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Originally Posted by octothorp
Interesting piece in the G&M about the detainee documents that are set to be released in the next couple weeks:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1970557/
I had been wondering myself why nothing about the detainee controversy had come up as a major talking point, but I guess it's pretty clear: the opposition knows that it's going to resurface in a big way midway through this campaign without them needing to bring it up. Either the documents come out, and the media spends a couple weeks focused on this major, embarrassing screw-up for the Tories, or the Tories appeal the release of the documents in court, which simply reinforce the narrative that a) there's something really embarrassing in the documents, and b) this is a government of secrecy and suppression.
Add that looming issue to the fact that every day there's another negative story about the Conservatives (news today that they threw a 19-year-old out of an event because she had a picture of herself with Ignatieff on Facebook, while another man was denied entry because he had an NDP bumper sticker). |
This is just the media trying to run with something. You can't tell me that other parties don't keep a good eye on who's attending their events. I'm quite sure when the Liberals released their "Family Pack" that they knew each and every person in the hall to make sure there were no chance of opposition.
When I watched this story on TV this morning, both reporters from CBC and CTV were just amazed that this could ever happen.
Also does anyone know when Ignatieff is planning a trip to Alberta or Saskatchewan? (If he comes at all) I'd like to know if they will be filtering who's allowed into his rally or if just any Albertan can attend.