THE PC STENCH, NAMED ALISON REDFORD: THE PC STENCH IN ALBERTA IS SO BAD NOW, THAT IT IS NO LONGER EVEN A MATTER OF POLITICS, THIS IS NOW A NON-PARTISAN CITIZEN ISSUE, AND A NEW PROVINCIAL ELECTION SHOULD BE CALLED IMMEDIATELY. IT IS A MATTER OF HONESTY, INTEGRITY AND DECENCY, ALL THREE OF WHICH HAVE BEEN DESECRATED UNDER REDFORDS WATCH. SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE AND IT SHOULD NOT WAIT. ALBERTANS NEED TO ACT, AND ACT NOW! UNFORTUNATELY, THE PC PARTY LOST Its WAY AFTER THEY SCALPED PREMIER KLEIN. KLEIN MAY HAVE DONE SOME STUPID THINGS BUT NO ONE COULD HAVE EVER SAID THAT HE DID NOT CARE ABOUT ALBERTA, BUT WHEN THE PARTY DECIDED TO SO UNGRACIOUSLY BEHEAD HIM, THEY PICKED A DUD LIKE HONEST ED AND THEN WHEN WE ALL SAID, BETTER DEAD THAN ED WE ALL HELD OUR NOSES AS REDFORD SNUCK UP THE BACK STAIRWAY AND, LIKE A RAT, CLIMBED ONTO THE PODIUM TO GET THE GOLD, WE HELD OUR NOSE AND GAVE HER A MAJORITY, BECAUSE, JUST LIKE EZRA DECLARED, AND WE KNEW ALL ALONG, THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ARE NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF PARASITES WHO PREY ON THE INNOCENT; AND SURE ENOUGH, SHE WAITED LIKE AN INSURGENT, WITH A ROADSIDE IED BOMB AND SHE STRATEGICALLY BLEW THE WILDROSE PARTY INTO NEVER-NEVER LAND WITH ONLY ONE INCENDIARY BOMB, CALLED THE LAKE OF FIRE AND SHE SLUNG THAT BOMB OVER THE FENCE, JUST LIKE KHADR DID, JUST IN TIME TO KILL THE MEDICS WHO WERE IN LINE TO SAVE THE PROVINCE FROM THIS UGLY PIECE OF HUMANITY WHO WOULD SACRIFICE HER OWN CHILDREN, IF THAT MEANT THAT SHE WOULD GAIN THE POWER TO BECOME THE FIRST DICTATOR THIS PROVINCE HAS EVER KNOWN. NOW, WE ARE SO ASHAMED OF EVEN BEING A PART OF THE STENCH THAT EMANATES FROM THE ALBERTA LEGISLATURE EVERY DAY OF EVERY MONTH OF EVERY YEAR, AND THE STENCH GETS WORSE WITH EACH PASSING MOMENT. WE, AS THE CITIZENS OF THIS PROVINCE HAVE BEEN SO DISGRACED BY HER PRESENCE, AND WE CAN ONLY, REGARDLESS OF OUR POLITICAL LEANINGS, ONLY HOPE THAT SHE DOES NOT SURVIVE THE HOLOCAUST SHE HAS CREATED WITH HER DISINGENUOUS CORRUPTION AND INCOMPETENCE. EZRA IS RIGHT; NOTHING GOOD COULD EVER COME FROM THE BOWELS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. WE, AS ALBERTANS NOW, MUST, EVEN WITHOUT HIS HELP, DISPENSE OURSELVES OF THIS MOST OBJECTIONABLE PIECE OF WRETCHEDNESS THAT SO INFECTED AND INFLAMED EVERY FACET OF OUR ONCE GREAT SOCIETY AND THIS FABULOUS PROVINCE, CALLED ALBERTA. HERE IS THE LATEST NEWS RELEASE, WHICH REALLY IS NOT EVEN ABOUT POLITICS ANYMORE, JUST US COMMON CITIZEN, SAYING, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: There have never been poll results like this for Alberta’s governing Progressive Conservatives — ugly from top to bottom, never a hopeful digit, portents of doom in every column. For a premier and government heading into the legislature Monday afternoon, hoping to recapture some of the old mojo in a new session, this new Leger survey will be a deep, divisive downer. The government has the support of 25 per cent of decided voters, 13 points behind Wildrose, and only nine ahead of Raj Sherman’s Liberals. Throw those numbers into an election campaign, and Wildrose would win either a slim majority or a minority. The PCs would be the official Opposition — or maybe not even that, if Edmonton-area voters decided to swarm to either the Liberals or New Democrats. The next election is two years off, of course. But PC weakness in polls has been entrenched since early 2013, and is now worse than ever. Many in the government caucus, cabinet and party wonder when, or if, Redford will manage to turn it around. Only 20 per cent of Albertans approve of her performance in the past year, five points below her party’s already dismal showing. That’s always a dangerous position for a PC leader, as Don Getty and Ed Stelmach both realized on their way out the door. Redford has dropped 12 points since last September. That leaves her 19 points behind Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith, who clocks in at 39 per cent approval. The most striking finding of all, perhaps, is that 64 per cent of respondents disapprove of the premier’s performance. Smith’s disapproval stands at 33 per cent. The shift may be psychological as well as numerical; Redford appears to be replacing Smith as Alberta’s most divisive leader. Some senior PCs privately blame the premier for the whole mess. “The government is actually performing quite well,” said one, who didn’t want to be named. “This whole thing is on her.” He was talking largely about the disastrous $45,000 South Africa trip, which Alberta voters judge to be roughly as popular as anthrax. Thirty-four per cent of Albertans want her to personally repay the full cost. Another 45 per cent would settle for partial payment (including 48 per cent of those who voted PC in 2012.) Only 14 per cent of Albertans believe the trip was valid government business and she shouldn’t be liable for anything. This fiasco has badly hurt the government’s standing, no doubt about it. Because of that, Redford’s people argue that it’s a one-off thing and the polls will bounce back as memories fade. Maybe so, but only if there are no more such episodes. A lesser but still damaging one emerged only last Thursday, when it was revealed a government plane brought the premier back from a Palm Springs vacation so she could attend former premier Ralph Klein’s memorial service in April 2013. Although it was legitimate government business, there are many commercial flights home from Palm Springs. The premier’s choice cost $9,200. The government still has many cards to play. This week’s budget is supposed to bring the best fiscal news in six years. An overall surplus for 2014-15 would validate the PCs’ controversial strategy of borrowing big to build infrastructure. Overall, Redford’s Building Alberta agenda appears quite popular with many voters. Even Wildrose has moderated slightly to adjust; for instance, Smith’s party would complete every new school the province has announced. But even that positive note leads some PCs to ask a dangerous question — if what we’re doing is popular, why aren’t we? The answer often comes back to Alison Redford. She has more than the opposition to worry about in this session. Don Braid’s column appears regularly in the Herald.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 00:52:37 +0000
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