tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post5129970575700036072..comments2024-03-29T04:13:44.353-04:00Comments on BigCityLib Strikes Back: Robocon Strategy Emergesbigcitylibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-72702450318478776112012-02-28T04:11:57.677-05:002012-02-28T04:11:57.677-05:00Has the RMG website been scrubbed to remove your a...Has the RMG website been scrubbed to remove your article's quoted reference to => <i>The Responsive Marketing Group Inc. (RMG) is Canada's largest direct-contact firm working in the political sector. RMG works exclusively with right-of-centre campaigns to design and execute integrated programs that use direct mail, the telephone and online tools to build relationships that deliver results for our clients.</i><br /><br />The RMG About page now makes reference to it's work with "the non-profit sector"richyRichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10464240256269520165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-57078307513559760832012-02-27T13:35:57.935-05:002012-02-27T13:35:57.935-05:00As thinking (hopefully) Canadians we need to move ...<i>As thinking (hopefully) Canadians we need to move beyond the "my side at any cost" mentality that creats this kind of bullshit in the first place.</i><br /><br />We do. Because it's hypocritical to preach about democracy to other countries and fear it at home. <br /><br />And because something like this can become engrained into the political system. This sort of crap is common in America. Here are fake <a href="http://www.theroot.com/views/black-voters-told-relax-don-t-vote" rel="nofollow">Robocalls in America.</a> Here's an example where the wrong <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/03/koch-brothers-americans-for-prosperity-wisconsin-recalls_n_913561.html" rel="nofollow">date is given.</a> In fact they have groups that talk about the "virtues" of <a href="http://www.yuricareport.com/GOPorganizations/MyRightWingDegreeFromLeadershipInsti.html" rel="nofollow">supressing the vote.</a>sharonapple88https://www.blogger.com/profile/11149226422042041129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-82407892151687757872012-02-27T13:19:29.079-05:002012-02-27T13:19:29.079-05:00They are guilty. And they are into rationalisation...They are guilty. And they are into rationalisations a four year old would scoff at.<br /><< <br />Elections Canada changed some poll locations during the election, which is their prerogative. Our job is to get votes out and wrong locations would hurt us, so to ensure our supporters knew where to go, we would ask them if they knew where their poll was. When they told us their poll was in a different location than was in our system, we would tell them that Elections Canada may have changed it, and give what we thought was the right address.>><br /><br /> -- Conservative Party spokeslug Fred Delorey, quoted in the Toronto Star.crfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726414637021391906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-69492938650734170052012-02-27T13:18:39.593-05:002012-02-27T13:18:39.593-05:00Rotterdam... big fucking deal!
Signs have been st...Rotterdam... big fucking deal!<br /><br />Signs have been stolen at every election dating back to John A's time, and by EVERY party's overzealous volunteers ...right down to the Greens. <br /><br />Not that it's excusable, (if fact that breaks election laws too) but it's a far cry from an orchestrated national vote suppression campaign. <br /><br />And please don't insult us by saying everybody does it. If that were true, why haven't the Conservatives gone after the Grits or Dippers if there was evidence they were engaged in vote suppression phone calls? <br /><br />With the vigor your team is pursuing the "Vikileaks" gong-show, I can't imagine they'd just let election fraud allegations go without any investigation after all this time.Tof KWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15756310841374198056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-32912816866363681022012-02-27T12:24:52.893-05:002012-02-27T12:24:52.893-05:00Rotterdam.
Point taken, but that's no excuse ...Rotterdam.<br /><br />Point taken, but that's no excuse now, is it?<br /><br />As thinking (hopefully) Canadians we need to move beyond the "my side at any cost" mentality that creats this kind of bullshit in the first place.Robert G. Harvie, Q.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10414822301931567654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-75634359060103152612012-02-27T11:31:33.788-05:002012-02-27T11:31:33.788-05:00"Police have charged some people with electio..."Police have charged some people with election-related crimes. The Brampton Guardian, for instance, reported that police had charged a 47-year-old volunteer on Brampton West Liberal incumbent Andrew Kania's campaign with possession of stolen property, after signs belonging to the riding's Conservative candidate were allegedly found in the back of the volunteer's truck."<br />From the Hill Times.<br />http://www.hilltimes.com/news/2011/05/02/many-candidates-complain-of-dirty-tricks-election-related-vandalism-in-nasty-campaign/25910?page_requested=2Rotterdamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06014089653357959792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-62032927198873581162012-02-27T10:30:07.201-05:002012-02-27T10:30:07.201-05:00As a Conservative, I find it indefensible that, as...As a Conservative, I find it indefensible that, as a party who so-clearly pounded the table regarding the Adscam effort at suggesting "the ends justify the means", we do not pound the table even harder when that same suggestion appears to come from some inside our own party.<br /><br />To be honest, BCL, it's bad enough when you are a Liberal watching this fiasco.. for an honest Conservative, it's worse.Robert G. Harvie, Q.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10414822301931567654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-59421215031998493532012-02-27T10:08:15.281-05:002012-02-27T10:08:15.281-05:00I prefer the word TREASON myself. Let's tie th...I prefer the word TREASON myself. Let's tie the noose around these bastards, set the knot tight, open the trapdoor, and let 'em drop...ThinkingManNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233707013338083180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-84534577193782554112012-02-27T07:16:59.398-05:002012-02-27T07:16:59.398-05:00To keep referring to this issue as "robocalls...To keep referring to this issue as "robocalls" makes it easier for the government to deflect. I'd prefer to hear the more damaging 'F' word tossed about when describing these shenanigans because FRAUD is what appears to have taken place! Call a spade a spade for fucks sake.Omarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12058734544373976550noreply@blogger.com