The Nuclear Option

[c9]

"The Nuclear Option" means to give up all pretense, subtlety, and possibility of "leaving it in the locker room," so to speak. Today, the Liberals released their ads that will either win them the House, or be discussed mockingly in political science classes for decades to come. As Paul Wells puts it*:

Now Stephen Harper is about to find out what it felt like to be a mid-level Liberal who volunteered for Allan Rock in 2002.

Ads in English, and en français. The one called "Military" left me speechless for at least three reasons, and not because of what Harper said.

* I swear this is funny, you'll just have to believe me.

Update: The Liberals have pulled the military ad (probably because the armed forces vote and it was a bit over the top), so thanks to a blogging Tory here's the script and a link to CTV's site where you can watch it anyway.

Here's the complete script for their new attack ad titled "Military," complete with rum-a-dum military drumming in the background, released today:

Stephen Harper actually announced he wants to increase military presence in our cities.

[long pause]

Canadian cities.

[long pause]

Soldiers with guns.

[long pause]

In our cities.

[long pause]

In Canada.

[long pause]

We did not make this up.

[long pause]

Choose your Canada.

CTV helpfully provides archives of the ads. Click Liberal attack ad about Harper and military presence 0:30 on the right hand side.

Comments

[simplisticton.livejournal.com]

Not scared into voting NDP for the sake of the NDP, but there are plenty of nominal Liberals out there who are scared of Harper enough to vote NDP, I think. If you're really angry about the Sponsorship Scandal and want to punish the Liberals, but not batshit insane enough to vote for Harper, your options are don't vote or vote NDP.

At this point, I'm guessing the NDP are going to gain some seats, the Liberals are going to lose some, and we're going to end up with large Conservative minority or (sigh) small majority. The Liberals will undergo inner turmoil, possibly replace Martin, and take back the House in the next election as Harper shitcans the country.

Not a great prospect, but heck, that's why I drink.

[c9.livejournal.com]

If the Tory minority is small, Martin will stay so he can win again. If a Tory majority, Martin's gone gone gone. I just can't decide what will happen if it's a big Tory minority.