Just watch me

[PIK]

Justin Trudeau declares he can beat Stephen Harper in a federal election: ‘Just watch me,’ he writes in note on airplane

Liberal leadership candidate Justin Trudeau declares he can beat Prime Minister Stephen Harper in an election: “Just watch me,” he writes in note on airplane

Another Trudeau, another kind of war measures.

“Just watch me,” Justin Trudeau scribbled in a note on Tuesday night, when a fellow passenger aboard his Halifax-to-Toronto flight asked whether the front-running Liberal leadership contender could defeat Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

“Justin, Can you really beat Harper?” Michael Kydd wrote on a note he passed to Trudeau. “Wishing you all the best!”

Trudeau replied by invoking Pierre

during the FLQ crisis of 1970, when a militant, paramilitary band of Quebec separatists kidnapped a British diplomat and a provincial politician

Pierre Trudeau was asked by a CBC reporter how far he would go in the suspension of civil liberties during the crisis.

“Well, just watch me,” he said at the time.

Kydd posted the note to Twitter. “Cool response!” he wrote.

Kydd later noted that there were only about seven people aboard the flight.

Some of Kydd’s friends questioned the note’s authenticity when he first posted it on Twitter. But the Liberal candidate confirmed it was his indeed his signature in a tweet to the Toronto Star’s Susan Delacourt on Wednesday. “Yup.”

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/03/20/justin_trudeau_declares_he_can_beat_stephen_harper_in_a_federal_election_just_watch_me_he_writes_in_note_on_airplane.html

Something funny about this, only 7 people, where is the posse. lol

Edited March 20, 2013 by PIK

[The_Squid]

I think it's clever and humorous.

[PIK]

I think it is time for him to have a original thought for once.

Edited March 20, 2013 by PIK

[RNG]

Brings back memories alright. I'm not totally sure he wants to do that.

[waldo]

I think it's clever and humorous.

clearly, MLW member PIK is concerned!

Edited March 20, 2013 by waldo

[PIK]

clearly, MLW member PIK is concerned!

Concerned the idiots in this country are actually thinking this guy is a leader. Like everyone says it is all about the hair and who he is, and if that is how you are thinking it does not say much about you, does it? Canada can not afford another trudeau, or at least till we pay off the 1st one debT.Maybe he should wait untill he wins the leadrship first, oh ya I forgot he knew he was going to be leader along time ago.

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[Topaz]

I think the Tories will take a vacation in the next election UNLESS pierre poutine is working again in the next election.

[Canuckistani]

Trudeau is certainly a good organizer. And it seems people underestimate him, look at his boxing win. This comment shows he's got a sense of humor too - I like it. Once he's elected leader, then it's time for him to prove that he could lead the country. He's got lots of time to do that.

[waldo]

Like everyone says it is all about the hair...

oh c'mon... he responded directly to your kind of criticism... Rick Mercer profiled it last night - he got a haircut... you can see his ears now! You've got him on the run PIK!

[PIK]

Who is doing the organizing for him, he is being lead by the old boys club and I would like to know who will be making the desicions for him, Rae,?

[PIK]

oh c'mon... he responded directly to your kind of criticism... Rick Mercer profiled it last night - he got a haircut... you can see his ears now! You've got him on the run PIK!

Well It is about time.

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[Canuckistani]

Who is doing the organizing for him, he is being lead by the old boys club and I would like to know who will be making the desicions for him, Rae,?

What I read is Trudea has been working behind the scenes to organize for a long time - this wasn't a flash in the pan. You may be letting your hatred of the old man cloud your vision here. Maybe he's got more on the ball than you give him credit for. As for not taking firm positions on policies - everybody tries to avoid that because then you can be attacked. Being a blank screen on which voters can project their hopes is the best policy if you can get away with it. We can't handle the truth, would rather our leaders sing us sweet lullabyes.

[guyser]

Who is doing the organizing for him, he is being lead by the old boys club and I would like to know who will be making the desicions for him, Rae,?

