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Media married to Liberals ('married'?!?! ... nothing 'honest' about this relationship!)
Toronto Sun (Canada) ^ | June 7, 2005 | EDITORIAL

Posted on 06/07/2005 6:08:13 PM PDT by GMMAC

TORONTO SUN
June 7, 2005

EDITORIAL:

Media married to Liberals


If anyone needs more proof that most of our media are far more sympathetic to Prime Minister Paul Martin than Conservative Leader Stephen Harper, they got it again yesterday.

That happened when London-Fanshawe MP Pat O'Brien announced he was leaving the Liberals to sit as an Independent.

O'Brien, who is opposed to legalizing same-sex marriage, said Martin had not, as he promised, allowed a "full and fair" debate on the issue and was instead just trying to ram it through.

Here's how to spot that our overwhelmingly pro-Liberal media are biased in favour of Martin over Harper:

Watch for how many of them argue that in losing O'Brien, Martin has demonstrated a clear inability to retain the loyalty of socially conservative Liberals, whose support he needs if his minority government is to survive for any length of time.

We predict there will be none, even though more than 30 Liberal MPs oppose same-sex marriage and Martin clearly can't afford to lose many more.

Despite that, count on our pro-Liberal media to never suggest that O'Brien's defection shows any failure on Martin's part.

This, even though these very same pundits have argued for weeks now that when Belinda Stronach dumped the Conservatives for a cabinet seat offered by Martin, that was a clear sign of Harper's lousy leadership.

Remember all those pieces the pro-Liberal punditocracy churned out in the wake of Stronach's defection, saying it showed Harper couldn't appeal to socially moderate voters?

Indeed, in their rush to bash Harper, the pro-Liberal punditocracy suddenly, and laughably, made Stronach out to be the intellectual voice of moderate conservatism in Canada. Right.

Before her defection, they had always regarded Stronach as a glamorous but lightweight political novelty act, and as someone with far more chutzpah than common sense, as shown by her decision to run for the Conservative leadership without having any prior political experience.

So, why the different treatment of Stronach's defection versus O'Brien's? Because in the overwhelming view of the Liberal punditocracy, Stronach holds the "correct" view in favour of same-sex marriage, while O'Brien, who is opposed, can be dismissed as a "dinosaur" whose loss to the Grits is no big deal.

This, by the way, even though opposition to same-sex marriage is a view supported by about a quarter of the Liberal caucus and half the country. Nevertheless, in the pro-Liberal punditocracy, opposition to gay marriage is routinely portrayed as "extreme" and "bigoted."

All this, then, is yet another example of the very different ways in which our pro-Liberal media treat Harper, who, we're assured by the pundits, even scares little kids, based on absolutely no evidence at all, as opposed to Martin who, no matter how demonstrably corrupt and incompetent his Liberals become, is always to be preferred to the "angry" Harper.

Welcome to media “objectivity,” Canadian-style.


TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: adscam; canada; corruption; gomery; liberals; lies; msnbias
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1 posted on 06/07/2005 6:08:13 PM PDT by GMMAC
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To: fanfan; Pikamax; Former Proud Canadian; Great Dane; Alberta's Child; headsonpikes; coteblanche; ...
Librano$ PING!

2 posted on 06/07/2005 6:09:07 PM PDT by GMMAC (paraphrasing Parrish: "damned Liberals, I hate those bastards!")
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To: GMMAC


And the Libranos maintain popular support !?

This is a banana republic.


3 posted on 06/07/2005 6:10:55 PM PDT by Para-Ord.45
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To: dumbasdirt

Um.

Do you even know the difference between the U.S. and Canada?!?!?


5 posted on 06/07/2005 6:29:40 PM PDT by TitansAFC ("It would be a hard government that should tax its people 1/10th part of their income."-Ben Franklin)
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To: GMMAC

"Indeed, in their rush to bash Harper, the pro-Liberal punditocracy suddenly, and laughably, made Stronach out to be the intellectual voice of moderate conservatism in Canada. Right."

Sounds like Stronach is the Canadian McCain, Hagar, Lugar...


6 posted on 06/07/2005 6:29:44 PM PDT by NavVet (“Benedict Arnold was wounded in battle fighting for America, but no one remembers him for that.”)
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To: dumbasdirt

Seldom have I seen such an appropriate screen name as yours.


7 posted on 06/07/2005 6:32:03 PM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: GMMAC

If not married ... certainly fornicating liberally.


8 posted on 06/07/2005 6:33:58 PM PDT by BluH2o
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To: dumbasdirt
Here's one before you go troll!

