Tuesday, September 21, 2010

The First Rule of a Losing Campaign

When you have no hope of winning, go for the smear! (And embarrass yourself in the process)

NDP Northwest candidate's Jan Dyky's first brochure referring to her competitor, the Sask Party's Gord Wyant


"Wyant made his career as a corporate and banking lawyer"...

Oh the horror! Run for the hills, he's a lawyer!

And how about this one?

"Wyant cares more about his bank account that public service. Despite already having considerable wealth, he says he may keep collecting nearly $51,000 per year of his city councillor salary..."

Besides being totally inaccurate (Wyant has already stated that he is taking a leave from city council during the writ period, and will step down if successful in the campaign...but don't let the facts get in the way of an attempted smear), how exactly do the NDP know about how much "considerable wealth" Wyant has?

Talk about trying to start a class war! Would Dyky be a better candidate if she and her husband were having trouble making ends meet, or if she was broke?

The more these people speak, the more they continue to expose themselves as mean-spirited rank amateurs.

Dyky has no hope of winning the seat. But in the meantime it seems like she's intent on embarrassing herself for the next 28 days. Good luck with that...

1 comment:

Trent said...

First of all, I'm so glad you're back!

Now, down to business! The NDP resorting to dirty smear tactics is entirely the fault of the Saskatchewan Party, if we are going to let them do it, they will continue to smear.

The only way to deal with the NDP is to use their tactics against them. They slander Serge LeClaire, bring up the case files of former Family Services Minister Buckley Belanger and how he lost his eye in a bar fight he started with his own cousin.
The NDP want to talk about Gord Wyatts personal finances? Look into their personal finances, starting with Link.
Open the files on Channel Lake and Spudco.
Playing nice only guarantees an inevitable loss.