Fly Away, Little Sparrow
After the pooping puffin on Tuesday, it was more mean spirited poop from the Tory campaign today - this time from a Sparrow (and, again, it indirectly involved Michael Ignatieff):MONTREAL — Senior Conservative Party spokesman Ryan Sparrow has been suspended from the campaign after suggesting the father of a slain soldier who criticized Stephen Harper today was a Liberal.
Mr. Sparrow sent an email to CTV News today suggesting that Jim Davis, the soldier's dad, is a supporter of Liberal incumbent Michael Ignatieff.
He has also been ordered to call Mr. Davis and apologize for his comments.
I'll give the Tories credit - they're a lot better at damage control than they used to be. I guess the "practice makes perfect" adage applies here.
UPDATE: I was going to do a detailed post on the over zealous attack nature of the Harper Conservatives tonight but Aaron Wheery does a better job than I ever could. Read it here.
Labels: Ryan Sparrow
posted by calgarygrit at
1:35 PM
6 Comments:
That Globe and Mail caption of the Sparrow picture is classic!
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Anonymous, at 1:48 PM
Darn, "Anonymous" beat me to it. It is funny (now fixed).
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Dennis, at 2:09 PM
dion may be the worst communicator in Canada, but the harperites still have the nastiest people.
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JimTan, at 4:09 PM
Oh. My. God. But Harper is a genius. Not just a genius but a super dooper genius.
Don't you fools get it?
This is all part of the plan. Control the headlines. Control the message. Keep the Liberals out of the news. Get people thinking about the Conservatives. Make sure that no one is talking about Liberal policies or about Dion.
That Harper. He's not playing chess. He's playing Vulcan chess while everyone else is playing...
... oh, nevermind. Even I can't spin this one.
Steve Janke
Certified, um, Harpermaniac
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Steve Janke, Harpermaniac, at 4:31 PM
It is true that all the headlines I've read have been "Harper does..." Very little about Dion's policies or statements, except in response to something Harper did.
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UWHabs, at 5:28 PM
Give Harper credit.
We all thought he was a fool when he started last election by promising a free vote on gay marriage. Turns out it was all part of the strategy.
Maybe all these attack gaffes are too?
By
Robert Vollman, at 9:59 AM
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