Dion fumbles with TV address

Canoe ^ | December 4, 2008 | Alexander Panetta

[Squawk 8888]

OTTAWA - In the battle of the airwaves Wednesday, Liberal Leader Stephane Dion showed up almost an hour late and a few pixels short in his duel with the prime minister he hopes to replace.

Dion was supposed to address the Canadian public immediately after Stephen Harper, but thanks to a handful of snafus the television networks were left filling dead air.

The Liberals delivered their video almost an hour late, 10 minutes after it was already supposed to air; and when it finally arrived both the English and French versions had been crammed onto the same tape, forcing broadcasters to hastily make copies.

The comedy of errors had the crew at CTV musing on air that it was a poor start for a leader hoping to take over the government in the midst of an economic crisis.

And the fuzzy quality of the production had CBC's anchor Peter Mansbridge cracking: "It kind of looked like they shot it with a cellphone."

[Squawk 8888]

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[null and void]

I have it on good authority that he is an idiot.

[tx_eggman]

I have it on good authority that he is an idiot.

He's gone downhill ever since he split up with the Belmonts

[fanfan]

Thanks for the ping, Squawk 8888.

[Bahbah]

Hahahahahah...what a screw-up.

[ETL]

Teenager In Love:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNYdcwunG7g

[fanfan]

Dion has always been a screw up.

;-)

[Lx]

"It kind of looked like they shot it with a cellphone."

Too funny.

[goldstategop]

In other words, the Coalition wants force upon Canadians through a dirty backroom deal the same man they rejected in October! This is democracy?

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[ETL]

He's gone downhill ever since he split up with the Belmonts

I saw him and Frankie Valli at Brooklyn's Coney Island a mere 3 years ago. The scene was unreal. It was like being back in the sixties. Incredible show.

[caveat emptor]

Don't know if you heard or heard about PM Harper's press conference around 9 AM PST.
Parliament is suspended until late in Jan. A bit hard to tell exactly, and the Global Gang were too busy running down Harper afterward to make any sort of sensible wrap up.
Harper sounded strong, and somewhat conciliatory. Said he would be consulting with all parties, including Bloc, in preparing a budget to be presented Jan 26.
Really slipped a shiv to the Bloc though. Stressed that they had a completely different agenda than the other parties, who are federalists.

Regarding Dion, my guess, FWIW, is that more sensible Liberals will see to it that he is gone by by that time, assuming there are any.

[Clive]

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[Conservativegreatgrandma]

I have it on good authority that he is an idiot. I have it on good authority that he is an idiot.

So are liberal voters. Unfortunately, they're starting to outnumber us.