Helen in many respects I agree with you. In terms of educational credentials, Mr. Ignatieff has it made. This election, I suppose like most elections have staggering amounts of spin. I need to point out however, that the Liberals have had no problem spinning a story. The problem they have is with people buying it. Take for example the "Contempt of Parliament" motion that was what brought down the government. Canadians read the spin on that right away; they knew that was a poor joke of an excuse to try to smear the Conservatives by the power of the opposition, who in a minority government hold the balance of power. Perhaps after so many elections, one after another, Canadians are used to reading the spin...
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Johnyblog on the Globe and Mail:
"...“It’s my country,” he said. He then paused, ban@ed the table and repeated himself, before saying that he was tired of talking about this subject. ..."

(interestingly I had to change the "g" to an "@" because the Globe filter doesn't like 'ban@ed' ha ha (even though it's a cut and paste from their own story....kind of Big Brother..).

So you lefties say Harper is aggressive and angry and dictatorial? All I have seen for this entire campaign from the Liberals is aggression and anger. The entire contempt motion was unnecessary and fueled by partisan anger. While Canada struggles and people need jobs and stability..all you Liberals can think about is how to get back the power you lost.

Well keep dreaming... Canadians figured you out. They figured out that your manipulative little mini-scandals were nothing but partisan nonsense. They figured out that your spin on Harper's personality was nothing but partisan nonsense (because you knew he was clean so had to invent a reason for people to dislike him). They figured out that the Tory ads are true...Ignatieff is an emigrant enticed to participate in Canadian politics because he arrogantly believed he was a marketable product (not because he loves this country). Your whole strategy (all of it) from start to finish..from detainees, to prorogue, to contempt motions, even having the Globe on your bandwagon spinning away during the election..all of it BACKFIRED.. No one bought any of it. Looks like Canadians aren't the gullible colonial sheep you thought they were ay count Iggy? Go back to the USA where you belong