Time to Grow Up

The Conservative Party must feel they are in a lot of trouble. First, in spite of their plans, they decided to avoid a spring election, and second, they're launching their fourth round of attack ads. While previous rounds were almost comical in their lack of inspiration, this round at least mentions some real issues. You can see the latest round of ads at the Party's new website (www.notaleader.ca).

This ridiculous little site even includes a blog allegedly written by Dion's dog Kyoto. The blog seems a little too poorly written and unintelligent to be authored by a dog, and that's what tipped me off that it is actually written by a Conservative staffer.

The site makes extensive use of Harper's favourite pictures of Dion. The first with Dion shrugging, the second with Dion mid-speech. It seems of the millions of photos taken of Dion, the Tories found two that are less than flattering and have decided to run with them. On the other hand, there is one shot of Harper. In the picture he looks some combination of evil and maniacal - which I suppose is a fair representation of the man. This shot is presumably the best they could find of the millions of photos taken of Harper.

I applaud Stephane Dion for doing an admirable job leading the Liberal Party. In contrast to Harper's micro-management of the Tory attacks, Dion has adeptly navigated the high road. By insisting on talking about the Liberal Party and our ideas, Dion has proven himself a much more likeable, electable leader.

I want to thank Harper and the Tory brain-trust for trudging through the slime while trying to drag Canadian politics to the dispicable depths only before seen in George W Bush campaigns. They're pushing Canadians towards the Liberal left. "Us versus them" scare politics won't work in Canada. We watched our American friends get duped by such dirty tactics, and we won't get fooled like them.

Harper's attack ads have done more to turn me off the Tories than anything else. I admire Stephane Dion. I will vote for him.