Sunday, March 11, 2007
Garth Turner on Political Whores - in his own words
Ah, friends. Here is the post Garth Turner wrote about the Prime Minister being a political whore. He has, today, explained that he removed the post because it unfairly maligns a political appointee who is clearly qualified for her appointment. In other words: there is no apology or misgivings with calling the Prime Minister a whore. Here is what he wrote, plus the comments the post generated:
Political whoredom
http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2007/03/10/political-whoredom/
It was a dark and stormy night. The campaign team sat around talking about signs and the second lit mailing, and money. As in, no money. There were two weeks left to go to E-day, and the riding association had completely choked when it came to fund-raising. We needed $8,000 to get brochures into 55,000 homes in the next ten days, and we were out of arterials.
Suddenly, Kellie was at the door. And, yes, she brought cheques. A fistful of them!
Kellie Leitch, renown surgeon from London, Ontario, was the co-chair of the Conservative election campaign in Ontario, and she was our angel of mercy that night. Kellie spearheaded a program within the party to raise money from donors in ridings which did not need it – mostly in Alberta – and distribute that cash to campaigns which were desperate for cash and had a fighting chance – like Halton.
This night Kellie had a wad of uncashed cheques, all for around a thousand bucks, which she handed over with a flourish. Suddenly our floundering effort had tens of thousands in new dough, and that proved enough to help get us over the top.
Five months later Kellie and other top Tories held a small reception at the Albany Club, beside the King Eddy Hotel in Toronto, to thank some of the adopt-a-campaign donors from that city. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was there as political minister for Ontario, spoke to the gathering, and made a big fuss over the diminutive surgeon who played such a great role in helping Stephen Harper squeak into 24 Sussex.
This past week Kellie Leitch was thanked in a more lucrative way, as she became part of a wave of Conservative patronage appointments sweeping across the land in the weeks preceding the next federal election. She was appointed by Tony Clement as his adviser on healthy children and youth, a position with a multi-year tenure and a few buckets of money. A Clement aide was asked if Kellie’s appointment had anything to do with the fact she has been a key Conservative operative, and Erik Waddell said, “Of course not.”
I guess you can sort of expect the patronage. And I guess none of us should be surprised that Harper and his crew kicked the crap out of Paul Martin for doing exactly the same thing PMSH is now indulging in. It may be lamentable the “ethics” and “accountability” prime minister is now unleashing a hypocritical torrent of favouritism and gifts to his political allies. But I find it sad that they’re lying about it. If I expected one thing out of Stephen Harper, bearer of the Reform Party torch and keeper of the Preston Manning flame of integrity, it was transparency and honesty in office.
But so much for that. The transformation is now complete. Harper is a political whore. And he joins a long list who have gone before him, using his office and the treasury of tax dollars it brings to reward his own people, and then try to buy off the rest of the country.
On Wednesday it was $1.5 billion for Ontario buses and subways. On Friday it was $1 billion for farmers, announced in a Saskatechewan barn. In fact, PMSH has spent a stunning $6.9 billion in the 30 days which ended yesterday. That money is on top of the $214 billion Ottawa has committed to spending in the fiscal year starting at the end of March, which is a hike of more than 11% (three times the rate of inflation) from last year. And, yeah, we haven’t even had the budget yet, which will promise a few billion more in tax cuts and yet more spending.
Stephen Harper, the less-is-more, frugal prime minister who came to power outing Paul Martin’s double-digit annual spending hikes, is about to eclipse the guy. Ottawa is set to hit a level of expenditure never seen before – just when the economy has dangerously peaked and is heading into a slow-growth phase. The $13 billion in federal surplus, caused by the over-taxation Harper railed against, is being spent in a pre-election orgy that – in one month – is costing us 600 times more than the sponsorship scandal did.
Now, it’s not all bad spending, of course. Farmers need help. Toronto people need rides to work.
The environment needs billions.
But Kellie Leitch, chair of pediatric surgery at the University Hospital in London, where she deservedly earns four times more than the average family, does not need more money.
posted by Garth Turner on 03.10.07 @ 6:42 pm
8 Comments so far Leave a comment
Canadians may be disgusted with patronage but it will always be part of our political system. The government will always put people they trust into positions of influence. Another reason would be to reward staffers for their hard work and loyalty.
