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Robocalls Scandal Thread #2 - Now up to 34 ridings

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Boom Boom
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February 29, 2012 - 12:10am
#91

Defeated Liberal takes rare court action to contest election results


RevolutionPlease
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February 29, 2012 - 12:22am
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Brachina wrote:
Do you really think this ends with the Sun? It'll be twittered, blogged, one person already mentioned the same basic option was expressed. Of course logically this shouldn't free the Tories on the robocalls, and legally it may not, but it does mean the liberals will gain little and it breaks thier momentum. If Turmel is smart it does free up room to take the lead this issue, so maybe the, Tories will get theirs still, I hope so, but,liberals will not benifit from it like they were doing.
I'll be delighted and probably hallucinate pigs flying if Turmel or the NDP are able to keep robocalls in the news. You just be happy Harpers being let off and enjoy your deomcracy.

RevolutionPlease
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February 29, 2012 - 12:25am
#93
Are all these Mulcair supporters, 1st year poli-sci?

Lord Palmerston
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February 29, 2012 - 5:02am
#94

57 ridings


Boom Boom
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February 29, 2012 - 6:25am
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57 ridings! I am sure the Cons recognise the implications of this, and I think we can expect even more stone-walling in Question Period. This will not go away any time soon. More popcorn!!! Laughing


Michelle
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February 29, 2012 - 8:02am
#96

Lord Palmerston wrote:

...which is unfortunate.  If you cheat only say one question out of 10 on a university exam and answer the other nine "honestly" you get a grade of ZERO on the whole thing, not just on the section you cheated on.  

Well, actually, not really. 

It's not mentioned in this article, but I've also heard that professors who want to actually enforce those supposed "zero tolerance" cheating policies and give zeroes for cheating are often overruled by higher-ups in order for the program or university to keep their rates of retention as high as possible.  Or, because their careers are so dependent on student evaluations, they know they'll get panned if they go after students who cheat.

This professor says it's not worth going after cheaters.


Michelle
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February 29, 2012 - 6:41am
#97

Stockholm wrote:

NorthReport wrote:

Does "Vikileaks" undermine Liberal credibility on robocalls?

It reinforces the fact that on the topic of honestly and ethics and clean campaigning - ONLY the NDP has any credibility at all!

Jebus.  I really hope this isn't going to be the Dipper line on this.  Because that's appalling.


David Young
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February 29, 2012 - 7:08am
#98

One consistent feature I have noticed about how people react to allegations:

The innocent say 'I didn't do it!'.

The guilty say 'Prove it!'

'Nuff said!

 


Slumberjack
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February 29, 2012 - 7:17am
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I was all set to write a strongly worded letter to my MP urging him to add his voice to the howls of parliamentary outrage surrounding this latest example of corruption in politics.  It was at the point when I remembered he's a Liberal that all motivation evaporated.


NDPP
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February 29, 2012 - 10:14am
#100

Buddy Kat wrote:

 

...it's actually pathetic...I was working on a song called "Suck it up dummy canuk"  .....

 

 

 

NDPP

Write that song Buddy! It nails how things actually are..


M. Spector
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February 29, 2012 - 11:26am
#101

RevolutionPlease wrote:
contrarianna wrote:

As for the apparent glee of some as they embrace the disinformation? what they imagine as the sweet whiff of political advantage is actually the rotting corpse of democracy. Enjoy.

Well said.

Well said.


Unionist
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February 29, 2012 - 11:36am
#102

M. Spector wrote:

RevolutionPlease wrote:
contrarianna wrote:

As for the apparent glee of some as they embrace the disinformation? what they imagine as the sweet whiff of political advantage is actually the rotting corpse of democracy. Enjoy.

Well said.

Well said.

Beautifully said, actually.

 


M. Spector
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February 29, 2012 - 11:50am
#103

Thank you!


Rebecca West
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February 29, 2012 - 12:05pm
#104

CFL


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