Weir faces McCarthyism

Erin Weir is testifying in front of a Canadian Parliamentary Committee when Conservative MP Randy Hoback attacks him with lines right out of the McCarthy Witch-hunts.

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[Bill Oates]

These are the kind of weak-minded people the Tories have sent to parliament. Tip of the iceberg I'm afraid.

[huntclubjoe]

I'm too lazy to Google "Randy Hoback", so I'll just go ahead and assume that he's not an English teacher by profession. What a cunt.

[Julian Bradshaw]

The NDP balanced every budget they brought down when in power in Saskatchewan. The current tax regime was introduced by the NDP and Wall is taking bows for the current boom, created by that NDP tax regime. Wall is also running a 340 million dollar deficit...the third in a row, in the middle of a boom...and lying about it. Devine took the province down the dumper...now Wall is doing the same. Stay tuned...it's gonna get a lot worse.

[Julian Bradshaw]

I don't know why anyone would be surprised. The Conservatives are masters of the political smear...Harper invented the political smear with his "Ed Broadbent is a very scary guy" ads when he was head of the right-wing National Citizens Coalition. These people ooze sleaze at every turn and Hoback is just behaving like the Conservative sleazebag that he is. McCarthyism is definitely alive and well in Canada and Hoback is the poster child for Canadian McCarthyism in this piece.

[Juliano Tupone]

What a load of garbage. How can a joker like Randy Hoback have any credibility? Like Weir said, it's no secret that he's a member of the NDP or what his leanings are. Secondly, how is it relevant?

I like how Hoback kept referring to it as the "NDP Party" - apparently he missed the memo that the P stands for Party. What a tool. If I lived in PA I would actively campaign against that schmuck.

[kmikl]

First: This is a PARLIAMENTARY Committee meeting, not a Conservative Love-in.

Second: Weir's candidacy previous has nothing at all to do with the issue at hand.

Last: If Hoback had a legitimate question, he shouldn't have prefaced it with a ad-hominem attack that makes anyone not Conservative to be anti-Canada.

If you notice, Conservatives for the most part don't give a damn about the Canadians that Elected them unless they happen to have a billion-dollar bank account.

[weldongeezer]

People get what they elect .... this is an example of a very poor choice by the electorate of Prince Albert for indeed Mr. Hoback is very reminiscent of the vile character that abused democracy in 1950's America .... so it goes!

[EtherSnake01]

Aboot?

[oracleofottawa]

It is Called Dutch Disease,,,,no way around it!!!

[Zxceelxuz]

You're obviously not very intelligent.

[Jon M]

Let's all go on welfare and vote NDP! Let's all be third-worlders and turn into Greece!

[Thomas Dart]

Yup it's McCarthyism - the conservatives are promoting this kind of personal attack. They don't even deal with the issues - amazing that they put people like this on a committee!