By KPK on 03.10.07 7:05 pm
Talk about the present government & double standards. I guess Stephen Harper will go down in history as the worst Prime Minister Canada ever had.
I’m sure PPSH is regretting the day he booted you out of the party.
By Irene on 03.10.07 7:06 pm
How could you turn on someone who you used to consider worthy and your friend? Why would you want to embarrass this woman like that? Garth, if you would have left the woman’s credentials off in your horrid story, you might even have sounded credible. Obviously she’s talented, educated and a damn hard worker. I’d say the government is lucky to have her services.
This is low Garth, even for you.
L
By Leasa on 03.10.07 7:07 pm
Garth,
Don’t tell me. You too were part of the effort to take money away from Albertans and give to folks in Ontario.
I’d say given your current status of being a Liberal, a refund is in order.
Ed the Hun
By Ed the Hun on 03.10.07 7:15 pm
Garth,
Actually I think Harper’s plan is to act like a liberal to get a majority and then to effect his cuts. But until that majority, he knows the only way to get power is to buy votes. Just like every politician before him.
The only politician that I can think of who (for most of his tenure) didn’t act like this was Ralph Klein. Nope for most of his premiership there were cuts to government services and goodies weren’t handed out often, if not at all.
Ed the Hun
By Ed the Hun on 03.10.07 7:18 pm
The sponsorship scandal money was ALWAYS a drop in the bucket. Campaigning on how wasteful it was was always a bit of a dumb move, I thought. The breach of trust was much more costly than the money. I don’t like government waste any more than the next guy, but it’s important to recognize priorities. I didn’t believe Harper was going to clean up the national government; I supported the best candidate in my riding (who happened to be NDP) and put a Green Party sign on my lawn (because I believe in what they’re saying, but I didn’t want Rahim Jaffer to be my MP AGAIN).
Well, it turns out he didn’t clean anything up at all. I’m sad that I’m not surprised.
I hope you can raise the money you need again, Garth. Picking MPs based on their merits instead of their parties is long overdue. People may criticize and poke fun at you, but I really think you may have made a big difference in national politics.
By Jan Sacharuk on 03.10.07 7:30 pm
Popped in to read another brilliant post by the “one trick pony MP”…….
You must have looked in the mirror when the subject, political whore, came in your head…..
Garth, you are sad and embarrassing…..thankfully, no reasonable intelligent person pays any attention to you anymore…..
By John G on 03.10.07 7:38 pm
Most political parties believe that no one would work for them if they did not get patronage rewards. Political leaders often distrust anyone who might be involved in the party for anything other than personal gain. The concept of “public service” is seen as irrational.
It is understandable that the new Conservatives are even more likely to engage in massive patronage because they have a great deal of catching up to do: they have never been in a position of power before. If you check this National Archives site http://www.collectionscanada.ca/primeministers/h4-3000-e.htmlyou will see that there has never been a Conservative government in Canada before: there have only been “Cons.” equated at the bottom of the page with Liberal-Conservative and “P.C.” equated at the bottom of the page with Progressive Conservative. Stephen Harper is the first “Conservative” Prime Minister.
I wonder who decided to rewrite Canadian history?
By C. B. Innes on 03.10.07 7:38 pm
UPDATE:
Garth Turner has removed his statement of retraction on his blog. Why? Hey, beats me. Probably part of the master plan to win back a Liberal majority. Does Garth think he'll be in Dion's Cabinet?
Political whoredom
http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2007/03/10/political-whoredom/
It was a dark and stormy night. The campaign team sat around talking about signs and the second lit mailing, and money. As in, no money. There were two weeks left to go to E-day, and the riding association had completely choked when it came to fund-raising. We needed $8,000 to get brochures into 55,000 homes in the next ten days, and we were out of arterials.
Suddenly, Kellie was at the door. And, yes, she brought cheques. A fistful of them!
Kellie Leitch, renown surgeon from London, Ontario, was the co-chair of the Conservative election campaign in Ontario, and she was our angel of mercy that night. Kellie spearheaded a program within the party to raise money from donors in ridings which did not need it – mostly in Alberta – and distribute that cash to campaigns which were desperate for cash and had a fighting chance – like Halton.
