mike watkins dot ca : April 20 2011 Archives

April 20 2011

Election 2011: Mercer on Harper

Honestly, I didn't intend today to be a video-link day...

Distract your boss in one easy step!

Election 2011: Vote-Day, the video

I love this.

Get out and vote on May 2nd, 2011 in the Canadian Federal Election!

New Liberal Ad: Harper on Healthcare

I think this is a good, hard hitting, political advertisement:

Is it negative? Sure. Is it truthful? Absolutely, and thus it deserves to be seen.

This is the second version of the advertisement "Harper on Healthcare" which was revised after the Conservatives complained that a quotation was mis-attributed to Stephen Harper. The quote "scrap the Canada Health Act" actually belonged to one of Harper's colleagues at the right-wing National Citizens Coalition.

What the Liberals have done here is smart - rewriting the advertisement in such a way that ties Harper strongly to the NCC (deserved) and to his and his colleagues views on issues like privatizing health care (deserved). Two thumbs up and the Conservatives get the Boomerang Award of the day.

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@confute Just Because I was President Of A Group Founded To Eliminate Universal Healthcare Doesn't Mean I Would #RejectedConservativeSlogans #elxn41