tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post4569738430129355132..comments2024-03-29T04:13:44.353-04:00Comments on BigCityLib Strikes Back: Your Daily Hillier: Tea Party Torys Celebrate Randy Hillier, Trash Ernie Eves!bigcitylibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-63539248962237178402011-09-12T13:32:32.179-04:002011-09-12T13:32:32.179-04:00I think Hudak could have won.
But he's been a...I think Hudak could have won.<br /><br />But he's been a horrible campaigner, and weak at enforcing party discipline. <br /><br />John Tory, a moderate, would have had more appeal, and likely would have beaten McGuinty. If the PCs lose, they need to work at minimizing the influence of the hard right elements in their party.crfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726414637021391906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-57600851202615241902011-09-11T23:45:52.946-04:002011-09-11T23:45:52.946-04:00Your Toronto Sun link is broken.
How quickly the ...Your Toronto Sun link is broken.<br /><br />How quickly the Tea Tories try to rewrite history (nothing new there).<br /><br />Eves was the fall guy for Walkerton. Lots of people who voted for Harris decided that seven dead and thousands sick was too high a price to pay for Harris style "deregulation".<br /><br />In the GTA, each month millions receive a bill from some foreign company who can charge whatever it wants for you to drive on its highway 407, and they can take your licence plate renewal away if you dare to disagree with their outrageous business practices. The Harris Highway will continue to drive nails into the coffin of the Chainsaw Mike regime.<br /><br />For these two reasons, Chaingang Tim is toast.liberal supporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129945625510633921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-10513735394927062482011-09-11T21:45:32.085-04:002011-09-11T21:45:32.085-04:00Do you remember Ernie Eves? Yes, he was that Red T...<i>Do you remember Ernie Eves? Yes, he was that Red Tory who helped destroy what Mike Harris had produced over two terms of true conservative government in Ontario. He inherited the Mike Harris file and promptly reduced it back again to Liberal Lite, thinking that conservatism could never win in Ontario despite the overwhelming evidence of the last decade that had allowed him to remain in government.</i><br /><br />There was a good reason to try and moderate the "Common Sense" revolution. Before Mike Harris stepped down, he was trailing <a href="http://www.mapleleafweb.com/old/education/spotlight/issue_5/printable.html" rel="nofollow">Dalton McGuinty's Liberals</a> (33% to 53%). As for Eves, during the 2003 election, he ran on a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Eves#2003_election" rel="nofollow">hard-right platform.</a> Eves had an upswing with the way he managed the 2003 blackout. If he'd shown a more moderate path, it's possible that he could have won. <br /><br />The funny thing, even the federal Conservative party knows that they have to tone it down.sharonapple88https://www.blogger.com/profile/11149226422042041129noreply@blogger.com