07-06-2016, 10:01 AM
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#2001
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Kenney uses a lot of the same campaigning tactics as his chum Rob Anders. Unscrupulous, but effective.
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07-06-2016, 12:03 PM
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#2002
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Kenney uses a lot of the same campaigning tactics as his chum Rob Anders. Unscrupulous, but effective.
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Since when is grassroots support unscrupulous? Not an Anders fan (voted to remove him in the CPC election here as he was my MP), but his methods were far from unscrupulous - he was a unabashed grassroots support gatherer, who used that to cement his seat. He didn't do anything horrific in his campaigning methods (other than being Rob Anders - which is horrific - but we're debating his campaign tactics, not the man)
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07-06-2016, 12:45 PM
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#2003
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I didn't expect Kenney to come across so well in his speech. Granted he's not answering any tough questions but this is one hell of a good speech.
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07-06-2016, 12:48 PM
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#2004
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Originally Posted by Delgar
I didn't expect Kenney to come across so well in his speech. Granted he's not answering any tough questions but this is one hell of a good speech.
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Where can I listen?
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07-06-2016, 01:05 PM
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#2005
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Join Date: Oct 2008
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Originally Posted by Locke
Where can I listen?
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I listened on 770
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07-06-2016, 01:07 PM
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#2006
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This is how I envisage Rachel Notley and her merry band of idiots reacting to this news:
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07-06-2016, 01:07 PM
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#2007
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Delgar
I didn't expect Kenney to come across so well in his speech. Granted he's not answering any tough questions but this is one hell of a good speech.
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Agree , I'll be honest didn't know much about him other than he was a MP out of Midnapore. I think his speech reasonates with what many people in Alberta are feeling right now.
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07-06-2016, 01:15 PM
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#2008
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Lives In Fear Of Labelling
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Originally Posted by IliketoPuck
This is how I envisage Rachel Notley and her merry band of idiots reacting to this news:
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I don't foresee Gandalf and the Riders of Rohan coming to save the day though.
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07-06-2016, 01:19 PM
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#2009
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Norm!
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I have a lot of respect for Kenney as an MP, we'll see how it transfers to the provincial front.
I would expect that there will be a lot of body punches directed at the NDP over the Stampede holiday.
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07-06-2016, 01:23 PM
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Norm!
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Originally Posted by underGRADFlame
I don't foresee Gandalf and the Riders of Rohan coming to save the day though.
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07-06-2016, 01:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by underGRADFlame
I don't foresee Gandalf and the Riders of Rohan coming to save the day though.
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Naomi Klein and the Legion of PDS (Prius Driving Socialists) to the rescue? 
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07-06-2016, 02:13 PM
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#2012
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Delgar
I didn't expect Kenney to come across so well in his speech. Granted he's not answering any tough questions but this is one hell of a good speech.
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Ha - this made me laugh. Basically it looks similar to something out of Justin Trudeau's speech 
https://twitter.com/CBCFletch/status/750773581295054849
Last edited by RedHot25; 07-06-2016 at 02:20 PM.
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07-06-2016, 02:16 PM
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#2013
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Retired
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Originally Posted by Locke
Where can I listen?
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It was live on 770AM, I haven't seen any archive links online yet.
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07-06-2016, 03:09 PM
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#2014
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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Originally Posted by RedHot25
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This one from his speech is making the rounds as well:
Jason MarkusoffVerified account
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Kenney got applause for calling Harper gov the longest-running Conservative gov't in 20th century. Fact check: 21st century
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07-06-2016, 03:21 PM
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#2015
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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There's also this gem from last week (obvious left-leaning source but video included to confirm):
http://www.pressprogress.ca/jason_ke...ok_fashionable
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Speaking last week at a $175 per plate fundraising dinner in Calgary for Tribute to Liberty – that's the organization spearheading the controversial "Victims of Communism Memorial" in Ottawa – the staunchly conservative MP and likely candidate for the leadership of Alberta's Progressive Conservatives took some time to address an issue that's no doubt top of mind for many Canadians.
Namely, what are we to do about the "counterculture" of "bohemian" youths often seen milling about the "fashionable part of a Canadian street these days"?
You see, according to Kenney, too many kids these days are wearing t-shirts that "unconsciously" promote communism and it's high time we, as a free society, took actions to stamp out these unfashionable activities once and for all
"You know, one of the reasons from the very beginning I believe this project was necessary is because if you go to a university campus or walk down a fashionable part of a Canadian street these days, you're likely to see young people unconsciously displaying symbols associated with this ideology of violence ...
It is essential for us to ensure that those young people now and in the future understand that if they walk down the street with a Mao cap, with a red star emblazoned on their t-shirt, with an image of Che Guevara or Lenin or Karl Marx or the hammer and sickle, that this isn't some charming, sophisticated, bohemian image of counterculture ... Yes, we must stigmatize those symbols of a inhumane ideology."
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07-06-2016, 03:25 PM
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#2016
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Originally Posted by RedHot25
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Haha, don't tell me that Trudeau's speechwriters didn't use the masculine noun on purpose. Uncles, of course, Conservatives are our uncles. The guy who gets a few beers in him at Christmas, and embarrasses us all by complaining about the coloureds.
Genius.
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07-06-2016, 03:26 PM
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#2017
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Originally Posted by peter12
Haha, don't tell me that Trudeau's speechwriters didn't use the masculine noun on purpose. Uncles, of course, Conservatives are our uncles. The guy who gets a few beers in him at Christmas, and embarrasses us all by complaining about the coloureds.
Genius.
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I didn't notice that before but that's actually pretty funny.
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07-06-2016, 03:29 PM
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#2018
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Looking at those two quotes side-by-side, it is actually Kenney who comes off looking more tolerant, open-minded, and inclusive. To be fair, he was talking about someone he wants to bring on board as an ally, but...
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07-06-2016, 03:43 PM
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#2019
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Quote:
Originally Posted by peter12
Looking at those two quotes side-by-side, it is actually Kenney who comes off looking more tolerant, open-minded, and inclusive. To be fair, he was talking about someone he wants to bring on board as an ally, but...
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The only real difference is the use of the word "family."
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07-06-2016, 03:49 PM
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#2020
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Originally Posted by rubecube
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As a millenial myself, I will with confidence say that any fashionable pieces of clothing attire worn by young people in Alberta that even remotely alludes to socialism or communism is simply for the visual style or its satirical/humorous nature way more so than the message on the shirt. Except for a political science buffs at university who don't shower, wearing a hammer and sickle on a shirt or even the imagery behind it these days means far less than it did 50 years ago. What's considered artistic on t-shirts these days weaves in many different styles, images, and messages on them. We've become comfortably numb.
Sorry Jason, you're making mountains out of mole hills.
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