it sure appears to be their new modus operandi. I am starting to put things together here. Seems the SHITs* have lost all the non-Harper backroom assets normally at their disposal.
Michael Fortier and Peter MacKay (the latter of which is a complete dumb-ass anyway) are both fighting tooth-and-nail just for their own ridings. Fortier also has the added burden of covering for many Montreal area candidates' media requests (not entirely surprising, given that some can't even answer a simple question in french). Fortier was key to the strategy behind the 2006 campaign, so that's one major brain that isn't nearly as available to the national campaign as they would surely like.
Back in March, Peevey Stevie's braintrust, Ian Brodie became a liability he could no longer be seen talking to - particularly now that the candidacy he was attempting to sandbag is now clearly heading for the White House. So that's a second "brains behind the operation" gone.
Then they lost number 3 in week one of the campaign when Ryan Sparrow had to be given the boot over Puffin-Poop Peccadillo and his public dumping on the father of a Canadian soldier that had been killed in action in Afghanistan.
So his behind-the-scenes team was already bleeding out profusely by the time he had to dismiss his longtime aide, Owen Lippert, who dutifully fell on his sword over the John Howard speech plagiarism scandal last week.
With his cupboard bare, Harper now has to rely on his own tin ear to lurch along through the rest of the campaign. And all he can do is revel in his own perceived brilliance, and speak over the heads of these silly Canadian voters, directly to his true constituents: the Neo-Con masters such as Karl Rove.
So spread the word: the new mantra is for the Conservatives is "TBT", or
"Tank By Tuesday"
Can they do it? Tune in this time next week to find out!
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(Tip 'o the Hat to Cyberwanderer for that last link.)
*For the uninitiated: that's the Secret Harper Imitation Tories.
1 comment:
Scott: you're a clairvoyant! Your comment on Scott Feschuk's blog entry Sept 15:
"comment by Scott in Montreal on Monday, September 15, 2008 at 4:08 pm:
That opens up the following line of attack:
First: list any three recent economic indicators that clearly show Canadians’ wealth and/or future economic prospects dwindling.
Second: provide the PM’s quote
Third: ask what planet the PM is on.
Finally: sit back and watch Canada turn red with rage. Seems to me this could become Harper’s Let Them Eat Cake moment."
Except Harper's outdone himself. Now it's: "Let them buy stock."
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