Kiraly

There's two of them??? Harperstein

Don't mind her... ...she has a very odd fixation with the current leader of the Conservatives.

She does have that affect on people.

Robinson is extremely popular among the hardcore NDP supporter. Had Layton intervened, there would have been a revolt.

I saved a copy too.

I rather enjoyed it. I thought it was a pretty good description of the political reality that existed in this country in the mid-nineties.

Some thoughts on tonight’s debate: (Listened to it translated in English on CPAC) Best non-verbal communication goes to Duceppe. He looked very comfortable, didn’t move around excessively or awkwardly and used hand gestures effectively. I thought Layton also performed well, especially in the beginning. Nailed Martin right away with the point on greenhouse gas emissions. Smartly, reserved his attacks for Martin. He did seem to be less effective in the second part of the debate. Probably more to do with the type of questions being asked. Stephen Harper, the weakest of the four in French I believe, performed alright. He seemed to not understand a couple of questions posed to him. He also seemed to tilt his head quite a bit to the left…. …ahhh, Stephen, moving to the left was to be taken figuratively. I thought his response to the home care question was weak – probably caught him off guard with that one. I also didn’t think his answer to the question “where do you see Canada in 30 years?” was all that inspiring. As a leader, you have to be able to answer these types of questions in a way that elicits a positive emotional response from the listener. There is room for improvement in this area. I thought it was smart of him to include the names of some of his candidates running in this election. Good promo. Also liked the fact that he used “we” and the “Conservative Party” as opposed to “I”. Regarding Martin, I found his hand gestures very distracting. To his credit, the smugness that I felt he portrayed in the debates in '04 was not apparent tonight. I also thought that he appeared to be very scripted. For example, after Harper said he would not use the NWC, Martin said that Harper needs to tell the public whether he would use the NWC…. ...ahhh Mr. Martin, I think he just did. Don't think he saw that coming. Martin also seemed unable to address the fiscal imbalance question and seemed frustrated with the follow up question regarding the same. I've noticed that some people (including conservatives) watching the debates in French, thought Martin didn't do poorly. Personally, I didn't think his performance was very good. Perhaps something gets lost in the translation. or maybe I'm just too partisan. Martin was the target tonight. So I’m guessing surviving the debate is in itself a victory. How they convinced him to do four of these, I’ll never know.

I'm with Slim... ...I thought it was a great article. Won't win him alot of votes in this country, but a good read nonetheless.

As some of you need to lighten up... ...I have just the thing.... Derision 2006

Oddly enough, I'm a conservative who has no issue with decriminalizing marijuana laws. My girlfriend, who I would describe as a socialist, is very anti-marijuana decriminalization. If it were up to her, the laws involving marijuana would be toughened.

Washington Times Link Click the link above to read the entire letter.

I think the increase in Conservative support and decrease in Liberal support on the 9th is most contributable to the December 6, 2005 polling results being discarded from the overall numbers. On this day, the Liberal numbers went up by 3 points, which is quite a shift from one day to the next. So I don't think anything occurred to increase Conservative support on the 9th - only that the lower numbers three days prior were discarded. What I am curious to see is if the margin will now continue to decrease post-handgun ban annoucement. I know two people who will now be voting Conservative as a result of Martin's annoucement. I wonder how many others there are.

Sparhawk: Harper would step down and a leadership convention would be held if that scenario were to occur.

SES Research Poll Martinistas: 39% Conservatives: 30% 15% margin fell to 9% in one day.... ...looks like they called a few conservatives yesterday.

Economic Left/Right: +1.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.00

Quebec Daycare has a Darkside

Remember.... ...registration doesn't lead to confiscation.... ...yeah, right. I cannot see this as a winner for the Martinistas. I eagerly await Harper's response to this.... ...I guess once it is offically announced by Martin.

Too early for me to predict... ...alot will depend on the upcoming campaign.

CTV Link Hmmmm.... ....very interesting.

Harper should run in Indonesia... ...I mean he would like totally win.

Yes you were, I am relatively new to this forum (I joined a few months ago) but I seem to remember you as a different name...am I right??? Yup... Kanada Dry... ...I just had it changed.

Remember this..... Who can save Canada? Harperman

Just reading through some old posts when I came across this thread.... ...I was pretty close, eh?

Are you unable to access google.com on your computer? Harper on Softwood

Maybe Norman missed my request: Reposted from the previous page for your convenience: Norman: Kiraly: