Liberals have "jumped the shark"

[JerrySeinfeld]

Anyone out there ever heard the hollywood phrase "jumped the shark"?

It refers to a particular episode of "Happy Days" when the Fonz attempted to jump over a shark in a water-skiing stunt. That particular episode is looked back upon as the beginning of the end of "Happy Days " popularity.

From that point forward, in Hollywood the phrase "jumped the shark" refers to the moment in a hit series when the storyline/cast ceases to be confine itself to the roles and stories which made it popular to begin with - ie. it goes too far. For example: when Murphy Brown got pregnant, that show had definitely "jumped the shark".

Why do I bring this up? To me, the moment that the "Stephen Harper Wants Soldiers With Guns On Canadian Streets" advertisement was leaked, the Liberals and Paul Martin had "Jumped the Shark".

In other words - they crossed the line and are no longer being taken seriously by the public.

Comments?

[Harare]

I agree but it also could have been the RCMP's decision to campaign against the Libs and their views of Justice that have worked against the whole point of having a Police Force. Ask yourself - if you were a cop and the people you charged kept getting a slap on the wrist or worse, kept shooting at you and your fellow officers - who would you vote for?

The other point was Paul's brain fart on the NWC which basically allows the SCC decision to allow Private Health Care to stand in perpetuity.

[JerrySeinfeld]

I agree but it also could have been the RCMP's decision to campaign against the Libs and their views of Justice that have worked against the whole point of having a Police Force. Ask yourself - if you were a cop and the people you charged kept getting a slap on the wrist or worse, kept shooting at you and your fellow officers - who would you vote for?

The other point was Paul's brain fart on the NWC which basically allows the SCC decision to allow Private Health Care to stand in perpetuity.

agreed - but whichever point you pick - I haven't seen the Liberals running scared like this for over a decade - and I have to say its gleefully refreshing. I can't wait to see Anne McLennan, Scott Brison, PAULL MARTIN, and the rest of the smug Libs who think they've a divine right to govern...sitting on the OPPOSITION side of the house.

[Harare]

There's been a shift to the right that Canadians have been very slow to catch on to. Starting with Reagan and Maggie and even Gorbachev and the Chinese "got it" that having a society of welchers and blood suckers isn't gonna work - even the Germans just clued in.

You forgot Belinda and the CBC, heh heh.

[geoffrey]

I agree but it also could have been the RCMP's decision to campaign against the Libs and their views of Justice that have worked against the whole point of having a Police Force. Ask yourself - if you were a cop and the people you charged kept getting a slap on the wrist or worse, kept shooting at you and your fellow officers - who would you vote for?

The other point was Paul's brain fart on the NWC which basically allows the SCC decision to allow Private Health Care to stand in perpetuity.

The RCMP isn't campaigning against the Liberals, thats ridiculous. The Liberals might be as anti-Justice and anti-Police as you can get, but I'd be very hesitant to call into question the ethics of the RCMP on this.

Anyone that conducted themselves in the manner that Goodale did on the income trust leak, would be investigated promptly by the police.

The RCMP isn't campaigning agains the Liberals, its just simply that the Liberals broke the law.

[Harare]

If you don't think that there is a lot of rule bending and watching your ass and manouvering to ensure your position in Ottawa, you're dreaming. Naturally everything would be denied but we all know how it works.

I have no proof but I have my suspicions.

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[Vancouver King]

The RCMP isn't campaigning against the Liberals, thats ridiculous. The Liberals might be as anti-Justice and anti-Police as you can get, but I'd be very hesitant to call into question the ethics of the RCMP on this.

Anyone that conducted themselves in the manner that Goodale did on the income trust leak, would be investigated promptly by the police.

The RCMP isn't campaigning agains the Liberals, its just simply that the Liberals broke the law.

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The January 24th post mortem will show the RCMP's decision to publicly confirm their formal investigation into income trust leaks was the single most important factor in the looming Liberal debacle. The timing of the announcement was devastating to Martin as evidenced by tracking polls in the hours and days immediately following it's release. Does anyone truly believe the national force's management had no idea the effect their action would produce?

My intuition says the RCMP has room fulls of files detailing corruption and questionable gov't actions, enough to leave little doubt in their minds that it is in Canada's interest to deny reelection to those responsible. This is their way of alerting the electorate to their view of integrity in national public affairs.

This is not exactly campaigning, it is more a national institution's indirect signal to voters that corruption must remain front and centre during this election.

[Wilber]

It was the Liberals that turned the RCMP Commissioner into a political appointee of the PM. They have nothing to bitch about on this one.