This night Kellie had a wad of uncashed cheques, all for around a thousand bucks, which she handed over with a flourish. Suddenly our floundering effort had tens of thousands in new dough, and that proved enough to help get us over the top.
Five months later Kellie and other top Tories held a small reception at the Albany Club, beside the King Eddy Hotel in Toronto, to thank some of the adopt-a-campaign donors from that city. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was there as political minister for Ontario, spoke to the gathering, and made a big fuss over the diminutive surgeon who played such a great role in helping Stephen Harper squeak into 24 Sussex.
This past week Kellie Leitch was thanked in a more lucrative way, as she became part of a wave of Conservative patronage appointments sweeping across the land in the weeks preceding the next federal election. She was appointed by Tony Clement as his adviser on healthy children and youth, a position with a multi-year tenure and a few buckets of money. A Clement aide was asked if Kellie’s appointment had anything to do with the fact she has been a key Conservative operative, and Erik Waddell said, “Of course not.”
I guess you can sort of expect the patronage. And I guess none of us should be surprised that Harper and his crew kicked the crap out of Paul Martin for doing exactly the same thing PMSH is now indulging in. It may be lamentable the “ethics” and “accountability” prime minister is now unleashing a hypocritical torrent of favouritism and gifts to his political allies. But I find it sad that they’re lying about it. If I expected one thing out of Stephen Harper, bearer of the Reform Party torch and keeper of the Preston Manning flame of integrity, it was transparency and honesty in office.
But so much for that. The transformation is now complete. Harper is a political whore. And he joins a long list who have gone before him, using his office and the treasury of tax dollars it brings to reward his own people, and then try to buy off the rest of the country.
On Wednesday it was $1.5 billion for Ontario buses and subways. On Friday it was $1 billion for farmers, announced in a Saskatechewan barn. In fact, PMSH has spent a stunning $6.9 billion in the 30 days which ended yesterday. That money is on top of the $214 billion Ottawa has committed to spending in the fiscal year starting at the end of March, which is a hike of more than 11% (three times the rate of inflation) from last year. And, yeah, we haven’t even had the budget yet, which will promise a few billion more in tax cuts and yet more spending.
Stephen Harper, the less-is-more, frugal prime minister who came to power outing Paul Martin’s double-digit annual spending hikes, is about to eclipse the guy. Ottawa is set to hit a level of expenditure never seen before – just when the economy has dangerously peaked and is heading into a slow-growth phase. The $13 billion in federal surplus, caused by the over-taxation Harper railed against, is being spent in a pre-election orgy that – in one month – is costing us 600 times more than the sponsorship scandal did.
Now, it’s not all bad spending, of course. Farmers need help. Toronto people need rides to work.
The environment needs billions.
But Kellie Leitch, chair of pediatric surgery at the University Hospital in London, where she deservedly earns four times more than the average family, does not need more money.
posted by Garth Turner on 03.10.07 @ 6:42 pm
8 Comments so far Leave a comment
Canadians may be disgusted with patronage but it will always be part of our political system. The government will always put people they trust into positions of influence. Another reason would be to reward staffers for their hard work and loyalty.
By KPK on 03.10.07 7:05 pm
Talk about the present government & double standards. I guess Stephen Harper will go down in history as the worst Prime Minister Canada ever had.
I’m sure PPSH is regretting the day he booted you out of the party.
By Irene on 03.10.07 7:06 pm
How could you turn on someone who you used to consider worthy and your friend? Why would you want to embarrass this woman like that? Garth, if you would have left the woman’s credentials off in your horrid story, you might even have sounded credible. Obviously she’s talented, educated and a damn hard worker. I’d say the government is lucky to have her services.
This is low Garth, even for you.
L
By Leasa on 03.10.07 7:07 pm
Garth,
Don’t tell me. You too were part of the effort to take money away from Albertans and give to folks in Ontario.
I’d say given your current status of being a Liberal, a refund is in order.
Ed the Hun
By Ed the Hun on 03.10.07 7:15 pm
Garth,
Actually I think Harper’s plan is to act like a liberal to get a majority and then to effect his cuts. But until that majority, he knows the only way to get power is to buy votes. Just like every politician before him.
The only politician that I can think of who (for most of his tenure) didn’t act like this was Ralph Klein. Nope for most of his premiership there were cuts to government services and goodies weren’t handed out often, if not at all.
Ed the Hun
By Ed the Hun on 03.10.07 7:18 pm
The sponsorship scandal money was ALWAYS a drop in the bucket. Campaigning on how wasteful it was was always a bit of a dumb move, I thought. The breach of trust was much more costly than the money. I don’t like government waste any more than the next guy, but it’s important to recognize priorities. I didn’t believe Harper was going to clean up the national government; I supported the best candidate in my riding (who happened to be NDP) and put a Green Party sign on my lawn (because I believe in what they’re saying, but I didn’t want Rahim Jaffer to be my MP AGAIN).
Well, it turns out he didn’t clean anything up at all. I’m sad that I’m not surprised.
I hope you can raise the money you need again, Garth. Picking MPs based on their merits instead of their parties is long overdue. People may criticize and poke fun at you, but I really think you may have made a big difference in national politics.
By Jan Sacharuk on 03.10.07 7:30 pm
Popped in to read another brilliant post by the “one trick pony MP”…….
You must have looked in the mirror when the subject, political whore, came in your head…..
Garth, you are sad and embarrassing…..thankfully, no reasonable intelligent person pays any attention to you anymore…..
By John G on 03.10.07 7:38 pm
Most political parties believe that no one would work for them if they did not get patronage rewards. Political leaders often distrust anyone who might be involved in the party for anything other than personal gain. The concept of “public service” is seen as irrational.
It is understandable that the new Conservatives are even more likely to engage in massive patronage because they have a great deal of catching up to do: they have never been in a position of power before. If you check this National Archives site http://www.collectionscanada.ca/primeministers/h4-3000-e.htmlyou will see that there has never been a Conservative government in Canada before: there have only been “Cons.” equated at the bottom of the page with Liberal-Conservative and “P.C.” equated at the bottom of the page with Progressive Conservative. Stephen Harper is the first “Conservative” Prime Minister.
I wonder who decided to rewrite Canadian history?
By C. B. Innes on 03.10.07 7:38 pm
UPDATE:
Garth Turner has removed his statement of retraction on his blog. Why? Hey, beats me. Probably part of the master plan to win back a Liberal majority. Does Garth think he'll be in Dion's Cabinet?
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Did you send it to National Newswatch,
as well I'd send it to a few members of the press.
This is bad,
particularily since no libs are speaking out against it.
as well I'd send it to a few members of the press.
This is bad,
particularily since no libs are speaking out against it.
# posted by 
: Sunday, March 11, 2007 1:38:00 PM
: Sunday, March 11, 2007 1:38:00 PM
The beginning of the post is still showing up on Liblogs:
http://www.liblogs.ca/
Posted at/Publié sur The Turner Report on/à 2007-03-10 20:25 EST
(image) It was a dark and stormy night. The campaign team sat around talking about signs and the second lit mailing, and money. As in, no money. There were two weeks left to go to E-day, and the riding association had completely choked when it came to fund-raising. We needed $8,000 to get brochures into 55,000 homes in the next ten days, and we were out of arterials. Suddenly, Kellie was at the door. And, yes, she brought cheques. A fistful of them! Kellie Leitch, renown surgeon from London, Ontario, was the co-chair of the Conservative election campaign in Ontario, and she was our angel of mercy that night. Kellie spearheaded a program within the party to raise money from donors in ridings...
Garth then goes on to insult the Prime Minister of Canada. If he were just a blogger, that would be one thing.
But he is an elected representative of people in his constituency who presumably wanted "the political whore" to be our Prime Minister. As such he is insulting those constituents as well.
http://www.liblogs.ca/
Posted at/Publié sur The Turner Report on/à 2007-03-10 20:25 EST
(image) It was a dark and stormy night. The campaign team sat around talking about signs and the second lit mailing, and money. As in, no money. There were two weeks left to go to E-day, and the riding association had completely choked when it came to fund-raising. We needed $8,000 to get brochures into 55,000 homes in the next ten days, and we were out of arterials. Suddenly, Kellie was at the door. And, yes, she brought cheques. A fistful of them! Kellie Leitch, renown surgeon from London, Ontario, was the co-chair of the Conservative election campaign in Ontario, and she was our angel of mercy that night. Kellie spearheaded a program within the party to raise money from donors in ridings...
