Kate McMillan (who blogs at small dead animals) has a very well written and well thought out post concerning the American sensibilities in the latest Liberal attack ads, appearing at the CBC roundtable: Got me wondering, so I did some poking around. Found this column written by columnist Allan Fotheringham about Jack Fleischmann, the head of the Liberal 2006 advertising campaign...
The more I think about this, the more I wonder just who is acting and thinking like an American. Stephen Harper, as alleged by the Liberals in their ad campaign? Or Paul Martin and his team at Red Leaf Communications?
SWTE: The American Anti-American Attack Ad
The Liberals - still recounting the vote in Florida.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060112/elxn_poll_060115/20060115?s_name=election2006 Conservatives 40%, Liberals 27%. As Neale says, it's a juggernaut.
Until this moment
I have been forced
to listen while media
and politicians alike
have told me
"what Canadians think".
In all that time they
never once asked.
This is just the voice
of an ordinary Canadian
yelling back at the radio -
"You don't speak for me."
And the frame is crashing to the ground...
The Strategic Counsel numbers are out, and as several commenters have already noted, they're huge. Tories lead 40-27 overall, the largest lead Strategic Counsel has reported. They lead the Grits by 7 points in Ontario, 9 points in Quebec. Harper leads Martin in the prime minister polls 32-25, bearing out similar numbers from SES Research. Comments ( 33)http://www.warrenkinsella.com/musings.htm
My goodness. Look what no less than Peter C. Newman wrote in the Globe and Mail, and my pal Mike Marzolini brought to my attention:
...
“Partial and largely makeshift salvation has emerged from an unexpected source: The Internet has been transformed into a giant blogosphere. Whatever else they represent, bloggers have emerged as an influential, if still primitive, force that has burst the political process wide open. Their messages relay this urgent war cry: "Here is what I believe -- judge for yourself." They are changing the nature of political discourse, partly because most of the recognized pundits who blog save their best material for their informal jottings, since it's them speaking out, not their publications. It's all part of the scary fact that access to computer screens has become almost universal and almost indiscriminate: Warren Kinsella can have an effect on as many Canadians as The New York Times.”Canadian PM Runs Anti-American Attack Ads
Canada’s Liberal government is about to be voted out of office, and in desperation they’re running overtly anti-American attack ads: CTV Video. (Hat tip: Paul.)
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