According to the Blackberry Addicts/Today's NDP: Manitobans are stupid
The "official" bloggers of the NDP, the Blackberry Addicts, have decided to demonstrate their ignorance of politics yet again. While there is merit on providing an alternative perspective to the MSM, the Blackberry Staffers seem to think they will help their cause by slamming the paper that has contributed to their job security the past seven years. For veteran hacks like the Addicts, they are sure sounding like poltical rookies. You are helping the Opposition cause with every ranting post. Keep up the good work.
On the smoking issue, both the Freep and Sun took Doer and company to task for their stance on smoking by-laws on reserves. Gee, if both major papers are slamming you maybe that means they have a point? The issue of implementing a smoking ban on reserves is not a complex issue. The province has implemented many laws impacting reserve lands. The Blackberry Staffers would have you believe reserves are in a separate country, immune to any laws of the land.
The bottom line on Today's NDP and their policy on the smoking ban is purely political. Number one, they are trying to secure the support of that demographic. Number two, they are trying to give reserves a leg up on their gambling competitors by offering customers the privilege of smoking while they crank money into reserves and the provincial coffers.
If Today's NDP really cared about the health of Manitobans (which won them the election in 1999), it would have implemented the ban across the province. I guess they don't care about aboriginal workers in reserve casinos. The NDP whine that they are scared of a legal fight over whether they even have a legal right to ban smoking on reserve lands. I think the bigger lawsuit is going to come from a worker in a reserve casino who gets cancer from second hand smoke. Would the Blackberry Staffers care to bet their blackberries that the court will uphold the law? Doubt it.
If the NDP were committed to equality, they would institute a ban across the province and go to court to defend it. That's called being principled. The NDP are committed to lining the pockets of their friends on reserves.
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On the issue of roads, the Staffers would have you believe that the NDP will win because they have announced road repairs. To quote them: "What Doer is going to do is take a slice of that economic growth, pour it into concrete and asphalt, and wave bye bye to McFadyen as he stands on the shoulder sputtering in opposition."
They must think Manitobans are stupid. Pave some roads and Manitobans will come back for another round of Today's NDP who are promising to fix roads tomorrow when it should have been done yesterday. I think they have been reading the "Gospel according to Frances Russell" a little too much. I laughed at their reference to economic growth. Gary, I hope you do run on your economic record. Pretty please!
I still think my "time for a change" mantra has merit. The NDP wouldn't be so angry these days if they were so confident. They would simply laugh it off. They laughed at Stu, but they have not been smiling much since Hugh took the helm.
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My advice of the day for Mr. McFadyen is that he should really start defining himself and the party's platform. If this isn't done soon, the NDP will succeed in defining who you are. Don't give them an opportunity to start smiling again.
On the smoking issue, both the Freep and Sun took Doer and company to task for their stance on smoking by-laws on reserves. Gee, if both major papers are slamming you maybe that means they have a point? The issue of implementing a smoking ban on reserves is not a complex issue. The province has implemented many laws impacting reserve lands. The Blackberry Staffers would have you believe reserves are in a separate country, immune to any laws of the land.
The bottom line on Today's NDP and their policy on the smoking ban is purely political. Number one, they are trying to secure the support of that demographic. Number two, they are trying to give reserves a leg up on their gambling competitors by offering customers the privilege of smoking while they crank money into reserves and the provincial coffers.
If Today's NDP really cared about the health of Manitobans (which won them the election in 1999), it would have implemented the ban across the province. I guess they don't care about aboriginal workers in reserve casinos. The NDP whine that they are scared of a legal fight over whether they even have a legal right to ban smoking on reserve lands. I think the bigger lawsuit is going to come from a worker in a reserve casino who gets cancer from second hand smoke. Would the Blackberry Staffers care to bet their blackberries that the court will uphold the law? Doubt it.
If the NDP were committed to equality, they would institute a ban across the province and go to court to defend it. That's called being principled. The NDP are committed to lining the pockets of their friends on reserves.