Garth then goes on to insult the Prime Minister of Canada. If he were just a blogger, that would be one thing.
But he is an elected representative of people in his constituency who presumably wanted "the political whore" to be our Prime Minister. As such he is insulting those constituents as well.
The anti-Tory buzz in the MSM is reaching a fever pitch if you follow all the links at National Newswatch today.
Must be time for an election :D
Must be time for an election :D
Garth Turner is a political "has been" without any creditability, who is just trying once again to get the media attention that he so desperately craves. His post is probably another attention getting gimmick, so I would not take it seriously.
# posted by : Sunday, March 11, 2007 2:18:00 PM
: Sunday, March 11, 2007 2:18:00 PM
As Peter Newman explains in his Mulroney book patronage isn't always a bad thing. In excess and when handed to unqualfied people patronage is an issue, but in that category the worst offenders BY A LONG MARGIN are Liberal PM's, especially Chretien.
The reality is though that when government changes there are jobs to be filled and it makes sense to fill them with people who believe in the same things as the government. It's not that big a deal unless someone can show the appointee is dramatically unqualified.
The great irony here is that Garth would take a patronage appointment in a heartbeat, I won't lower myself to his level and call him what he called the PM though.
Dion's Liberals have shown an unprecedented amount of disrespect for the office of the PM, shouting him down in the House and now calling him a whore. I know they disagree with how he's running the country but he was elected and maybe its time to improve the decorum in Ottawa by treating Harper with the respect a PM deserves.
The reality is though that when government changes there are jobs to be filled and it makes sense to fill them with people who believe in the same things as the government. It's not that big a deal unless someone can show the appointee is dramatically unqualified.
The great irony here is that Garth would take a patronage appointment in a heartbeat, I won't lower myself to his level and call him what he called the PM though.
Dion's Liberals have shown an unprecedented amount of disrespect for the office of the PM, shouting him down in the House and now calling him a whore. I know they disagree with how he's running the country but he was elected and maybe its time to improve the decorum in Ottawa by treating Harper with the respect a PM deserves.
molarmauler said...
The anti-Tory buzz in the MSM is reaching a fever pitch if you follow all the links at National Newswatch today
The Toronto Star on Friday had an editorial that sounded more like a rallying cry to the Liberals. It sounds like they are panicking. Especially in the way they attacked PM Stephen Harper and the Conservatives. That newspaper is no longer just reporting the news, they are blatantly partisan.
Dion's Liberals must join debate
Here is a snippet from the editorial
Harper's program is clever, but there is a hollowness to it. The Tory green plan to date is unambitious. Their help for the poor is modest at best. And their funding for cities is a one-off measure that fails to address long-term needs. Meanwhile, Harper's darker side is on display in the unprecedented pre-election smear campaign the Tories have launched."
The anti-Tory buzz in the MSM is reaching a fever pitch if you follow all the links at National Newswatch today
The Toronto Star on Friday had an editorial that sounded more like a rallying cry to the Liberals. It sounds like they are panicking. Especially in the way they attacked PM Stephen Harper and the Conservatives. That newspaper is no longer just reporting the news, they are blatantly partisan.
Dion's Liberals must join debate
Here is a snippet from the editorial
Harper's program is clever, but there is a hollowness to it. The Tory green plan to date is unambitious. Their help for the poor is modest at best. And their funding for cities is a one-off measure that fails to address long-term needs. Meanwhile, Harper's darker side is on display in the unprecedented pre-election smear campaign the Tories have launched."
At the top of his page "The Turner Report" are the words Garth Turner Unedited".
Apparently not.
What an idiot.
Apparently not.
What an idiot.
Hes a jerk...plain and simple.
He likes to call people evil and pricks and gets away with it but referring to a long time respected volunteer for the CPC and the PM as a political whore? That crosses the line.
He likes to call people evil and pricks and gets away with it but referring to a long time respected volunteer for the CPC and the PM as a political whore? That crosses the line.