My understanding is that the old boys club has been shut out and it is all new blood now.

[WWWTT]

The pikins must be getting a little slim when a shallow Q and A become a thread topic.

The question should have read "Justin,if you think you can defeat Harper,HOW will you do it?"

But that would involve more than a three word answer,and that's where Justin moves into uncharted and troubling waters!

Something tells me that this guy is going to be the next Dec.21/2012

WWWTT

[Topaz]

I see nothing wrong with Justin as liberal leader but I wonder if he's really ready for the PMO. If and when he is leader, than Canadians will know more about him and the way he thinks. If I were Harper I wouldn't post-pone the elections date because Justin popularity may grow even more.

[kimmy]

I have no opinion on whether Trudeau might be able to win an election. However, I think this was an amusing quip.

-k

[Hudson Jones]

My Italian barber (female) doesn't like him. She even called his mom a slut.

I think he will do well, but the vote splitting between the NDP and Liberals will mean another Harper government.

[waldo]

My Italian barber (female) doesn't like him. She even called his mom a slut.

good to know! Demeaning mothers is always a winner!

[WWWTT]

but the vote splitting between the NDP and Liberals will mean another Harper government.

That's about an in depth answer/comment as "Just watch me"

Want to elaborate or expand as to some explanation into how the vote will split between the liberals and NDP.

From the info I looked at,it suggests that the split will come from the conservatives and liberals,giving the NDP the by!

WWWTT

Edited March 21, 2013 by WWWTT

[Jerry J. Fortin]

I think that Justin would have to be a complete idiot not to capitalize on every single thing he could. He has this leadership race by the short hairs. The old guard wants back in so bad they will do anything to get there. The new guard is carrying him along nicely. He has media attention out the wazzoo and he has no public accountability. Talk about setting the stage for the next election!

The vote splitting issue is real, its what killed them. They remember that even if we don't. Not allowing that to happen again is job one for the new leader. There is only one candidate in favour of uniting the left at this point and it isn't Trudeau, so it will not happen now. Later is another story entirely, and I am willing to bet that he has an action plan for it. I suspect a bombshell within 24 hours of the election being called. A strategy waiting for the proper tactical moment to be applied. Between the next election and now I would strongly suspect that Justin aims for bridge building status seeking support from everywhere.....and he will be doing it all the time. Trudeau will travel the country being seen by a media entourage supporting the average guy, knocking both the government and the opposition day in and day out. Its a functional formula.....I expect it.

Trudeau Mania 2.0 has been launched, does anyone care to deny it? Citizens need to rethink the Liberal brand, and they will as soon as Justin takes control of the party. The public eye will be upon him, the opportunity he has himself created has arrived, and the party he represents has in fact changed drastically. Liberal party policy now includes the legalization of pot for profit. Their numbers indicate billions in savings based on costs per conviction, and billions earned in revenues realized though taxation. One recent study accounted for 3.2 million regular pot smokers in Canada, wow that is nearly 10% of the population using an illegal drug that costs society billions per year. Cannabis accounts for .3% of GDP nationally but it accounts for nearly 4% of GDP in BC. That is a lot of revenue escaping the tax man, the Liberal Party of Canada wants to tax that money, and if rumors are true, the tax plan for pot is ear marked for debt reduction. I would call that a different approach, a new and better one than what we now have, A way forward through an end to war on pot.

Justin Trudeau has much opportunity ahead of him, as do we all. Support him, or oppose, him either way its all good as long as you vote. I really believe that ending political apathy is what Trudeau is all about. He wants the nation to move forward, one way or another, he would prefer it his way. I will support him. Thats it...paint me Liberal.

[hitops]

I think there's nothing horribly wrong with him but nothing all that interesting either. He's basically cruising along on being handsome and the son of former PM. Liberals don't have a lot of depth in the figurehead department, so he's it. I seriously doubt he will win. Even though I'd take him over Mulcair as a PM, at least Mulcair stands for something. IMHO his key to victory will be people fed up with the various clownish antics of CPC members and associates, not Trudeau-mania.

