- 'May the Best Funded Party Win' - Is That What It Means To Be Canadian?

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Conservatives pull another political ad, Laura Stone, Postmedia News February 1, 2011
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Conservatives+pull+another+political/4206573/story.html

What are the odds that the Conservatives would raise the same amount of money in 2009 and 2010.

Is it a co-incidence or a manifestation of :

The core of die-hard right wing, extremist supporters (33%) epi-centred in Alberta that provide the funds and support that keep him in power.

Too bad that donations under $200 are not made public. That would make very interesting reading indeed.

"There are no limits on how much money is spent on advertising and other operational expenses before an election has been called."

But that means, if you know when the election will be and you have an indefatigable source of funding you can totally thwart the purpose of Election spending caps - now that leaves things open to manipulation and abuse.

Given:

- the amount of funds Harper and the Con's have and their apparently indefatigable source

- Harper and the Con's have built the most sophisticated propaganda machine seen in Western Democracies in recent History

- Guy Giorno has been appointed as Conservative campaign chair

- "Money is golden in a political campaign . . . It sounds silly, but these [higher production values and look fancier] are important things when it comes to getting the public to believe what you're saying,"" (McLoughlin.)

- Flanagan Fundamental Principle of Con'ism is all about - “It doesn't have to be true. It just has to be plausible". It need only contain strong emotional and be devoid of rational content.

Get ready for Harper and the Con's to wage the dirtiest campaign ever seen in the anals of Canadian history, up there with the right-wing extremists in the US

And, get ready for another stint of Harper and the Con's not because they are better at running the country, I think it is a forgone conclusion they are the worst thing to happen to Confederation, ever, but because of the 33% die-hard extremists who support Harper pretty much no matter what.


"Before an election, parties generally use advertisements to send out feelers, said Laura Stephenson, a political-science professor at the University of Western Ontario."

Anyone who thinks that Harper and the Con's have not polled and focus grouped all the issues, and research how best to skewer, before they craft their attack ads simply does not understand how Harper and the Con's operate and what $17m a years means.

These attack ads are not balloons being floated to gauge some kind of reaction. They are very carefully and skillfully designed to attack on a very personal level and undermine credibility in th eminds of the public. There is no guess work about them.

Lloyd MacILquham cicblog.com/comments.html