Norman Spector has it right on the money. He does however have the title wrong. His post should be titled "What the Liberals know we have forgotten".
The Liberals know all about cover-ups:
- Prorogation over ad-scam
- Shutting down an inquiry over the Somilia affair
Now the Liberals are launching their small and petty attack ad campaign. Yet another broken promise by Iggy to not "go negative".
Petty because this "Afghan scandal" isn't much of a scandal, few Canadians cared about it prior to the prorogation. The campaign offers nothing new, no new ideas or policies, just a petty partisan attack.
Small because the poverty-stricken Liberal Party of Canada can't afford to launch TV ads, only radio ads. There is also question as to how much air time they will actually get. Of course, the launching of the ad-campaign will get lots of TV time, and hence some free advertising for the poor Liberals.
Further more, I still don't see how the Liberals can claim that they are not attacking the troops with this line of attack. By saying that the government is complicit in torture, they implicitly tar the soldiers that handed them over. Following orders is not a defense against war crimes.
The Liberals are small and petty. They are poor and decrepit, they were on the ropes -- financially and electorally, and the Harper brain trust goes and throws them a bone with a prorogation that can be spun all kinds of negative ways.
This will rank right up there with the fiscal updates as a tactical and strategic mistake in the history books.
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When it comes to hiding things, no one is more masterful at that than the Liberals. Former Liberal prime minister Jean Chrétien shut down Parliament several times, e.g., to avoid having the criminal Adscam affair hung around his neck.
If Liberals want to allude to the “detainees” issue, well, think again, because whether or not Afghans torture each other is an Afghan problem, not a Canadian problem. Besides, any torture that may have occurred would have happened under the old rules of handover – set in place by the previous Liberal government! If torture ever occurred, it has most likely stopped now thanks to the new rules established by the Conservative government!
Liberals should focus on where their own party is headed (down the tubes), and work on ideas that could actually help improve this sorry country of ours, instead of playing cheap political games that serve no other purpose than to reveal them as the hypocrites they are.
Once Iggy gets his extreme makeover, a Liberal majority is all but guaranteed.
The Liberals know all about cover-ups:
- Prorogation over ad-scam
- Shutting down an inquiry over the Somilia affair
Ralph Goodale said something on QP today to the effect that the Liberals never used prorogation as a coverup. How can he get away with this?
Werner we should not hand over prisoners if there is a substantive risk of them being tortured. We are supposed to be better.
Joanne, Ralphie gets away with it because he knows Canadians have a short memory. He also knows most Canadians have no idea about politics.
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