Let's see. Kellie Leitch, chair of pediatric surgery at the University Hospital in London, is appointed Adviser on Healthy Children and Youth. Is Me-Me-Me Turner suggesting she was unqualified? Bullplops, of course. Or perhaps Gaping Garth feels a bus driver would be a more suitable appointee? Or Garth is upset that he wasn't appointed ... a real political whore?
Garth probably had a call from someone suggesting that if he didn't want to get his ass sued to eternity, he should delete the post and apologize. He did, unfortunately; I'd love to see him sued up to the ying-yang. Harper's a big boy. He can handle the slurs. Especially Garth's "sour grapes".
Oh, and Garth ... if you are reading this? I stand ready to defend a lawsuit should you want to call me on the "Political Whore" label I wrote above. You know where to reach me.
Garth probably had a call from someone suggesting that if he didn't want to get his ass sued to eternity, he should delete the post and apologize. He did, unfortunately; I'd love to see him sued up to the ying-yang. Harper's a big boy. He can handle the slurs. Especially Garth's "sour grapes".
Oh, and Garth ... if you are reading this? I stand ready to defend a lawsuit should you want to call me on the "Political Whore" label I wrote above. You know where to reach me.
I'm not sure which is worse for the Liberals. The political whore comment a day after Dion said they wouldn't take the low road, the maligning of a cleary qualified appointee, or the fact Garth admits recent Conservative spending isn't "all that bad".
Truth can hurt. Obviously the Tory supporters can't take it.
But boy oh boy, can they dish it out. That's weakness.
Harper shouldn't have played the mister pure, holier than thou, honest Joe citizen then.
Harper placed himself on the integrity shelf - but looks like he's falling off rapidly.
I find the outrage by Tory supporters a joke, considering what Harper has done to some very innocent people.
But boy oh boy, can they dish it out. That's weakness.
Harper shouldn't have played the mister pure, holier than thou, honest Joe citizen then.
Harper placed himself on the integrity shelf - but looks like he's falling off rapidly.
I find the outrage by Tory supporters a joke, considering what Harper has done to some very innocent people.
# posted by : Sunday, March 11, 2007 3:25:00 PM
: Sunday, March 11, 2007 3:25:00 PM
I find the outrage by Tory supporters a joke, considering what Harper has done to some very innocent people.
Please elaborate. I just hope you're not referring to the Bains fiasco.
Please elaborate. I just hope you're not referring to the Bains fiasco.
Garth Turner abandons all of his conservative ideologies by joining the Liberal Party and he's calling people names? Typical...
That C.B. Innes commenter is right though. I was pissed off at the same historical revisionism a few weeks ago.
And Belinda, would be what? Politically astute for selling out her party? Garth must also be politically astute then as well? He should be thanking Alberta ridings that sent that money, by the way Garth, those were loans that need to be paid back! Have you yet, or did you think you could avoid paying it back because you changed your stripe, you know the one down the middle of your back? Hypocrite.
Note to Kellie Leitch: A post which appeared here briefly yesterday referenced your recent federal appointment, and drew a line between that and your role as a Conservative operative. That was unfair, since upon reflection I cannot think of a valid reason why you might be unqualified to perform in that role. Thus, the post was removed by me.
Does that sound like Garth Turner?
Does that sound like Garth Turner?
How long has Garth Turner lived in Canada?
He spelled Saskatchewan wrong.
He can't seem to do much right these days.
He spelled Saskatchewan wrong.
He can't seem to do much right these days.
# posted by : Sunday, March 11, 2007 4:44:00 PM
: Sunday, March 11, 2007 4:44:00 PM
Well Garth said he had "a plan" devised by him on his loonngggg drive home from Ottawa to his cave.
Guess this is the plan - slander!
What a stand up guy - he is coming to the realization that his future cabinet posts may not lie with Dion unless he uses his vast repetoire of nasty adjectives to bring down Stephen Harper for getting rid of him.
How classy for a member of parliment - Halton must be so proud.
Guess this is the plan - slander!
What a stand up guy - he is coming to the realization that his future cabinet posts may not lie with Dion unless he uses his vast repetoire of nasty adjectives to bring down Stephen Harper for getting rid of him.
