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Originally Posted by transplant99
But the Liberals dont do that!! We've been told repeatedly on this very forum that the whole "Cons are scary" thing was fabricated by the Cons themselves as a way of explaining defeat in the last election!!
LOL...too funny.
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I know first hand having spent the last election in the maritimes and talking to people in pretty good depth last campaign that the smear campaign by the Liberals worked (who the hell can forget the ad about "taking away a woman's right to choose" which was a blatant lie?). Talking to many people last campaign I know of several people who were intrigued by the Tory platform and even liked it but didn't give them a vote because "they didn't trust them" or that the had a "hidden agenda". The Liberal campaign fed off of it and fed off of it well. This time round they are trying to feed off of it again but are finding only scraps (from 10 year old speeches and other info from BEFORE he was leader). Mostly I think because the ridiculed BBQ circuit harper did actually worked out here. People got to talk to him and the stories in the papers was essentially a bunch of people saying "you know he's a nice guy not scary at all. A genuine guy." It of course also helps that his deputy leader comes from the maritimes and is well liked, respected and well isn't remotely scary. People are also figuring out that a party leader does not by himself set party policy and that he can not act on his own accord and do whatever he pleases just because like the liberals like to suggest.
If Harper can keep the Rob Anders of the party reigned in for another two weeks at a minimum it's a Tory minority. If the Ontario momentum continues it's a slim majority.