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		<title>Kinsella on Ignatieff</title>
		<link>http://www.freeadvice.ca/2009/09/18/kinsella-on-ignatieff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Mertens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warren Kinsella, writing about Michael Ignatieff, March 27, 2006 (ellipsis mine):
It is not very often that one gets to witness a &#8220;leadership frontrunner&#8221; immolate his own candidacy so blithely, so recklessly&#8230; He is done &#8212; and if he isn&#8217;t, he should be.
I objected to the manner in which his supporters trampled on democracy in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cosh: Great Right North?</title>
		<link>http://www.freeadvice.ca/2006/01/27/cosh-great-right-north/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeadvice.ca/2006/01/27/cosh-great-right-north/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Mertens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colby Cosh has a column in today&#8217;s L.A. Times, in which he answers questions about the Conservative&#8217;s election win:
Is Canada still the progressive, socially liberal neighbor of Democratic dreams and Republican nightmares?
Can our mythic reputation as a cleaner, politer Europe survive incoming Prime Minister Stephen Harper&#8217;s Conservative regime?
Cosh&#8217;s answer?
In modern Canada, sexual mores are largely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citizen to Harper: Is Now A Good Time To Talk? Yes? Great!</title>
		<link>http://www.freeadvice.ca/2006/01/27/citizen-to-harper-is-now-a-good-time-to-talk-yes-great/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeadvice.ca/2006/01/27/citizen-to-harper-is-now-a-good-time-to-talk-yes-great/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Mertens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister-Designate Stephen Harper&#8217;s first press conference was short and sweet. (h/t)
There was a refreshing brevity to Harper&#8217;s responses. He occasionally dodged, but he didn&#8217;t weave&#8230;
From start to finish, the entire media availability seemed to take up no more time than one of outgoing Prime Minister Paul Martin&#8217;s subordinate clauses. 
Of source, you&#8217;d be brief [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Ibbitson: Angry, Resentful, Deluded</title>
		<link>http://www.freeadvice.ca/2006/01/26/john-ibbitson-angry-resentful-deluded/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeadvice.ca/2006/01/26/john-ibbitson-angry-resentful-deluded/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Mertens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in a good mood. In fact, I can&#8217;t stop smiling.
Not everyone&#8217;s happy, however. John Ibbitson writes in today&#8217;s Globe about how Conservatives, rather than celebrating a close win, are seething at their shutout in Toronto.
The Conservatives are nursing their own resentments. They can&#8217;t believe that urban voters in Ontario refused to support them. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Landslide Tony&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.freeadvice.ca/2006/01/24/landslide-tony/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeadvice.ca/2006/01/24/landslide-tony/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Mertens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although last night&#8217;s underwhelming victory hasn&#8217;t done much to lower my anxiety level, there is at least one better-than-expected outcome.
Conservative candidate Tony Clement has won in my old hometown riding of Parry Sound&#8211;Muskoka, by 21 votes.


Tony Clement
	18,526 


Andy Mitchell
	18,505 


Whew. How long does a recount take? And, if he loses the recount, how do we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20-20</title>
		<link>http://www.freeadvice.ca/2006/01/24/20-20/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeadvice.ca/2006/01/24/20-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Mertens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, my predictions were about as as accurate as a coin toss &#8211; pretty much useless.
I guess there&#8217;s two things we can take from this.
1. History teaches us that at the last minute, the undecided vote usually breaks for the Liberals.
2. Over and over again, I fail to learn from history.
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		<title>Hindsight May Not Be Kind To This Post</title>
		<link>http://www.freeadvice.ca/2006/01/23/hindsight-may-not-be-kind-to-this-post/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeadvice.ca/2006/01/23/hindsight-may-not-be-kind-to-this-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Mertens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m so glad this is almost over.
The polls have been killing me. I think there hasn&#8217;t been any real movement in voter intent in the past two weeks, but CTV and the Globe had those crazy numbers last week, which they buried when the CPC went up, and ran as a top story when they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Focus Group</title>
		<link>http://www.freeadvice.ca/2006/01/19/focus-group/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeadvice.ca/2006/01/19/focus-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Mertens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, while I was watching the Liberal attack ads on the computer, my four-year-old son climbed up onto my lap. After a minute he slid off and walked away.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t like that &#8211; it&#8217;s too scary.&#8221;
Then yesterday he saw a Conservative TV ad, the one with this image:

&#8220;Daddy, who&#8217;s that?&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s our Prime Minister.&#8221;
&#8220;Ohhh.&#8221;
I thought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go Out With Some Class, Paul</title>
		<link>http://www.freeadvice.ca/2006/01/14/go-out-with-some-class-paul/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeadvice.ca/2006/01/14/go-out-with-some-class-paul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2006 03:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Mertens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now that a Liberal defeat seems all but certain, the mood of the press is turning to pity for Paul Martin.
For example, Margaret Wente&#8217;s take (Google link):

Mr. Martin may not have been Canada&#8217;s greatest PM. But at least he had a reputation as a principled and decent man. Now he just looks desperate. You almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberal Campaign 2006: Come Feel The Excitement!</title>
		<link>http://www.freeadvice.ca/2006/01/14/liberal-campaign-2006-come-feel-the-excitement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeadvice.ca/2006/01/14/liberal-campaign-2006-come-feel-the-excitement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Mertens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the main image at liberal.ca right now.

Geez, I&#8217;ve seen happier crowds at funerals.
This photo is begging for some thought bubbles. Photoshop, anyone?
(H/T: &#8216;Dave&#8217; , at andrewcoyne.com)
]]></description>
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