tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36812020.post116405516704513133..comments2023-11-02T06:22:09.404-06:00Comments on the Alberta Report:: Dan Backs Gets the Boot from LiberalsAlberta Report Editorial Collectivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04365855100841361728noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36812020.post-1164691738250381932006-11-27T22:28:00.000-07:002006-11-27T22:28:00.000-07:00Goddamn NDP media! I hate those biased socialist s...Goddamn NDP media! I hate those biased socialist scumbags!<BR/><BR/>Maurice is on to something here... there is a direct correlation between the flatness of your monitor and the size of the Lenin bust in your corner CBC office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36812020.post-1164164449808762592006-11-21T20:00:00.000-07:002006-11-21T20:00:00.000-07:00Nah, i'd bet money it was Oberg. Also, this "Mauri...Nah, i'd bet money it was Oberg. Also, this "Maurice" is quite the angry Liberal. Wonder why he/she seems to intent to show themselves as a Liberal staffer? <BR/><BR/>Also, I think your comments about Graham Thomson are unfair. But the ones about the flat screen monitors are genuinely hilarious. Keep posting, Maurice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36812020.post-1164141750607781832006-11-21T13:42:00.000-07:002006-11-21T13:42:00.000-07:00Any truth to the rumour Backs was working for Norr...Any truth to the rumour Backs was working for Norris and that's what relly cheesed Taft off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36812020.post-1164139216478699832006-11-21T13:00:00.000-07:002006-11-21T13:00:00.000-07:00Graham Thompson is the laziest columnist in Canada...Graham Thompson is the laziest columnist in Canada and Hugh MacDonald is the most vicious back stabber in the Legislature. Both well known facts.<BR/><BR/>So you think that a man who has been ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE should be allowed to behave like a buffoon, and receive countless warnings. That says a lot about you and your NDP friends. "Let incompentence reign forever. Hallejulah!"<BR/><BR/>Taft had a decision to make. He could either let this moron continue to poison the caucus and staff with his demagoguery, or he could kick him out of caucus before he could do any further damage to the Liberal brand. Not much of a choice, in my view.<BR/><BR/>BTW, Backs still has his job as an MLA. It's up to the voters to fire him. We'll see what they think in the next election.<BR/><BR/>Can anybody think of anything Dan Backs has contributed to Alberta in his 2 years as an MLA? I mean, besides calling people Nazis? Just askin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36812020.post-1164137649045409752006-11-21T12:34:00.000-07:002006-11-21T12:34:00.000-07:00Wow Maurice - I thought the CBC was a Liberal inst...Wow Maurice - I thought the CBC was a Liberal institution :) How's life at the caucus office?<BR/><BR/>This isn't NDPers raising questions about Taft. Read Graham Thompson's column in today's Edmonton Journal. Is that kind of ridicule what leaders strive for in making 'strong' decisions?<BR/><BR/>Or check out Liberal MLA Hugh MacDonald's comments (I think they were in the Sun), he didn't seem too pleased that they couldn't work it out - or is he a NDPer from the CBC or Labour Council too?<BR/><BR/>In answer your question, a leader has to warn an MLA so that he/she doesn't lose political capital (elected MLAs) without at least giving the MLA the chance to change things. That's what I'd want in a boss, and it's sure as hell what I want in a leader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36812020.post-1164130509259057892006-11-21T10:35:00.000-07:002006-11-21T10:35:00.000-07:00Why does a leader have to WARN a SITTING MLA that ...Why does a leader have to WARN a SITTING MLA that he'll get kicked out if he doesn't behave properly. By that I mean getting his facts straight in the Leg. Returning phone calls from constituents. Stop ogling strippers at Chez Pierre.<BR/><BR/>Backs has had two years to step up from being a useless union hack to at least try to be a mediocre MLA. <BR/><BR/>He wasn't up to the job. The caucus thought he was an idiot. The caucus staff were always on the receiving end of his rageoholic sh*t fits. He was a disgrace, and everyone in caucus and the party knows it.<BR/><BR/>So Kevin Taft fired the idiot. He's the boss. Why shouldn't he fire Backs' toothless ass? Why?<BR/><BR/>At the very least the move should be a shot across the bow to Bharat Agnihotri to pull up his socks and start behaving like an adult.<BR/><BR/>And why is everyone so surprised when a leader acts like, you know, a LEADER! What's Taft supposed to do? Sit around in a circle with everyone, hold hands and talk about their feelings and emotions. What crap!<BR/><BR/>My opinion of Taft has risen 100 per cent in this case by identifying a problem and acting on it without dithering around like some other Liberal leader whose name escapes me.<BR/><BR/>And all you anonymous NDP losers making comments on your flat-screen monitors at CBC Radio and the Edmonton and District Labour Council about Taft losing control...get back to work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36812020.post-1164089981028879232006-11-20T23:19:00.000-07:002006-11-20T23:19:00.000-07:00At least when Oberg was canned from the PC caucus,...At least when Oberg was canned from the PC caucus, the blood-letting was in public. This, who knows what happened?<BR/>If what Alf wrote is true, then this whole sh*t show is more about Taft's control of caucus than Dan Backs' work ethic. Taft can't control one loose cannon MLA who back-talks and instead has to FIRE him? Dude, weak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36812020.post-1164081087416629752006-11-20T20:51:00.000-07:002006-11-20T20:51:00.000-07:00The fact Taft did this without giving Backs a warn...The fact Taft did this without giving Backs a warning (something he admitted to in the press conference) doesn't speak well to his leadership style. Backs may be a bafoon, but you don't drop an MLA without trying to salvage the situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36812020.post-1164066701060365892006-11-20T16:51:00.000-07:002006-11-20T16:51:00.000-07:00Did you know that Dan Backs was actually laid off ...Did you know that Dan Backs was actually laid off from the Operating Engineers Union? They poured money into his campaign, but a couple iof guys I work with say he was kind of lazy, shiftless bastard. Anyway, maybe he'll join the Tories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36812020.post-1164057564948222702006-11-20T14:19:00.000-07:002006-11-20T14:19:00.000-07:00That caucus is falling to pieces.That caucus is falling to pieces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com