Comments on: Liveblogging the Liberals' Ottawa South campaign kickoff: It's almost like being on a leaders' tour (but not quite)

By: Will

Will — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:08:17 +0000

yeah kady, a cab? the carleton young liberals bought bus tickets en masse, and took the 4 hurmdman to within walking distance. also, as someone who was in the blockade with the OLA, I can tell you it was a healthy mix of actual real farmers and Tory staffers (the way to tell the difference was that a few of them were walking around in “Tax on Everything” t-shirts and refused to answer when we asked them why they didn’t go protest Harper this morning.

The angriest actual farmer had no kind words for Harper either, and claimed to be voting Green.

By: ITQ BerryCam - In which our heroine is confronted by abstractly angry farmers, and surprisingly cheery Liberals : Capital Read : Inside the Queensway : Macleans.ca Blog Central

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:28:41 +0000

[...] in Ottawa South to liveblog Stephane Dion at the launch of the local Liberal campaign – which we did right here. But first, we had to run a small- to medium-sized gauntlet, as gauntlets go, of protesters: [...]

By: Kady O'Malley

Kady O'Malley — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:11:56 +0000

Josh – I’m totally going to blame that on fatigue. But thank you for noticing it – I fixed it, and even owned up to my original mistake with good old honest-keeping strikethrough.

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:55:48 +0000

Eek – Rick Hillier is someone else.

By: Kady O'Malley

Kady O'Malley — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:40:20 +0000

But I’ve always been a Civic Hospital/Sandy Hill/Market girl! The wilds of Ottawa South frighten and disorient me!

By: WM

WM — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:59:28 +0000

Cab?

Number 1 bus goes right by that place. Number 97 goes to Billings Bridge within spitting distance. You claim to be FROM Ottawa? Pish posh!

By: knb

knb — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:16:15 +0000

Isn’t Hillier an MPP now?

Boo to the Lib staffer because you missed a good part of Dion’s speech, but no one is blaming you.

Saw it on cpac and I’m sure it will play again.

That’s not as compelling as Kady’s liveblogging to be sure, but worth a watch if you want to see the real Dion.

That said, I like the mix of both. Kady relates what we can’t see and that is truly worth knowing. Also, she does what journalists should do, provides context. I think we need more Kady’s. I’m sorry she won’t be on the trail.

Randy Hillier? Really?

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:59:14 +0000

Was the name you were looking for Elie Salibi, the Conservative candidate in Ottawa South?

By: Sophie

Sophie — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:52:54 +0000

So, then, Kady, did he bring him?

By: Transcanada

Transcanada — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:19:51 +0000

Surprise Surprise Surprise The very same Jim Flaherty who didn't want to debate Brent Fullard for a $50,000 donation to charity on the subject of Flaherty's Tax Failure Plan now gets another chance! Go for it Jim! WHITBY-OSHAWA, Sept. 7 /CNW/ - The Whitby-Oshawa Federal Liberal Riding Association today announces that Brent Fullard will be the candidate for theriding of Whitby-Oshawa, subject to confirmation at a candidates meeting scheduled for Tuesday September, 9, 2008. Read the rest here.

By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:03:29 +0000

Randy Hillier?

By: LeslieE

LeslieE — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:02:09 +0000

Works for me … long day for you!