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On the issue of roads, the Staffers would have you believe that the NDP will win because they have announced road repairs. To quote them: "What Doer is going to do is take a slice of that economic growth, pour it into concrete and asphalt, and wave bye bye to McFadyen as he stands on the shoulder sputtering in opposition."
They must think Manitobans are stupid. Pave some roads and Manitobans will come back for another round of Today's NDP who are promising to fix roads tomorrow when it should have been done yesterday. I think they have been reading the "Gospel according to Frances Russell" a little too much. I laughed at their reference to economic growth. Gary, I hope you do run on your economic record. Pretty please!
I still think my "time for a change" mantra has merit. The NDP wouldn't be so angry these days if they were so confident. They would simply laugh it off. They laughed at Stu, but they have not been smiling much since Hugh took the helm.
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My advice of the day for Mr. McFadyen is that he should really start defining himself and the party's platform. If this isn't done soon, the NDP will succeed in defining who you are. Don't give them an opportunity to start smiling again.
posted by Andy Fletcher | 11:30 AM
5 Comments:
Well written. Someone has already said it but I'll raise the point again - how is it that the smoking ban doesn't apply but all sorts of other provincial regulations do? Does this exempt the natives from following the Manitoba Building Code during the construction of their casinos? I'd like to know before I set a foot in their doors.
Hopefully voters are smart enough to see Doer's road "strategy" for the knee-jerk reaction that it is. The cynic in me thinks that it will still earn Doer some votes - never underestimate the power of the recency effect.
Regarding the provincial economy, the NDP have been drafting off of the national economy. The fact that there has been record expenditures even in the face of unprecedented revenues is great cause for concern. Ditto the disproportional growth in public vs. private sector jobs. I'm not saying that government shouldn't expand with the economy, but there is no way it should be growing FASTER than the private sector that must prop it up. We all know what happens with straws and camels...
I am shocked that MR.Mcfadyen has not done more to define the party and it's platform. They have not convinced this person to vote for them yet. It's as if Stu Who was still their leader.
Who is "this person"? What would it take for you to get his support?
I think Hugh has done a good job so far. I merely want to hear more of what the tories are going to offer Manitobans.
To get "this persons" vote, Hugh needs to use his leadership to inspire a all new direction for Manitoba. We are a have not province and thus far no one is really sure what the pc stand for or what their policy is. Perhaps a TV commercial campaign during the evening news would work, or a mailer to all manitoba , outlining exactly why the NDP are bad and what Hugh would do differant. Hugh and the party have failed to yet inspire Manitobians for change. Ask the average person on the street who Hugh Mcfadyen is, I doubt they will know. Stu Murray experianced this problem and I remember the billboard they erected to try and increase his profile. It didn't work. Hugh can increase his profile by doing the work of going around Manitoba and talking to as many people as he can and have a clear policies. The average person does not know where they stand on any issues. Politicians depend too much on the media and not enough on grassroots organizing. The NDP were all over folklarama, because they know how to capture grassroots support in the ethnic groups. The PC party does not do enough of this except maybe with the far religious right.
I think you are being a little too hard on Hugh. People in general know what the PC's stand for. What I suggested was start thnking about defining his leadership.
On the promotion side, spending all your election chest before a campaign is not smart. Stu suffered most from having the same last name as Glen Murray, who obviously did not share conservative views.
As for attending folklarama, I think this is just a case of the NDP exploiting identity politics. I know lots of PC MLA's who attend folklarama just because it is fun. Only Lib and NDP would shamelessly turn it into a political event or political opportunity. Folklarama should be about food, culture and entertainment, not shameless self promotion.
Religious far right? What the heck are you talking about? Have you met Hugh? Have you attended a PC function? Me thinks you are under the spell of the parties who would have you believe all tories are fundamentalist Christians.
If you would like a 101 course on conservative beliefs I would be happy to let you know.
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