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electriclandSpent the evening at home reading the papers with my dad. (He's much more of a newspaper junkie than me -- I can manage one a day, if there's no special occasion, but he reads the Globe, the Star and the Post as often as he can get hold of all three.) I often think I should make more of an effort to read the Post from time to time for the good of my soul, but I hadn't realized until this evening that it can also be a rich source of joy and entertainment. The high point was definitely the crackheadpot conspiracy theorist on the Letters page who had figured out, with illustrations (sadly not available online), that the CBC website's main graphic on election day was subliminal advertising for the Liberals, but there were wonderful touches all over. For instance:
Bill Graham won in Toronto Centre (my parents' riding), "a wealthy riding that includes the Tony enclave of Rosedale...." St. James Town? Regent Park? What are those? The Star does point out that it's among the wealthiest ridings in the country, but also notes that "At the same time, more than one third of residents live below the poverty line." (I also love the over-zealous Post copy editing that stuck that capital T in there.)
The race in my own riding was apparently "one of the fiercest for so-called progressive voters in the country" -- who knew? Indeed, who other than the Post was talking about progressive or regressive?
Andrew Coyne informs us that "As important is Ontario's turn -- again tentative, cautious, but further than in many years -- toward the Conservatives, and the West. Indeed, this election is further evidence of an important trend: Ontario, outside Toronto at any rate, is joining the West. The democratic values and hardy optimism that are traditional western values have worked their way into the Ontario psyche." Yeah, because until just recently, Ontario had no democratic values or hardy optimism. Thank you, Western Canada, for leading us to the light! (He says lots of other stuff too, but that was the part that caught my eye.)
Even the TV columnist has a little swipe: "On CBC, Liberals' Scott Brison says Tories do not represent Canadian values. So, ah, who are those Canadians voting for them? Schizophrenics?" (And may I just note in passing how much I always enjoy these casual swipes at the mentally ill. Unless he meant that voices are telling Tory supporters how to vote, but... nah.)
Warren Kinsella, on the other hand, is just bleeding his guts out all over the editorial page -- it's a little sickening. And sadly, David Frum is not really mockworthy, more enraging, so I will not quote him here. (Although I see Antonia went for it.)
Subtly divisive little rag, isn't it?
Bill Graham won in Toronto Centre (my parents' riding), "a wealthy riding that includes the Tony enclave of Rosedale...." St. James Town? Regent Park? What are those? The Star does point out that it's among the wealthiest ridings in the country, but also notes that "At the same time, more than one third of residents live below the poverty line." (I also love the over-zealous Post copy editing that stuck that capital T in there.)
The race in my own riding was apparently "one of the fiercest for so-called progressive voters in the country" -- who knew? Indeed, who other than the Post was talking about progressive or regressive?
Andrew Coyne informs us that "As important is Ontario's turn -- again tentative, cautious, but further than in many years -- toward the Conservatives, and the West. Indeed, this election is further evidence of an important trend: Ontario, outside Toronto at any rate, is joining the West. The democratic values and hardy optimism that are traditional western values have worked their way into the Ontario psyche." Yeah, because until just recently, Ontario had no democratic values or hardy optimism. Thank you, Western Canada, for leading us to the light! (He says lots of other stuff too, but that was the part that caught my eye.)
Even the TV columnist has a little swipe: "On CBC, Liberals' Scott Brison says Tories do not represent Canadian values. So, ah, who are those Canadians voting for them? Schizophrenics?" (And may I just note in passing how much I always enjoy these casual swipes at the mentally ill. Unless he meant that voices are telling Tory supporters how to vote, but... nah.)
Warren Kinsella, on the other hand, is just bleeding his guts out all over the editorial page -- it's a little sickening. And sadly, David Frum is not really mockworthy, more enraging, so I will not quote him here. (Although I see Antonia went for it.)
Subtly divisive little rag, isn't it?
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Date: 2006-01-25 06:02 am (UTC)I suspect that it was a subtle reminder that the Post supports the Tories.
Unless he meant that voices are telling Tory supporters how to vote, but... nah.
As opposed to the voices telling the Post writers what to write? ;)
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Date: 2006-01-25 06:05 am (UTC)(Emphasis mine.)
I didn't realize Paul Martin's ships could fly. Are the Conservatives now accusing Paul Martin of being an alien? I guess they might be... it would be right up there with the "reptilian kitten-eater from outer space" accusation the provincial Conservatives made against Dalton McGuinty.
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Date: 2006-01-25 12:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-25 05:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-25 05:18 pm (UTC)Mind you, there was sloppy copy editing all over.
He seems kind of big on the random-rhetorical-device, regardless of whether it's appropriate. It's a weird argument overall.
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Date: 2006-01-25 05:19 pm (UTC)