For the folks talking about uniting with the NDP to defeat Harper, I think maybe they don't realize the LIberals don't necessarily want to be a leftist party. They also like balancing the budget and are fairly conservative in many ways. If you put a gun to most liberals heads and forced them to choose, I would wager most would leave for the CPC rather than the NDP. They are the centrist party and there's lots of room for them in Canadians minds. They got kicked out because of the perception of scandals and mismanagement near the end. The conservatives will probably run into that problem next time as well.

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[Hudson Jones]

That's about an in depth answer/comment as "Just watch me"

Want to elaborate or expand as to some explanation into how the vote will split between the liberals and NDP.

From the info I looked at,it suggests that the split will come from the conservatives and liberals,giving the NDP the by!

WWWTT

I should say that my comment was made as an observation and without all the numbers in front of me. From what I remember seeing during election night, the Liberals lost votes to both NDP and Conservatives. NDP's gains outside Quebec were pretty much all Liberal losses. In a few ridings in Ontario, for example, where the Liberals had won consistently in the past, the Conservatives ended up taking the seats because of the strong showing by NDP.

Here is a specific example: In the Ontario riding, Bramalea, it was 45% Libs, 37% Cons and 12% NDP in 2008. In 2011, the Cons won with 34%, NDP was second with 33% and Libs at 15%.

Here is a poll conducted by Angus Reid:

Across the country, 35 per cent of decided voters and leaners (unchanged since early January) would support the Conservative candidate in their riding if a federal election were held tomorrow.

The New Democrats are in second place with 29 per cent (-4), followed by the Liberal Party with 22 per cent (+3), the Green Party with six per cent (=) and the Bloc Québécois also with six per cent (= ).

The Tories remain dominant in their strongholds of Alberta (62%) and Manitoba and Saskatchewan (53%), and hold the upper hand in Ontario (38%). The NDP is first in Quebec (32%), but with the Bloc (25%) and the Liberals (21%) gaining ground. The New Democrats are tied with the Conservatives in British Columbia (35% each).

[WWWTT]

I should say that my comment was made as an observation and without all the numbers in front of me. From what I remember seeing during election night, the Liberals lost votes to both NDP and Conservatives. NDP's gains outside Quebec were pretty much all Liberal losses. In a few ridings in Ontario, for example, where the Liberals had won consistently in the past, the Conservatives ended up taking the seats because of the strong showing by NDP.

Here is a specific example: In the Ontario riding, Bramalea, it was 45% Libs, 37% Cons and 12% NDP in 2008. In 2011, the Cons won with 34%, NDP was second with 33% and Libs at 15%.

Yes Bramalea,Gore malton is Jagmeets riding.He came in second federaly,then ran provincially for the seat!I contributed to both his campaigns and am in regular contact with his youth delegates aswell as Jag himself!

Thanks for pointing out the importance of the underestimated strength of grass root efforts that are never reflected in most polls.

WWWTT

[WWWTT]

Trudeau Mania 2.0 has been launched, does anyone care to deny it?

Justin Trudeau has much opportunity ahead of him, as do we all. Support him, or oppose, him either way its all good as long as you vote. I really believe that ending political apathy is what Trudeau is all about. He wants the nation to move forward, one way or another, he would prefer it his way. I will support him. Thats it...paint me Liberal.

Trudeau mania 2.0 has been launched,does anyone care???

Yes Justin has many opportunity,I agree.

However he keeps running away!

Just like he did when Flahrety released the budget,where was Justin????

This Justin guy is freekin weak because he keeps running away and never stands up for anything.

Out of Dion,Ignatieff and Trudeau,Justin in my opinion is the weakest!

WWWTT

[PIK]

How many people in quebec did not find his choice of words not to funny, especially the ones that ended up in jail for no reason. All a big joke to the boy wonder.