Little did the Obama Team’s Director of Communications Jason Rosenbaum know when he passed along Number 7041885, falsely naming
Canada Free Press (CFP) as a ‘Friend’ and ‘Supporter’ to Canadian Liberals, that it would shine the light on the direct link that exists between the Obama Democrats and the Canadian Liberals.
Liberal MP Justin Trudeau included CFP on a nation-wide call for donations in an email yesterday. Trudeau (yes, the son of late Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the same one that eliminated property rights in the repatriated Canadian Constitution) lists CFP as ‘Friend’ and ‘Supporter--just like Rosenbaum.
That’s the opening of the email Justin Trudeau sent Monday.
“2,667 Liberals--more than half first-time donors--have already made their choice, and they’re hoping you, too, will stand with them against these poisonous politics.”
It’s “cheapening Canadian politics” and “poisonous politics” alright when the Liberals expect the Canadian public to pay for attack ads for Liberals just to get even with Conservatives.
When the going gets tough, the Liberals run to the public at large to pay for the challenging business of being in politics. At the departure of failed Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, successor Bob Rae went on line asking the public to pay for the Liberal website. That was back in early January. Now the Liberals want public funds to pay for television ads responding to the Conservative ones reminding people that Liberal Leader Bob Rae and the Socialist Premier who left a legacy of high deficits in Ontario are one and the same.
Even after a lifetime in politics, Rae, who once turned over control of Ontario Hydro to UN Poster Boy Maurice Strong, who in turn wanted Ontario to invest in Costa Rican rain forests, does not seem to know that he should pay his own way.
“The federal Liberals are vowing to “fight fire with fire” in response to a new Conservative ad attacking interim Liberal leader Bob Rae that will hit television screens this week.” (thestar.com, March 19, 2012). “The ad, posted to YouTube on Monday, criticizes Rae’s record when he was premier of Ontario from 1990 to 1995--a period marked by high deficits and one of the worst recessionary periods in the province’s history.”
“If he couldn’t run a province, why does he think he can run Canada?” says the announcer in the ad, which also claims that Rae turned Ontario into the “welfare capital of Canada”.
“Liberal spokesperson Daniel Lauzon said in an email that his party will be asking Canadians to contribute financially to its response to the Tory ad--a notable departure from previous policy that saw former party leaders Michael Ignatieff and Stéphane Dion largely ignore such attacks.”
If the idea that sees the Liberals running to Canadian taxpayers to cover their “fight fire with fire” battle against the Tories is ludicrous, their being caught red-handed in using Obama Team fundraising tactics and software is high comedy.
This whole foofaraw started with the Libs accusing the Conservatives of adopting the sleazy politics of American Republicans with the so-called Robocalls ‘scandal’ with which they want to bring the government down. Robocalls was thus described by the National Post’s Kelly McParland: “A scandalous absence of absence of scandal in robocalls scandal.” (National Post, March 13, 2012).
“When ganged up together, the Liberal Party, New Democrat Party et al excel in cooked up scandals,” wrote
CFP on March 15. “In the past it was failed attempts at “Government by Coalition”. Today it’s Robocalls sustained by Internet social media.”
Rae’s emailed description of Robocalls: “Misleading, harassing phone calls? Instant-voters with no address? Not in my Canada”, flopped.
And just to think the software he used for Robocalls came directly from Boston, USA! You know, the same theme he uses against Republican-loving Conservatives.
Meanwhile, as world economies implode and energy costs soar here and abroad, Bob Rae and his wah-wah-crying Liberals looking for money from Canadians to fight their political opponents should try paying their own freight.
It's time to decide
From: "Justin Trudeau, Liberal.ca"
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Subject: It's time to decide
Date: 26 March, 2012 10:30:32 AM EDT
To: "Supporter"
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Friend --
With just 12 hours left on the clock, and $53,613 needed to reach our $200,000 goal - it's time to decide if you will stand up to the Republican-style attacks that are cheapening Canada's politics.
2,667 Liberals - more than half first-time donors - have already made their choice, and they're hoping you, too, will stand with them against these poisonous politics.
They know the headlines about attack ads and election fraud are turning off young Canadians. Making young progressives feel like voting is a waste of time. And teaching young Conservatives that you can do and say anything if it puts you closer to victory.
We started this fundraising campaign thinking we were just raising money to launch an ad to respond to the attacks. But in the groundswell that followed we realized that so much more is at stake.
Canada doesn't need another attack ad. Liberals don't just need to swing back at the bully to feel better.
We need to offer Canadians a choice. A positive, inspiring, lasting message about the country we can build together, with hope, and the belief we can always find the best in ourselves.
In the thousands of Tweets, Facebook posts, emails, notes on donations and conversations we've had since news broke that Conservatives had launched an attack ad against Bob Rae last week, that was your message to us.
The hallmarks of our nation - the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, universal health care, bilingualism and multiculturalism, national unity, fiscal responsibility, peacekeeping... the list goes on - these are Liberal achievements. Neither the Conservatives or the NDP can even compare.
So you may see an ad that takes on Stephen Harper - on his record, built on facts and figures - launched at an opportune moment. But more likely, you'll see ads, released over time, that tell the story of what Liberals believe in and want to work with Canadians to build.
And you'll know that those ads were brought to the Canadian people by Liberal supporters like you. And that Canada's politics are better for it.
Please click here to make your secure $4 donation - just $1 after the tax credit - using our pre-filled form.
Or, if you prefer, call 1-800-701-7789 (9am - 5pm, ET) to donate by phone.
Thank you.
Justin Trudeau
