A Fascinating Typo

Introducing Mr. Swain Lingenfelter...

 

noun

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swain - a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman;



Leadership

Possibly the best political speech in Saskatchewan in a generation.

Well done, Mr.Premier...

Look At Me! Look A Me!

"I don`t think its a good idea either... Oh, and Brad Wall is a jerk!"

Lingenfelter reminds me of a yappy little dog that people are getting really tired of listening to.

Guess Who Else Is Back?

NDP Vice President and apparent homophobe Kent E. Peterson writes a bombastic letter to the Nipawin Journal.

Of course, as they always don't do, he never identifes himself as an NDP VP in the letter.

I guess Peterson forgot to mention his party leader's participation in Spudco, Channel Lake etc. as to why people should vote for the NDP. Those scandals and more are all talked about in Gormley's book (but he probably knows that already.)

BTW, Peterson got rid of his Humble Opinion blog but forgot about the cached version, which we saved. Lots of great stuff on there in the event he ever wants to run for public office. It truly does paint a vibrant picture as to Peterson's character. Peterson still runs the Sask Party Watch blog, the idea of which he lifted from us.

Whenever and wherever Peterson opens his mouth, it is political gold for the Sask Party.

Welcome back, Kent!

NDP By-Election Spin

By the Leader Post's own Murray Mandryk

"A week away from Saskatchewan's final pre-election throne speech, and a year away from a general election, politics in this province is now all about momentum.

That said, one should refrain from assuming too much after Monday night.

Notwithstanding that newly elected Saskatchewan Party MLA and Saskatoon city councillor Gordon Wyant increased his party's popular vote in the Saskatoon Northwest byelection (to 59 per cent from the 54 per cent former Sask. Party MLA Serge LeClerc garnered in this riding in 2007), some perspective is required.

Wyant was a "name" candidate, while NDP hopeful Jan Dyky (who also increased her party's popular vote to 33 per cent from 30 per cent) was not. Added to this equation is the fact that Saskatoon Northwest is a seat the NDP hasn't won in 15 years. There should be better barometers of the electoral mood in the coming year."

We were wondering how Dwain was going to spin Dyky's loss. Looks as though Mandryk was more than happy to help out.

NDP In-Fighting Goes Public

If this is the real regina_mom, there are some real issues within the NDP that will not be resolved until Lingenfelter resigns.

"Let this be a lesson for Dwain. The NDP will fail until he steps down to let the next generation lead"

Not that I mind...

Saskatoon Northwest Post-Mortem

Predictably, the Sask Party's Gord Wyant handily won the Saskatoon Northwest by-election over the NDP's Jan Dyky.

Here are the numbers...

1. Wyant won with (approx) 58.96% of the popular vote. By contrast, Serge LeClerc won 53.80% in the 2007 general election
2. Dyky won (approx) 33.06% of the popular vote. In the 2007 general election, Ken Winton-Grey won 29.66%.
3. In 2007, the provincial Liberals received 1238 votes, or 14.76% of the popular vote. In the 2010 Saskatoon NW by-election that vote collapsed, with the Liberal candidate Eric Steiner receiving only 157 votes, or 3.03% of the popular vote. In other words, the Liberal vote, not unlike the Green Party or the Progressive Conservative votes are merely friends, family and protest votes

But here are the political parts...

1. The NDP came out with the smear piece on Wyant immediately out of the gate. There was huge push back on the piece on the door step. Their subsequent pieces were not nearly as inflammatory
2. The NDP/Unions decided to call union members in the constituency and tell them that if Gord Wyant was elected, Brad Wall would sell PCS to BHP Billiton and they would all lose their jobs. This tactic shows utter contempt for union workers by their executives and the NDP by assuming union workers are not smart enough to make political decisions on their own.
3. Both Dale Schmeichel, the NDP provincial secretary (on the Richard Brown Show) and Dwain Lingenfelter predicted there would be a huge surprise in the by-election. The huge surprise never materialized (other than the fact that people are still voting for the NDP).
4. The last refuge of the damned... marginalizing women. In a final act of desperation, the NDP's last tactic was to "make history" and elect the first woman MLA in Saskatoon Northwest. The NDP don't understand how this is "tokenism"
5. Both Lingenfelter and Dyky just don't get it... On Newstalk650 Lingenfelter claims that the Saskatoon NW consituency is "in the bag" in 2011 and that the NDP would win the general election in 2011. Refer to John Gormley's book Left Out about any politician that refers to the term "in the bag".
6. Dyky told Wyant to enjoy the seat "for a year" but that she was coming back to get the seat in 2011. I believe the voters will be making that decision, not the NDP.

The NDP are completely out of touch with the majority of Saskatchewan residents. They believe that the political smear and whistling past the graveyard is a successful political strategy. Dyky's remarks are the quintessential definition of Rand's postulate "there are no contradictions". She and Lingenfelter are political soul mates.

And both political losers.

Congratulations to the Sask Party and Gord Wyant and for running a honorable campaign.

The NDP, Dyky and Lingenfelter, not so much.

Welcome NDP Watch!

One of the other reasons I decided to bring back the NDP Boogeyman was because I was going to get some help. This blogging stuff can get a bit overwhelming.

NDP Watch has done an excellent job of keeping an eye on NDP tactics for the past few months. We believe that in concert we can be better as one blog with the same mission.

Please welcome the NDP Watch team and we look forward to continuing exposing NDP lies, deceit and hypocrisy in Saskatchewan.

I'm baaaaaaaack....

After a prolonged three year hiatus (has it really been that long?), I've decided to step back into the blogging world.

I was planning on coming back for the election campaign in 2011, but a few issues caught my eye and they need the NDP Boogeyman light shone on them.

My promise, to expose the NDP on their own tactics and once again prove that they are unfit to govern our beloved Saskatchewan.

Let the fun begin!