Election Funnies and Follies #1

Every day or two for the next month, I'm going to try to do a "funnies and follies round-up" of the election news and tweets that I find most interesting or hilarious or annoying or whatever. 

It won't be comprehensive, but sometimes it might be funny! 

We’ve had your back, and now it’s time to hear your voice. You need to choose how we finish the fight against COVID-19 and build back better. That’s what #elxn44 is about.

— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) August 15, 2021

First of all, I keep reading the media saying they just don't understand why Trudeau is calling the election. Its perfectly obvious to me: he wants a majority so he can pass the legislation the Liberals want to pass, for the benefit of Canadians, without the opposition parties continuing to try to gum up the works, slow-walk everything, raise pointless objections, and search for ways to undermine Trudeau's leadership. I'm sick and tired of it; its way past time for Trudeau to ask Canada for a new mandate.

Noticeable: The constant use of 'Team' by the Federal Liberals
Also Noticeable: No mention of 'Team' by Singh NDP or O'Toole CPC. The entire focus is just on them.
The past 17 months have demonstrated how essential teamwork is within the Government in power. #ForwardForEveryone

— Mike Morris (@1MikeMorris) August 16, 2021

The entire strategy of the NDP and CPC with vaccines was to cheerlead failure and gaslight Canadians. From claiming that vaccines were too expensive, celebrating delays, misinformation, and saying they would have done better without an alternative plan. #elxn44 #cdnpoli #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/ke9YdwNlmv

— Neil Before Zod™ (@WaytowichNeil) August 15, 2021

Monday the media laughed at the Willy Wonka video and thought this election would revolve around Trudeau's vaccine mandate - and how O'Toole is disappointing people by refusing to require vaccinations -- but yesterday it started revolving around Trudeau's day care plan - and how O'Toole is disappointing people by telling Canadian parents to forget it, ain't gonna happen when he is PM. 

This is the first big mistake of #elxn44. It will stick and it will hurt. https://t.co/6XA1czvyey

— Gerald Butts (@gmbutts) August 16, 2021

Some clarity for Ontario voters on Day 2:

Vote Liberal, Ontario will eventually have $10/day childcare (Doug Ford could lose as early as next June).

Vote Conservative, Ontario will not have $10/day childcare, neither Erin O'Toole nor Doug Ford will allow it.#elxn44 #onpoli

— Asif Hossain (@asifintoronto) August 16, 2021

Basically, O'Toole is rapidly proving himself to be Not Ready For Prime Time. 

And the Conservative shilly-shallying didn't help the NDP either:

Voting NDP will get the Childcare program CANCELLED

Just like in 2006#cdnpoli #IStandWithTrudeau #Election2021

— G.T. Lem (@gtlem) August 16, 2021

I wonder what O'Toole will decide to do tomorrow that will disappoint Canadians? 

I can't tell if the CPC campaign is really as big a farce as it seems to my eyes, or if I'm too biased against them and it's actually not as horrible as that.

I can't even watch coverage of it without choking from laughing too hard. pic.twitter.com/dC3YRp0njF

— Mike Gibbs🏳️‍🌈 (@Mikeggibbs) August 16, 2021

And his "t-shirt man" booklet is going to turn out to be a treasure-trove of media stories -- it already started tonight with the sprinkling of miscellaneous tax credits and dinner coupons:

I swear they are coming up with these ideas after several whiskeys with them written on a cocktail napkin.

— Alyssa Berry (@Aly_B_YYC) August 17, 2021

And now Dale Smith has found another one too - O'Toole criticizing Trudeau for the same health transfer policy that Harper had:

This is one of the most egregious examples of revisionist history by the Conservatives I’ve seen in ages.
The unmitiated gall!

— Dale Smith (@journo_dale) August 17, 2021

I can hardly wait for what we're going to be talking about tomorrow.