dion doesn't get it

Stephan, the Tory ads were not the only reason you and iffy lost. You were both terrible leaders. Your command of English was poor. Your policies and iffy's made little sense. The people of Canada are still tired of grit arrogance and corruption. keep thinking it was Tory truth das


Grits must'protect' next leader: Dion
By RONALD ZAJAC, QMI AGENCY
Posted 9 hours ago
BROCKVILLE, Ont. -- The federal Liberals need to do a better job of defining their next leader rather than letting the Conservatives do it for them, former Grit leader Stéphane Dion believes.

In an interview Sunday at the start of his two-day stay in Brockville, Dion said both he and his successor, Michael Ignatieff, suffered because the Liberals did not prepare for an immediate onslaught of Tory attack ads.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives, said Dion, "imported" the American idea of the "permanent campaign" and seized on the pre-election period to define newly minted Liberal leaders before the Grits introduced them properly.

"We have been introduced to Canadians by the Conservative attack ads and we did not anticipate how damaging it would be for us," said Dion, who suffered a crushing defeat to Harper in the 2008 election.

Dion said he lost that election because he could not rise above those Tory attack ads and properly explain his "Green Shift" platform.

A new grit leader

Wow, i also think bob Rae will be the new grit leader. Though he comes with so much baggage. If he is leader he will be entirely the wrong message for the grits. It will show they have learned nothing from their huge defeat. The grits will have a leader who couldn't beat Stephane dion or iffy. bob Rae is despised in Ontario. I think I would be happy watching Rae and the grits sink together. Especially since this would upset catsmeat.


Some time ago, I jettisoned my crystal ball owing to its serial malfunctioning. But recently, while I was reading a book on table-rapper Mackenzie King, it reappeared in all its non-glory. Here’s what it said:

For lack of a better candidate, aging Bob Rae will become permanent leader of the Liberal Party and lead it back to respectability, though not victory. Mark Carney, the Bank of Canada governor celebrated on a magazine cover last week as “The Canadian Hired to Save the World,” will take over the Rae reins after the next election.