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Chip Martin throws Ryan Sparrow, the Conservative who bad mouthed a soldier's father, under the bus while leaving the questions about Harper's mistake in taking him on as a simple footnote.
Chantel Hébert discusses the sad state of affairs during this election for almost all of the progressive parties, but most especially Dion's Liberals.
Dion has at most a week to recast himself as a credible alternative to Harper or else the Liberals will find themselves on an irreversible course to a near-historical defeat next month.
Based on current numbers, some Liberal projections give the party no more than 65 seats on election night.
A reader asks Kerry Diotte, why do politicians spend more time attacking their opponents than establishing their position? Kerry answers:
It's because the media realize we're gradually becoming a society of idiots who have the attention span of hyperactive five-year-olds.
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The more the media concentrates on superficial personal-attack stories, the less chance its audience will get any smarter.
The dumbing down of news doesn't serve anybody's interest very well but politicians and the media are hopelessly caught up in the cycle.
The Toronto Star believes Jack Layton and the NDP can best contribute to the election debate by sticking to substance and now playing politics. ie. Not teaming up with Harper whenever he thinks it will benefit him.
Mike Strobel brings up yet another important issue for the media during this election -- Whether or not Elizabeth May's clothes look too frumpy for television debates. Good to see they are on top of things.
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