Canada may have a federal election

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It looks like the entire opposition (the Liberals, Bloc, and NDP) are going to reject the Conservative Reform Alliance Party budget. If the budget is voted down, an election shall be called.

Meh, it's still kinda premature no? To start analyzing the political map when elections haven't yet been declared? =/ We can anticipate all we want, but i kinda have to give credit to the conservatives for knowing how to get out of a jam. =.= (Regardless of means)

Personally I find the Conservative Party TV attack ads on Ignatieff absolutely hilarious

It ticks me off to know end. I feel like throwing something at the screen every time it comes on.

Also, PLEASE don't let there be an election! I do not like the Conservatives, but I hate elections: I have to put up with months of attacks and empty promises. And this one would be particularly irritating because if it was just a few months later then I could vote. Mind you, my riding always elects Conservatives so it would just be one more wasted vote.

How mad does this one make you? (not sure if its real, but even so its barely worse then what they usually say )

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7ixc9p5Mrk[/youtube]

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Oh man...
I hope nobody actually takes these ads seriously
I almost want to vote Conservative just to show my appreciation for their underrated comedic genius

DON'T!! ! You'll give the party a few nickels more in public financing which will ensure more of those stupid ads next time!

They'll make more ads? You just officially turned me Conservative!

How mad does this one make you? (not sure if its real, but even so its barely worse then what they usually say )

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7ixc9p5Mrk[/youtube]

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The federal Conservatives have abruptly yanked two controversial attack ads just a day after unleashing them.

The ads, featuring an out-of-context video clip of Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, prompted a torrent of criticism — even from some conservative commentators.

Among other things, the ads were slammed as dishonest, unethical, "a clumsy hatchet job," and the work of "drunken frat boys."

Twenty-four hours after they were launched, the ads had vanished from the party's website.

Links to them from other websites produced a black box with a notice that "this video has been removed by the user."

A party official said the ads were always intended to be "a one-day web posting" and there were never any plans to pay to air them on television.

The ads purported to ask Ignatieff whether it makes sense during a period of fragile economic recovery to force "an unnecessary election" or to "raise taxes on job creators." They then flashed to a video clip of an animated Ignatieff shouting: "Yes, yes, yes."

The clip was taken from a partisan speech Ignatieff delivered Tuesday at a Liberal caucus retreat.

Addressing the issue of whether Liberals are ready for a possible election this spring, Ignatieff actually said: "There is another question, a deeper question: Are we ready to serve the people who put us here? Are we ready to fight for the Canada we love? Are we ready to fight for the Canadian family? What's the answer to that?

"Yes, yes, yes. Oui."

Ignatieff said later in the speech that Liberals are "not seeking to provoke an election."

Carleton University communications professor Josh Greenberg doubted the ads were meant to be one-day wonders. He speculated that Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who was out of country when the ads were released Thursday, might have reined in the "overzealous behaviour" in the Tory war room upon his return.

Greenberg said the Tories may also have pulled the ads in response to "negative feedback" from soft Conservative supporters.

"There's really nothing redeeming in them so, if it's turning off the soft right vote, pull the ads and take the oxygen out of the response."

On the other hand, Greenberg said the Tories may have felt the ads accomplished their mission of mobilizing the Conservative base and drawing attention to Ignatieff's overheated oratory.

The party official continued to insist that the message contained in the ads was accurate.

The one positive ad the Tories have produced in the past few weeks — featuring a solitary Harper working late in his dimly-lit Parliament Hill office — has also been pulled from the party website.

The official said it's common to "mix up the rotation" of ads in any ad campaign.