Maclean's Leaders Debate Postmortem

 

Well last night was the first leaders debate of this federal election so far.  I will try and be fair in my analysis.

Thomas Mulcair was surprisingly weak seeing that everyone was saying he was a great debater using his prosecutor style. I think he played it safe. Actually once in awhile he looked kinda creepy.

Justin Trudeau wasn't that great and he wasn't that bad.  At least he didn't make any big gaffes.  So I guess it's a win for him and his supporters.  His closing remarks was not good at all.

Elizabeth May wasn't that bad either really.  I did notice she challenged Mulcair and PM Harper but she didn't challenge Justin.  I thought that was interesting.

PM Harper was very well I thought seeing that he was being attacked not by three opponents but four.  Paul Wells being the fourth opponent.  He responded to every time with facts.  Basically he was setting the record straight on all that  misinformation that has been put out there by the opposition and the media party.  Of course being the incumbent it's expected that he would be challenged the most.

Paul Wells I thought threw softballs at the Justin, May and Mulcair while going hard on the PM.  If you're hard on one you should be hard on them all.  That;s only fair but then again Wells is a lefty and good friends with Justin.

Overall this debate wasn't that bad. I would say PM Harper won the debate on facts and setting the record straight.  The big loser last night the consortium.

Tonite's Debate

 

 In just a few short hours will be the first debate this election.  It will be hosted by Macleans.

Paul Wells will be moderating.  There will be various means by which you can watch.

WATCH ON TV: 
The debate begins at 8pm EDT. We’re broadcasting coast to coast in multiple languages. In English, on City. In English and French, on CPAC. In Italian, Punjabi, Mandarin and Cantonese on OMNI.
WATCH ONLINE: 
We’ll be live streaming at Macleans.ca/debate, on the Maclean’s Facebook page and the Maclean’s YouTube channel, as well as on cpac.ca and OMNITV.ca. You can also join the social discussion using the #macdebate hashtag.

Will there be any knock out punches?  Not likely.  Knock out punches rarely occur.

Who will win?  My bet is on PM Stephen Harper.   He a well seasoned and very good debater.

Will any voters minds be change?  Probably not.

Will you be watching tonite?  I will most likely be switching between the Maclean's debate and the US GOP Fox debate.

Leadnow Interfering in the Federal Election?

Remember the robocall ficasco?  Leadnow and the petition with  thousands of so called disenfranchised voters that had the media party convinced that the Conservatives cheated in the 2011 election?    Leadnow is getting funding from the US to interfere in this election.  They can't air ads now that the writ has dropped but they are making phone calls in Conservative swing ridings.  




Where is Elections Canada?   Oh yeah, Leadnow is a far left activist group who are campaigning to oust the Conservatives.   If it were say a more conservative group like the Fraser Institute campaigning to keep the CPC in office with say Koch brothers money,  Elections Canada  would pounce on that like a cat on a mouse.

What You Need to Know During This Election

Yes, I'm back for now.  I thought it important to come back during this time because during an election, I feel you need every resource possible to help fight what will be a long nasty campaign. 

Yeah it's still summer and we all want enjoy it while it's here.   I along with the rest of you have many things I need to tend to but at the same time this election is a very important one. 

Some things to consider and be wary of  and to question. 

The Conservatives have been in office for nine years and the NDP, Liberals and the Media Party will try to convince Canadians that we need change but do we,really?  Especially when you consider the alternative.

The polls.  Your polls have gotten so wrong in the past.  You have to consider the polling methods, questions asked, what media outlet commissioned the poll, and how the poll is interpreted.  Polls are not meant to seek pubic opinion but to manipulate it.

Media bias.  We all know the media party has had it out for PM Harper and the Conservatives for years.  Look beyond their rhetoric. They clearly have an agenda to oust the CPC and elect their choice.  Thank God they don't have as much influence as they used to.  The internet has become
 a source you can get at least some modicum of truth and facts.  Social media like Facebook and Twitter have become influential in recent years for election campaign information without the filter of the media.  An essential place for your election information is The Rebel Media.  Between Brian Lilley and Ezra Levant, they will give information that you will not get from the media party.
Blogs like Blue Like You, Crux of the Matter, BC Blue are also good sources to go to even  if you need to vent.

You're going to have to your own homework.  There will be so much disinformation out there coming from the parties, the media, trolls on social media.  Check out the facts for yourself and share with family, friends, neighbors, work colleagues etc.  A good place to start is here: 100 reasons to vote for Harper Conservatives on Oct. 19, 2015

A  properly informed electorate will always make the right choice.

Welcome to the Socialist Republic of Alberta

You have to be living on another planet if you don't know we have a different Alberta today.  Yesterday's election has given us a Rachel Notley ND government with Brian Jean's Wildrose as official opposition and the PC's got clobbered ending up in third place.  Here is the breakdown:







Frankly I'm glad that the PC's are gone but at the same time I am leery of the ND's in charge.  They will raise taxes, conduct a royalty review, and spend, spend, spend.  Goodbye Alberta advantage not that the advantage was great in the last days of the PC's.  Rachel Notely already indicated she was going to get rid of coal. 

I wish the Wildrose would have been the ones to take down the PC's but still did well given they suffered a big blow last fall with the floor crossers most giving them up for dead. They bounced back with a brand new leader who had been crowned just a couple of weeks before Jim Prentice called the election. They are the official opposition and a strong one who will hold Notley and her novice crew to account.  This after Danielle Smith and the floor crossers tried to destroy the party.

Voters chose the ND's not so much as the leader or their policies but as a protest vote.  Albertans were sick and tired of the PC's and their cronyism, corruption, and their sense of entitlement but I think the straw that broke the camel's back was the floor crossings last fall and calling an early election for political gain.

 The PC's had been in power for 44yrs.  No government should ever be in office that long.  It was way over do for them to go. Jim Prentice picking up his ball and going home even though he won his seat leaving the remaining caucus in the lurch.   If he can't be the big boss, he doesn't want to play at all. It's childish behavior and if that's how he wants  act then maybe he deserved to lose.

The next four years are going to be bumpy in Alberta.  We may end up being a have not province before it's all said and done.  Not going to good for the rest of the country.  Heck who's going to come and bail us out when we're down and out?


By the way why has the ND's wiped their platform and candidates bios off their website?  How about that for transparency?  And barely just elected!  Hmmm!