tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post698596729948928146..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: Bob and the BloggersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-41859896984112577762008-11-21T17:19:00.000-05:002008-11-21T17:19:00.000-05:00Looking at it as cost recovery is somewhat shortsi...Looking at it as cost recovery is somewhat shortsighted. <BR/><BR/>The idea is to make joining up as painless as possible, right? Well, if someone joins up, they have to give contact information, including an email address, and perhaps even signing up on some sort of "MyBO" for Liberals. <BR/><BR/>Once you have that contact information, you have a far, far larger pool of people you can fundraise from and organize locally. Sure, you don't get that $10, but you might end up with far more. <BR/><BR/>And I do like this idea that he'll be honest about his experience. It's going to be brought up anyway, so why not? Even if people don't buy the "I have experience and they don't" line, it'll muddy up the lines of attack enough to make Iggy have to work a lot harder to make the attacks effective.<BR/><BR/>I know people are disliking the comparison these days, but it's a bit like Obama's race speech. He couldn't deny or lie about Wright, so he turned it around and made it work for him. Sure, neither Rae nor Iggy (nor Leblanc) are Obama, but they can certainly learn from his campaign.Demostheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14552994996411944134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-57343068051208013602008-11-21T08:14:00.000-05:002008-11-21T08:14:00.000-05:00And, Penlan, I would gladly sponsor your membershi...And, Penlan, I would gladly sponsor your membership.James Curranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064830948270604331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-37249362925319292722008-11-21T08:13:00.000-05:002008-11-21T08:13:00.000-05:00It's going to be awfully tough and awefully rich f...It's going to be awfully tough and awefully rich for the Conservatives to be attacking Rae and the economy when they will be running a $12 billion debt, wouldn't you say?James Curranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064830948270604331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-87557300733606333052008-11-21T07:33:00.000-05:002008-11-21T07:33:00.000-05:00It's good that Rae will put his Ontario experi...It's good that Rae will put his Ontario experience "up front". Whether he spoke about it or not you can be certain that the Cons will use it in anyway to debase him at every opportunity. It is out there for anyone to see. They never let up on Dion & they won't let up on Rae - if he is chosen as leader. They will do it to whomever is chosen but if Rae can make inroads & "frame" it into the public mind before the Cons start their campaign against him it may not have such a deep & negative impact.<BR/><BR/>As far as the "no fee" membership goes I'm not sure how I stand on that. I'm thinking, & have, the form, to join the Party. One of the things holding me back until a later time is the $10 fee. I live way below any poverty line so that is literally taking food out of my mouth. I know this is not the case for a majority of people but in my case it truly is a hardship.<BR/><BR/>My other thought on this is can Cons become members, unknown to the party, & disrupt & influence? If memberships are free then it makes it easier for anyone to join whether they are truly Liberal or not.penlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07830912393649649485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-67775901719830968902008-11-21T01:15:00.000-05:002008-11-21T01:15:00.000-05:00Jeff as someone who's been critical of the tone of...Jeff as someone who's been critical of the tone of this blog recently, I have to say, that<BR/><BR/>That is aside from one paragraph about Bob's term as Premier - as James noted you can't cite those figures in isolation and would argue just as fiercely if that were ever done to any Liberal or leadership candidate you were working for you would argue the same. Like would you and WK admit that McGuinty is responsible for Ontario reaching have-not status and going back into deficit? Fair is fair, at least be consistent.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise this is a great post and I (I'm sure along with other Liberals) appreciate this more unbalanced approach and hope you keep it up. I was clearly mistaken in thinking that you would only write things that would help Ignatieff's campaign from here on in. Good on you!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15481948382858467120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-22375013265984293912008-11-20T22:35:00.000-05:002008-11-20T22:35:00.000-05:00It's also true that there was a worldwide recessio...It's also true that there was a worldwide recession similar to the one we are currently experiencing. We were also facing the introduction of the most unpopular tax in recent history called the GST. A tax that scared the b-jeezus out of every business in Canada. <BR/><BR/>But hey, tuition did go up.<BR/><BR/>The luckiest day of David Peterson's life was the day he lost that election in 1990. Had he won, we'd be talking about him instead of Bob.James Curranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064830948270604331noreply@blogger.com