Reform/Progressive Conservative crack forms

[crookedmember]

I guess Iffy O'Toole gets an extra hour to be a wimp this weekend.

[hobbyguy]

The Gladu Civil Liberties Caucus spells the death knell of the CPC a Mr and O’Toole. There are 38 CPC elected members that have not identified their vaccination status. My guess is that most of those members will be in this caucus. This caucus is not really formed to research constituents’ questions but to siphon off Opposition funds for those that cannot or will not fully participate in Parliament.
If Mr O’Toole had formed the caucus or was a co-founder it would be different. The existence of the caucus shows his weakness and the fractured nature of the Party. It also plays poorly for Canada. It fractures the Oppostion. Makes it weak and aloof foil for the Liberal government.

Every time a Gladu, a Wagantall, a Gray, a Stubbs, a Cooper open their mouths, they hand a gift to either Singh, Trudeau, or Blanchet.

The continued silence from O'Toole and the CPC is handing Jay Hill a megaphone in Western Standard Land. The only one who might be upset at all with Gladu might be Max, but even then the flip flopping around allows Max to rightfully undercut the Gladu group.

The UCP referendum on equalization ought to be a big deal for the CPC as about 1/3 of their MPs are from Alberta. Comments from any of them? Zip. Nada. None. Official CPC position on that? ...crickets... Their is no surprise in the UCP referendum, it was entirely predictable, yet the CPC and O'Toole seem to have no position at all. Are O'Toole and the CPC THAT disorganized?? They knew this was coming and should be using it to their advantage.

Trudeau and Singh were at COP26. Trudeau got lots of political exposure. Reaction from the CPC and O'Toole... crickets... and yup, the goings on at COP26 were pretty predictable, but no organized response from O'Toole and the CPC.

O'Toole and the CPC made a few weak noises about parliament should be in session long before Nov. 22. Yet they aren't even ready with to attend - not even having sorted their vaccination status and ability to attend.

O'Toole and the CPC made a few weak noises about Trudeau taking too long to appoint a cabinet. When he did, Trudeau and the Liberals got lots of political attention. O'Toole and the CPC? Quietly posting their shadow cabinet with no fanfare after Trudeau generated all the buzz. Why didn't the CPC press their advantage and organize the shadow cabinet earlier and pressure Trudeau? Too disorganized??...Too dysfunctional??...Not enough room for flip flopping??

O'Toole seems to be running scared and is hiding in the blue outhouse. It looks as if that will be O'Toole's new residence, so maybe he is renovating...

Meanwhile the CPC MPs who do try to get out there are appearing a bit lost. Anita Anand announced significant changes to the military handling of sexual misconduct, and poor James Bezan looked lost and "broken record" when talking about it...

The only positive for the CPC in all of this is Poilievre back at finance critic (and the dufus Ed Fast right out to back bench land). Perhaps this signals O'Toole knows he done like dinner, and Poilievre is being set up to win the inevitable leadership race... that's the only conclusion I can draw from the proceedings. O'Toole seems to think the hallway he is in leads only one direction - to the same door Scheer went through.

[bob vernon]

What kind of nonsensical blathering is this? Keep up the good work Erin.

[The Green Barbarian]

What kind of nonsensical blathering is this? Keep up the good work Erin.

[The Green Barbarian]

Anyone who thinks that the current iteration of the conservatives is more to the right of the Harper conservatives is a lying fool.

It's worse than that. They are being paid to spew these lies, by our own government. That's how f'ed up our current government is. It's just so disgusting.

[The Green Barbarian]

I actually did read the platform.

No, you didn't. If you did, as Glacier said, you wouldn't be embarrassing yourself like this. It's really sad to watch.

[crookedmember]

The only positive for the CPC in all of this is Poilievre back at finance critic (and the dufus Ed Fast right out to back bench land). Perhaps this signals O'Toole knows he done like dinner, and Poilievre is being set up to win the inevitable leadership race... that's the only conclusion I can draw from the proceedings. O'Toole seems to think the hallway he is in leads only one direction - to the same door Scheer went through.

I think Pigeon Poilievre is an unattractive and off-putting candidate. If he had any more grease and oil in his hair, the Americans would invade him. Probably a lot of skeletons in his closet, to boot.

Also, the social conservatives running the party aren't going to get fooled again; they'll want someone with "pro-life," gay-hating, anti-vaxxing bona fides.

Given the number of votes the two far-right lunatics received last time, I wouldn't be surprised to see Loopy Leslyn take Iffy O'Toole's job.

So fire up the popcorn machine. We're guaranteed a trip to Crazytown.

[The Green Barbarian]

I think Pigeon Poilievre

Who is "Pigeon Poilievre"? What is this nonsense?

[crookedmember]

As Pvt. O'Toole cowers like a jilted possum in his Stornoway foxhole, trembling uncontrollably and afraid to answer questions from the press, his own caucus, and perhaps even Rebecca . . . the badly listing CPC has degenerated to a punch line on Twitter.

[nucksRnum1]

Poilivere isn't a Pidgeon. He is a Parrot. "Answer the question - yes or no". Over and over and over.

[foenix]

Also, the social conservatives running the party aren't going to get fooled again; they'll want someone with "pro-life," gay-hating, anti-vaxxing bona fides.

Given the number of votes the two far-right lunatics received last time, I wouldn't be surprised to see Loopy Leslyn take Iffy O'Toole's job.

So fire up the popcorn machine. We're guaranteed a trip to Crazytown.

Oh you mean Loopy Leslyn that was "parachuted" in to take the place of some other deserving local CPC candidate? Kinda funny that's never mentioned from the Right as they drone on and on about how Liberal candidates are parachuted in elsewhere.

[Glacier]

When the lefties can't stand a conservative, it's because they're scared of him, and think he (or she) would win government if elected leader. That's how we know that Pierre Pollivre would trounce the Liberals.

[foenix]

When the lefties can't stand a conservative, it's because they're scared of him, and think he (or she) would win government if elected leader. That's how we know that Pierre Pollivre would trounce the Liberals.

It wouldn't matter who's at the head of a party that's clearly in disarray and dysfunctional.

[nucksRnum1]

When the lefties can't stand a conservative, it's because they're scared of him, and think he (or she) would win government if elected leader. That's how we know that Pierre Pollivre would trounce the Liberals.

Unless Pierre can do a deep scrub of his online past and skeletons - I don't see him getting far before a scandal comes to light.

[bob vernon]

Many Conservatives think that Poilievre is the perfect attack dog to run against the Liberals. Until they get told about his past in the city of Ottawa.