Federal Election Called for Oct 19, 2015

[killer_carlson]

bah. i find it tough to support this kind of desperation. It reminds me of the Redford-to-Prentice PCs. Say anything and utter desperation to stay in power.

[Looch City]

This is just getting depressing...if they're going down, they sure are going down real hard.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

I doesn't bother me so much that the Conservatives ran this ad*. If they have the money in their campaign war chest, why not? What bothers me is that these newspapers allowed the entirety of their front page to be sold. There are certain ethical lines that should never be crossed in the business of running a newspaper, and this is one of them. Shame on Postmedia.

*Aside from the fact that this ad repeats, yet again, the outright lie that a Liberal government will end income splitting for seniors. The Liberal platform explicitly states that they will not do this.

I applaud how brazen it has been. Post Media did the same thing in the Alberta election.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

I applaud how brazen it has been. Post Media did the same thing in the Alberta election.

They did? I know they endorsed Prentice, but selling the front page is new to me. It's literally selling out and shows absolutely zero integrity. The only possible way that could be more appalling is if they ran it as an advertorial, and then indexed other advertorials from that front page as though it was news.

[AcGold]

I'm conflicted, no matter who I vote for there's a growing fear that Harper stays in power in minority. The NDP and Liberals may not actually be that close in ideology but I think perception is. If Harper gets a minority I'll be very disappointed and concerned.

[Matty81]

What little credibility postmedia had left is gone.

Harper running attack ads on the front page of every major paper and hypocritically allying with Rob Ford is a fitting way for him to go out if that does happen in 48 hrs.

[N-E-B]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I think what makes this a bit worse is they are wearing jackets for the candidate, and are putting up his signs. You would think the person who sent them out would have a set of guidelines of where you can put signs, how to do it properly, and what is illegal, such as destroying other party signs... The point is, they should know better, and if they don't some one above them should have told them.

Was tired when I watched it and thought they were just some extremist conservatives. Didn't realize they were workig for the candidate. Yeah that's definitely a bit worse than some likely teenage vandals.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by Slava

They did? I know they endorsed Prentice, but selling the front page is new to me. It's literally selling out and shows absolutely zero integrity. The only possible way that could be more appalling is if they ran it as an advertorial, and then indexed other advertorials from that front page as though it was news.

I seem to remember a full page PC attack add prior too the Alberta election, but the more I think of it the more I think you're right, having it right on the front page is unique.

[GP_Matt]

I have seen those fake front page ads before. Like a wrap that has a full page ad in front of the paper but then the next page is a normal front page and the first page just falls off.

Is that the case or did they actually sell the entire front page?

[ae118]

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[PeteMoss]

Suspect this last minute hail mary stuff hurts the Cons more than it helps. The Rob Ford stuff may work in a few markets while everyone else in the country thinks they've gone crazy.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

Suspect this last minute hail mary stuff hurts the Cons more than it helps. The Rob Ford stuff may work in a few markets while everyone else in the country thinks they've gone crazy.

I think it's just to make sure the base gets out. They know they've lost the moderates either to the Liberals or to apathy, so now it's about trying to get as much of the base out to vote as possible.

[starseed]

Postmedia (TM)

[Parallex]

Originally Posted by Zarley

Conrad Black is a fantastic writer. Those of you who dismiss his columns due to his conviction are doing yourself a disservice.

Yeah, Conrad Black is a dink... but he's a dink that can really write

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by starseed

Postmedia (TM)

Is that real?

[CampbellsTransgressions]

Originally Posted by starseed

Postmedia (TM)

Where can I get a large size printout to frame and hang on my wall?

[PsYcNeT]

It's official; we're turning into the UK now.

When can we expect the Sunshine Girl to be topless?

[MarchHare]

https://twitter.com/TorontoRobFord/s...52840908328960

@TorontoRobFord: "Thank you @pmharper it was great to see you tonight & thanks to the thousands of people who came #elxn42 #elxn2015"

[PsYcNeT]

That's a classy track suit/t-shirt combo. Only wearing the best.

[AcGold]

wrong thread ha