tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post956845898599965191..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: The Globe lays down the smackUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-27823060960816818182007-09-15T15:23:00.000-04:002007-09-15T15:23:00.000-04:00obviously it is not cut and dried whether any actu...<I>obviously it is not cut and dried whether any actual wrong-doing occurred. Spirit vs. letter of the law, etc..</I><BR/><BR/>We'll agree to disagree there, and wait for the courts to decide I guess, because I don't really see it as that grey an area at all.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971310821484459106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-36859020249671849822007-09-14T18:15:00.000-04:002007-09-14T18:15:00.000-04:00Right, it won't be a big deal to the public that a...Right, it won't be a big deal to the public that a party was willing to end run election laws designed to keep elections fair and honest. Only those that already hold the electoral process in contempt could think such nonsense. What makes this such a serious matter is that the CPC appears to have deliberately (and not for the first time either) played games with election laws so as to give themselves an unfair (and potentially illegal, which btw does not automatically mean criminal, something some folks forget is that there is more law out there than just criminal) advantage over all other parties. Worse, it appears this was engineered by the national leadership of the CPC as a deliberate end run around those laws, showing that this was no rogue operation but one sanctioned and designed by the very top levels of the CPC. Right, Canadians wouldn't care at all for such a thing...after all Canadians are so well known for holding the rule of law in contempt aren't we...Scotianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284856315992405261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-86614961702623501832007-09-14T12:11:00.000-04:002007-09-14T12:11:00.000-04:00As for the court of law...I'm willing to wager a T...As for the court of law...I'm willing to wager a Timmy's run that the court (if it gets that far) will call on Elections Canada, or Parliament, to clarify the wording of the section in question.<BR/><BR/>Partisan arguments aside, obviously it is not cut and dried whether any actual wrong-doing occurred. Spirit vs. letter of the law, etc..le politicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976374505599017202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-63064289898956521712007-09-14T12:05:00.000-04:002007-09-14T12:05:00.000-04:00Spin? I'm talking about it not being a "big deal" ...Spin? I'm talking about it not being a "big deal" in the court of public opinion. Which it isn't. No need to spin that.<BR/><BR/>Like Dion, it's not sexy enough to gain any traction.le politicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976374505599017202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1989048612290783982007-09-14T11:59:00.000-04:002007-09-14T11:59:00.000-04:00If the court finds the case in favour of Elections...If the court finds the case in favour of Elections Canada, le politico, it won't matter if envelopes can be found or not. <BR/><BR/>It'll be pretty easy for people to understand "The court found that the Conservatives cheated"Oxford County Liberalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12181314055142726735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-6078668173245836502007-09-14T11:45:00.000-04:002007-09-14T11:45:00.000-04:00Sometimes, even when you find money being exchange...Sometimes, even when you find money being exchanged in envelopes it's not a big deal. As long as it's not a Liberal.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe it's because the $300,000 in cash Mulroney received in those hotel rooms wasn't <I>technically</I> in envelopes? I'd imagine $100,000 could require a big envelop. Maybe it was in some sort of bankers bag or something, so that doesn't count.<BR/><BR/>LOLLord Kitchener's Ownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348376638620272991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-73369963635346027542007-09-14T11:40:00.000-04:002007-09-14T11:40:00.000-04:00"It's like the print equivalent of air quotes".:-)..."It's like the print equivalent of air quotes".<BR/><BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>That's hillarious. I can just see some scene from SCTV where some Medieval scholar is trying to figure out how to express in writing that thing people do with their fingers, and he invents the quotation mark! LOL<BR/><BR/>Priceless.Lord Kitchener's Ownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348376638620272991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-80121688556099297972007-09-14T11:38:00.000-04:002007-09-14T11:38:00.000-04:00This may surprise you, but to break laws it isn't ...This may surprise you, but to break laws it isn't necessary for envelopes to be involved. But keep spinning.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971310821484459106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-84459238861049350862007-09-14T11:26:00.000-04:002007-09-14T11:26:00.000-04:00Unless you can find money, in envelopes, being exc...Unless you can find money, in envelopes, being exchanged, in our cities..then this money moving exercise will never be a big deal.<BR/><BR/>It certainly won't stop the CPC, (along with the NDP, and the Bloc) from winning seats on Monday.le politicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976374505599017202noreply@blogger.com