How classy for a member of parliment - Halton must be so proud.
# posted by : Sunday, March 11, 2007 5:13:00 PM
: Sunday, March 11, 2007 5:13:00 PM
Garth will try to blow this off but given his previous comments about reformers, now political volunteers, hes reached a new low.
I dont think he thought about removing that post, i think the leaders office got to him. Albeit too late.
Hell never say why though. Hes a lying weasel.
I dont think he thought about removing that post, i think the leaders office got to him. Albeit too late.
Hell never say why though. Hes a lying weasel.
Garth is man who started out good, didn't get his selfish way, and ended up becoming a jerk.
# posted by : Sunday, March 11, 2007 5:23:00 PM
: Sunday, March 11, 2007 5:23:00 PM
Hey Anonymous Liberal,
to quote the departed, you're retahded.
how's that lawsuit going against Tories for calling you guys a bunch of extremists?
to quote the departed, you're retahded.
how's that lawsuit going against Tories for calling you guys a bunch of extremists?
Garth Turner is a little weasle that bigger boys in school used to pull his braids on a regular basis.
# posted by : Sunday, March 11, 2007 6:18:00 PM
: Sunday, March 11, 2007 6:18:00 PM
Garth should be sued! Equating patronage to whoring is an insult to street workers everywhere.
# posted by : Sunday, March 11, 2007 7:18:00 PM
: Sunday, March 11, 2007 7:18:00 PM
Two problems here: Garth didn't refuse the cash and two the liberals invented this game but they use cash. Just ask Jean next time you see him or Paulie.
# posted by : Sunday, March 11, 2007 7:50:00 PM
: Sunday, March 11, 2007 7:50:00 PM
If I were Mr. Dion or a member of the Liberal Ontario Caucas I would be kicking Garth out on his ear! They are trying to reestablish themselves as upstanding good people in the eyes of Canadians, and out comes something like this from one of their members.
# posted by : Monday, March 12, 2007 3:12:00 AM
: Monday, March 12, 2007 3:12:00 AM
Chucker - Very interesting about the update. Why would Garth remove the statement of retraction indeed?
Would it possibly be to be able to deny that the deleted post was ever there at all?
Good thing we have it here for posterity.
Would it possibly be to be able to deny that the deleted post was ever there at all?
Good thing we have it here for posterity.
Good thing we have it here for posterity.
Is that in case future historians run out of every other possible event that might have a shred of interest to them?
Is that in case future historians run out of every other possible event that might have a shred of interest to them?
This is disturbing. An article on National Newswatch linking to a blog calling for Harper's assassination!
Don't bother posting at Garth's. He's into censorship .
# posted by : Monday, March 12, 2007 1:41:00 PM
: Monday, March 12, 2007 1:41:00 PM
Yep - Garth is censoring. Sigh..
So much for Freedom of Speech and all those other things Garth says SH doesn't follow.
He even has commentors who are calling Harper a Bully because of the article about he and Dion being roommates.
So much for the intelligence of Garth's followers.
So much for Freedom of Speech and all those other things Garth says SH doesn't follow.
He even has commentors who are calling Harper a Bully because of the article about he and Dion being roommates.
So much for the intelligence of Garth's followers.
# posted by : Monday, March 12, 2007 2:17:00 PM
: Monday, March 12, 2007 2:17:00 PM
Garth Turner calls Harper a political whore and Dion says that Harper is stealing Liberal ideas
Priceless.
Priceless.
# posted by : Monday, March 12, 2007 3:23:00 PM
: Monday, March 12, 2007 3:23:00 PM
This cartoon says it all.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/jdbradford/Bradford.jpg
http://www3.sympatico.ca/jdbradford/Bradford.jpg
# posted by : Monday, March 12, 2007 4:50:00 PM
: Monday, March 12, 2007 4:50:00 PM
This is disturbing. An article on National Newswatch linking to a blog calling for Harper's assassination!
Yikes! I hope the Queen's Cowboys will be paying this asshat a visit soon...
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Yikes! I hope the Queen's Cowboys will be paying this asshat a visit soon...
# posted by : Monday, March 12, 2007 7:30:00 PM
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