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It's Sunday February the 19 around 1:18PM and

Emerson Watch: Day 13

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This is getting old, fast. Very fast actually. I can't believe people are still belly-aching about David Emerson's cross to the Conservatives. And yet look what we have here, we have now moved onto the "De-Elect" Emerson phase of this post-campaign-campaign, whatever the heck that that means anyway.

Apparently the de-election festivities are happening this afternoon at Emerson's office, even as Emerson made his latest attempt at salvaging the situation on CTV's Question Period this afternoon. " I'm still not much of a political person, as perhaps you can now tell," said Emerson. "I'm not the sharpest political knife in the drawer, I quite freely admit that."

The stupid thing is this. If anyone can think of one other person - just one other person - who is better suited to the portfolio of International Trade and even more important to Vancouver, the 2010 Olympics in Ottawa to be represented by Vancouver i'd sure like to hear it. And I would say that what might actually be true is what Emerson told the Globe & Mail yesterday, "In my day-to-day life, I'm getting people coming up to me in the street who I have never seen before and they've been very kind and very positive. I have not had anyone come up to me and slam me for my decision."

Sure the NDP seems to be able to get 700 people out to protest this at day 12 or 13, but who is going to care at day 60 or 90? Lastly, Jack Layton seems to be spending an awful lot of his time and political capital talking about Emerson. I can guarantee you that the issue of Emerson won't help Layton in the next election, and in the long term this is a long term strategy for Harper - even if Emerson would have to move ridings. He should buy a house in North Vancouver and he'd be elected in a heartbeat. Have you seen Don Bell?

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Posted by: Bread

February 19, 2006 11:44 PM

Any chance of getting a DE Recall Bumber Sticker? How about spot notes that can be stuck up in public places?

We gotta keep this going so this dude never finds a place to hide.

Posted by: Tidbit

February 20, 2006 11:59 PM

Down with David Emerson!

Keep up the heat as long as it takes. Never give him any peace. Do whatever you can to keep his name in the media.

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