Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Is he or isn't he? Only Stephen Taylor knows for sure.


Once again, via "impolitical," the very thing we've been chatting about here:

[Eugene] Parks also said that in 2005 he was asked to take the lead with Blogging Tories, an on-line, pro-Conservative web log that could operate outside election rules. After the issue came to light on Sean Holman's Publiceyeonline website, the Conservatives stated that the Blogging Tories initiative was independent of the party.

Well. Well. Well. And doesn't that ring a bell? And perhaps some enterprising investigative journalist might want to sleuth out why this sort of thing might be "outside election rules," and clarify what is and isn't legally appropriate behaviour for a blogger who seems to have a pipeline to CPoC headquarters, and who seems to exist for the sole purpose of disseminating Conservative talking points on a moment's notice.

Any election law experts, step right up. The lines are so open.

8 comments:

liberal supporter said...

Is he or isn't he?

Only his hairdresser knows for sure

liberal supporter said...

Gap. Next time I'll read the full post title...

Lindsay Stewart said...

Yeah, but he is soaking in it. eww

Lindsay Stewart said...

by the way, tip of the hat to niles in the comments of a previous post should be awarded. he brought this very item to light before i'd noticed it. mind you cc sees all (cue scary music).

Holly Stick said...

Elections Canada is also investigating some third party funding of ads by the denialist group "Friends of Science" which includes Harper's buddy Barry Cooper:

...2. Prof. Cooper channeled money through the university that was later used to fund what "may be considered third party advertising under the Elections Act" - an ad campaign that was never registered and would contravene Elections Canada laws...

http://www.desmogblog.com/university-of-calgary-audit-exposes-friends-of-science-wrongdoing

Holly Stick said...

I should have mentioned that that quote is an allegation that is being investigated.

Niles said...

Well, given the rest of the comments Park made are lining up in the 'just the facts' duck row, I'm *very* interested to know if this is the equivalent of "d' DA framed me, not knowin' I wuz guilty. Ain't that a koinkeedink?" (name that film)

What came first, the Blogging Tories grassroots cheerleaders or the aparatchik propaganda idea?

Holly:

It's very interesting to note on the UofC investigation, that despite the outside documents detailing things, the actual documents posted from campus about it are heavily redacted and inconspicuous to a fault. Are students even really aware what's going down outside their efforts for Earth Day etc?

Holly Stick said...

The U of C student newspaper The Gauntlet has reported on it, recently and at least once in the past. I wish U of C would boot Cooper out, but they aren't doing so at present.

http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/12416