Political Fundraising... OUCH
The newest numbers are out. A friend of mine sent this to me from the Hill Times.
First Quarter Contributions to Political Parties, 2006
Tories - $5.6 million via 37,000 donors
Liberals - $1.3 million, via 6493 donors
OUCH. That's gotta hurt, especially when you're party is in serious debt.
But, I choose to look on the bright side... if we're serious about killing the Liberal Party of Canada once and for all, look for a Fall 2006 or Spring 2007 election!
First Quarter Contributions to Political Parties, 2006
Tories - $5.6 million via 37,000 donors
Liberals - $1.3 million, via 6493 donors
OUCH. That's gotta hurt, especially when you're party is in serious debt.
But, I choose to look on the bright side... if we're serious about killing the Liberal Party of Canada once and for all, look for a Fall 2006 or Spring 2007 election!
posted by Christian Conservative @ 9:26 a.m.
11 Comments:
At Mon May 15, 10:30:00 a.m. EDT,
Guelph First said…
And those are just donations to the National parties, they don't include donations to local EDA's.
At Mon May 15, 11:11:00 a.m. EDT,
Anonymous said…
BooHoo and HOO!! Sob Sob Sob! Sniffsniff.
I submit this as my application for the position of professional mourner at the long hoped for final demise of the Liberal Gang Of Officialdom Felons (A.K.A. Liberal G.O.O.F.S.)
I understand that the mourner's position carries with it a stupendous stipend and enumeration package.
BooHoo Ho ho ho ha hahaha hehehehehheeee! Snort(!)
L.H.&K.
At Mon May 15, 11:42:00 a.m. EDT,
Anonymous said…
Average donation to Libs is just a whisker over $200.00 versus $150.00 for the Conservatives. So not only more money but from a way larger contingent. I'd say that looks like a popular vote.
At Mon May 15, 01:30:00 p.m. EDT,
Blake Kennedy said…
"Liberal Gang Of Officialdom Felons (A.K.A. Liberal G.O.O.F.S.)"
Okay, firstly, lame acronym.
Secondly, what does the "S." stand for?
Thirdly, does your babysitter pick you up after school at 3:00, or does your mom do that herself?
At Mon May 15, 04:16:00 p.m. EDT,
Roy Eappen said…
By any measure the fiberal party is guilty of enterprsie corruption. The sponsorship scandal being one of their enterprises. Abotech, HRDC and the gun registry some of their others. Chretien biker law applys here. Let these crooks fade into oblivion in prison
At Mon May 15, 09:18:00 p.m. EDT,
Blake Kennedy said…
"Now, if the Chretien/Martin legacy manages to have the same effect as Mulroney's, and results in the Liberal party dying, this still probably won't satisfy some of the posters here...A new centrist party would [be plenty] for tangojuliet and roy eappen to complain about."
dirk, if I could have a "Post of the Day" award, you'd get it. Huge ownage. Just huge! I love it.
At Mon May 15, 11:03:00 p.m. EDT,
Anonymous said…
"The problem is that people who want power go for the party that they think can best give it to them. for most of these power hungry thooughtless twits they are centered right in the Liberal Party"
This is precisely the problem that has plagued the Liberal party. With unchecked power come the vultures looking to pick the corpse for anything of benefit. Over the years greedy powermongers came to outnumber concerned purveyors of the public good. The results were inevitable.
I truly hope that the Conservatives learn from the mistakes of the Liberals and thoroughly scrutinize the the intentions and motives of their members.
As far as political contributions go; people always want to back a winner. Stephen Levitt talks about campaign contibutions in his book Freakenomics. Its pretty interesting. According to Levitt its not more money that wins elections. Measuring campaign donations produce more accurate results than conducting a poll. People may hold certain beliefs and ideologies, but when they put their money behind a candidate, thats how can gauge real support.
Right now, I think a lot of people and businesses see a real winner in the Conservatives. I couldn't agree more.
At Tue May 16, 07:23:00 a.m. EDT,
Roy Eappen said…
I am not comlaining about a centrist aprty. I am complaining about a corrupt enterprise the fiberal party of Canada. I disagree with virtually everthing the NDP says, but I have more respect for them , trhan the fiberals. They have pinciples. The fiberals have absolutely none. If the fiberal party dies. So be it . perhaps a new party with some integrity will form. The fiberals have been a disaster for Canada.
At Tue May 16, 08:49:00 a.m. EDT,
Christian Conservative said…
"I don't care who is in government, no one is immune to the hubris that inevitably comes with unchecked power."
The problem with the Liberal Party, in its present form, is the fact that they don't need time for that power to corrupt them. Remember Sponsorship? Took less than two years in the PMO for Chretien to come up with that one, and soon thereafter, it was already corrupted. (accounts seem to go back to 1996-1997)
I think a split of the Liberals would actually be the very best thing for Canada. The left side of the split could attract some NDP supporters, and the right side of the split could attract some Red Tories, and then you've got 5 viable, fair sized parties that could start to form some coalition governments. If Canadians are serious about electoral reform, there’s one way they could get it.
Then again, that would actually give Jack a chance at 24 Sussex... scratch that idea.
Of course, I’d be happy with a Grit split which would keep my favorite PM in office for a whil...
At Tue May 16, 11:59:00 a.m. EDT,
Blake Kennedy said…
"If Canadians are serious about electoral reform, there’s one way they could get it."
That sounds fantastic!
Sincerely,
Italy.
At Tue May 16, 12:31:00 p.m. EDT,
Christian Conservative said…
LOL!
I'm not saying the Italian model is one we should emulate, but if people are serious about "electoral reform", that's one way to go about it.
Even if we go the Prop. Rep. model, we're looking at minority and coilition govs. for years to come.
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