"objective & gorgeous media"

9 posted on 06/07/2005 6:35:36 PM PDT by GMMAC (paraphrasing Parrish: "damned Liberals, I hate those bastards!")
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To: BluH2o
"If not married ... certainly fornicating liberally."

Actually, only good taste and space considerations stayed my from going with my initial headline concept which was based on a far more accurate "whore-pimp" theme.
10 posted on 06/07/2005 6:45:39 PM PDT by GMMAC (paraphrasing Parrish: "damned Liberals, I hate those bastards!")
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To: Para-Ord.45
What's the difference between Mexico and Canada?

They speak spanish in Mexico!

11 posted on 06/07/2005 6:51:42 PM PDT by bubman
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To: Miss Marple

My, my, it certainly appears as if
dumbasdirt is no longer with us.
Wretched Trolls are ever so tiresome.

12 posted on 06/07/2005 7:03:47 PM PDT by GMMAC (paraphrasing Parrish: "damned Liberals, I hate those bastards!")
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To: GMMAC

Pity. :-)


13 posted on 06/07/2005 7:17:58 PM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: Para-Ord.45
And the Libranos maintain popular support !?

I have concluded that unless the Conservatives stop getting defensive, stop blaming the media for their woes, stop backing away from their principles and start telling Canadians what they will do then they will lose the next election and both Québec and Alberta will separate. Two-thirds of Canada's voters do not want the Liberals in power. Most Canadians are aware of the reasons not to vote Liberal but few Canadians are aware of the reasons that they should vote Conservative. /rant

14 posted on 06/07/2005 8:09:18 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Canada's worst nightmare: Terrorist attack on Americans, launched from Canada)
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To: Para-Ord.45
Yes. This is fast becoming a Castro style dictatorship. The Liberals are even using Air Canada executives to try to take down Grewal, who claims the Liberals tried to bribe him. Air Canada claims Grewal tried to get another passenger to sneak a package onto a plane for him. They will stop at NOTHING, except maybe murder – not yet anyways. It is hard to believe the media in Canada is simply another wing of the Liberal Party or rather another wing of “Canada of the Liberal Party”. We don’t have anything close to Fox news here. There are a few, and I mean a few, mavericks spread amongst various papers, but no news media dedicated to real news reporting.
15 posted on 06/08/2005 10:17:16 AM PDT by Lord Nelson (I hate hippies - Eric Cartman)
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To: GMMAC
Belinda Stronach dumped the Conservatives for a cabinet seat offered by Martin

I may be wrong but, wasn't she Slick Willy's girlfriend? If she was/is, you can credit him for averting a Canadian Conservative win in the last parliamentary vote of confidence.

16 posted on 06/08/2005 10:28:04 AM PDT by melancholy (Quiz: Name ONE country, other than the USA, that doesn’t control its borders.)
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To: melancholy
Yep, and a photo of the two of them together has been posted on almost every thread where she's even been mentioned.

BTW, in response to your tagline quiz, is there a prize for correctly answering 'Kanuckistan' ?
17 posted on 06/08/2005 10:56:25 AM PDT by GMMAC (paraphrasing Parrish: "damned Liberals, I hate those bastards!")
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To: GMMAC
Yep, and a photo of the two of them together has been posted on almost every thread where she's even been mentioned.

Thanks, I missed the threads. So, the lady, if I can call her that, must have voted with her panties on her head and thinking through Bill's head! Wonderful! /S

BTW, in response to your tagline quiz, is there a prize for correctly answering 'Kanuckistan' ?

There is a prize: I'll get red in the face! Canada doesn't qualify because if they catch you, you'll be processed and not released. They claim that they have tight borders, however, if you have any lame claim of political asylum you can "legally" stay.

There are rare examples that I know of but they don't qualify except on the surface.

We're the ONLY country that photographs illegal aliens walking through the uncontrolled southern border, talk tons about the problems they create and the crimes they commit while our government is hiding its head in the sand and REFUSING TO EVEN DISCUSS IT!

18 posted on 06/08/2005 11:19:18 AM PDT by melancholy (Quiz: Name ONE country, other than the USA, that doesn’t control its borders.)
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To: GMMAC

They aren't married. They are living in sin together.


19 posted on 06/08/2005 11:48:46 AM PDT by LexBaird ("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats" --Jubal Harshaw (RA Heinlein))
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To: melancholy
... so, does all this mean I don't win anything? ... sniff
20 posted on 06/08/2005 1:04:45 PM PDT by GMMAC (paraphrasing Parrish: "damned Liberals, I hate those bastards!")
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