tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post3111041909240697710..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: Conservatives attack Michael Ignatieff’s late father and grandfatherUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-20866103631531972942011-03-22T13:33:23.190-04:002011-03-22T13:33:23.190-04:00So then rabbit, since Harper used his family in hi...So then rabbit, since Harper used his family in his ads, you're fine with hit pieces on his children?Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971310821484459106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-86257720526498522632011-03-22T13:29:20.323-04:002011-03-22T13:29:20.323-04:00If you use your family history for political gain,...If you use your family history for political gain, questioning the accuracy of that story becomes fair game.<br /><br />In other words, if you make something a political football, don't be surprized if the opposition kicks it around a bit.rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371229772899723851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-15415424473111714582011-03-21T16:23:13.811-04:002011-03-21T16:23:13.811-04:00CanadianSense, I'll bite. This one's reall...CanadianSense, I'll bite. This one's really simple. There's no correction to the public record to be made. The very source relied upon by the Conservatives clearly states that the Ignatieffs came to Canada with only enough for a basic subsistence lifestyle. The Conservative war room neglects to explain why that fact is excluded from its version of events. <br /><br />Presumably, it's because they have no argument to exclude it, save their need to libel the Opposition leader.Mark Richard Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331995640397477486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-14112418226672167102011-03-21T14:04:30.607-04:002011-03-21T14:04:30.607-04:00"My Countrymen are not only those in whose ve..."My Countrymen are not only those in whose veins runs the blood of France. My countrymen are all those people- no matter what their race or language- whom the fortunes of war, the twists and turns of fate, or their own choice, have brought among us." --- Wilfred Laurier<br /><br /><b>A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian.</b><br /><br />No politician gets to decide, for partisan or electoral reasons, that any Canadian is "not Canadian enough" or not "the right kind of immigrant".Ted Bettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06223729391428982448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-54745308058112065352011-03-21T13:58:05.016-04:002011-03-21T13:58:05.016-04:00How does it qualify as an attack to correct the pu...How does it qualify as an attack to correct the public record?<br /><br />Ignatieff is trying to re-brand himself as a person that leads a party that is in touch with the common person.<br /><br />His background and that of his parents are not typical or average.<br /><br />What specifically is inaccurate in the financial, social standing made available through the Conservative war room?CanadianSensehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01010880162544507668noreply@blogger.com