Gimbol's diatribe and screed

the party logo on government cheques

First point: this was just plain stupid. Though not on the level of Adscam, its where the narrative starts. So don't do this anymore okay. Show up, do the glad handing, cut the ribbons, pose for the photo-op....but please do not hand out the cheque with the party logo on it.

Second point: This is for the PMO's office if you guys are doing a Google search on this subject. Changing the channel on this is very easy. Table a motion in the HoC to end the political subsidy. Right now the relations between the liberals, the NDP and the Bloc make a coalition agreement impossible, that means if the government goes down there will be an election. That means whoever is last out of the gate saying how their party will vote gets the blame for an election. That means means the last guy will come out with some logic as to why their party will support the government, or alternatively scramble around trying to find some cover that they had no choice, the problem of course is that if the vote is on stopping tax payer funding to political parties it makes the parties voting against such a measure look greedy. Which takes the air out of their current attack and puts the target on them for the duration of the campaign. Kind of hard to vote against such a measure when the liberals just spent the most of this week crying scandal over the party logo. Regardless, it provides an easy segue to the story that writes itself, and gives the pundit industry a boost as every one of them will have their mug on any panel anywhere to talk about a possible election.
The crux of it is that if this was tabled, Iggy will have a bitch of a time keeping caucus solidarity between the guys sharpening the knives pushing for an election (chreteinites), and the other faction that wants to avoid one to maintain some claim to fiscally responsible managers of the economy (martinites).

Like I said, changes the channel, and gives the media something intriging to report.

Other bits:

• The Noble committee has officially jumped the shark.
• Lizzie May is going to destroy the Green party, my quandry is figuring out if this is a bad thing or a good thing.
• Trying to muzzle Fox is a very bad idea, just bumps their numbers and makes it look like the other guys are in the tank for the big O
• Just a thought, if the networks are complaining about the cable companies airing their programming without paying for it, take them to small claims. After watching you guys trash conservatives for so long, asking for more public support (new taxes) is a bit rich.
• Iggy, the green shift didn't work last time, it won't work this time. The problem is that particular platform has been framed as the "liberals tax on everything", we don't intend on letting the voters forget that.

Labels: Conservative majority

posted by gimbol @ 3:56 AM