Canadian Polemic

The Liberals absolutely don't get it - they're running yesterday's campaign today. Again, they're beginning with the negative scare tactics about Stephen Harper, as shown on their website, where a big headline trumpets that Stephen Harper would roll back Charter rights.

Didn't we hear this last June? Precisely this argument? Well yes, you might answer, yes, we did. Now, it may have won the Liberals some votes late in the campaign last year, but starting off on Day One with a negative tactic from the last campaign and expecting it to earn you votes? Honestly. It's about vision, people, it's got to be about ideas. Calling Stephen Harper nasty names and trying to terrify Canadians into voting for you isn't the way to go about this. I think that the more negativity the Liberals propagate, the better the chances are for a Conservative Government. If the LPC is intending on running the 2004 campaign again and trying to scare Canadians into submission again, they've got another thing coming. I like to think that Canadians are smarter than that.

In other news, why can't the Liberals put together a decent webpage? I like their new design even less than the old one, which didn't really turn my crank, either. The Tories, on the other hand, know how it's done. Their site is snappy, professional and doesn't look as garishly-tabloid-like as the LPC one does.

Another poor tactic from the LPC - suggesting that Harper doesn't love the country as much as their guy does. Give me a break and grow up.