Guelph election debate videos

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By Andrew Coyne | Email | October 8th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Posted to: Andrew Coyne's Blog, Capital
Comment by jwl on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 10:52 am:

What about the announcement this morning of coordinated
action with a bunch of Central Banks. I know our Central
Bank is independent but do they take advice from PM. Can
Harper use this as leadership example of doing something?

As an aside, I went to my all candidates meeting last night
and I think I know who our next Finance Minister should be.
John Turmel is running in my riding this time and he cracked
me up last night. He said he lives in Brantford, because
he's a professional gambler and lives across the street from
the casino, and was railing against usury and something
about how everyone should have access to Bank Of Canada
cash, not just the banks. And he's pro - drugs, gambling and
prostitution.

JCT: Nice thought but Finance Minister is the cashier of the
chips? In my Casino Turmel, I had clerks do that. I just
made sure Turmel currency was always backed up by the
original collateral in the cage so there could be no
inflation.
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Let's Get Ready to Rebuttal!
http://guelphbyelectionbeat.blogspot.com/2008/10/lets-get-ready-to-rebuttal.html
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Adam A Donaldson
http://www.blogger.com/profile/12212181549039679400

As I'm sure you know, Tuesday was debate night in the Royal
City. The combined forces of the Guelph Mercury and Rogers
Television was what it took to bring together 9 out of 10 of
the candidates running in Guelph, which begs the question:
is Manuel Couto real? I mean is he a real person, or does he
merely exist on our ballot every Federal election?

But the nine that did show created a lively evening of
debate which was often more like an 8 on 1 with everyone
else taking shots at the Conservatives and Stephen Harper,
leaving Gloria Kovach to defend not just her own designs on
the MP job, but the record of the Conservative government as
well. Here's how the debate broke down:

John Turmel - At the University debate, J.T. closed with the
9/11 conspiracy theory version of our involvement in
Afghanistan and that's how he started this one, before
pretty much stuck to his guns about LETS and getting
interest free credit from the Bank of Canada for the rest of
the night. On taxes, he says that he doesn't mind paying
them so long as they're going to something and not paying
down the debt. Among his highlights Turmel proclaimed that
he should decriminalize "all victimless crime" including
gambling, smoking pot and prostitution saying that "Even shy
and unattractive people have the right to get laid." Also,
Turmel dropped some science on the crowd saying that pot
should be legalized because it can kill cancer and regrow
brain cells, and that humans aren't responsible for global
warming because there's global warming on Mars too.

JCT: Boy, he sure covered a lot in few words.

http://guelphbyelectionbeat.blogspot.com/2008/10/lazy-sunday.html

Sunday, October 12, 2008
Lazy Sunday
The Mercury's Brad Needham posted this list on the paper's
Guelph Votes blog Wednesday, and I loved it, so I felt like
sharing.

Top 10 signs the election campaign, which started in Guelph
on July 25, has gone on too long.

10. Prime Minister Stephen Harper almost made it to Guelph.
(Editor's Note: Remember: Wednesday, the PM did, in fact
make it to Guelph)
9. NDP Leader Jack Layton has run out of Stephen Harper
sweater jokes.
8. Liberal Leader Stephane Dion is actually starting to make
sensee.
7. Karen Levenson of the Animal Alliance Environment Voters
party has been talking about giving a voice to animals.
Beverly Hills Chihuahua is the Number 1 movie in the
country. Coincidence? I think not.
6. The kids riding bikes outside Green candidate Mike Nagy's
Gordon Street office are thinking about university.
5. Independent candidate John Turmel hasn't been arrested in
weeks.
4. The NDP's Tom King is out of stories.
3. Even Liberal Frank Valeriote would admit that getting his
law degree was easier than trying to explain the Green
Shift.
2. Conservative Gloria Kovach has been spotted at some all-
candidates debates.
1. Even the vandals are getting bored. Guelph's election
signs have never looked better.

JCT: Okay. I still can't log on to the Google uploader for
greater than 100M files so I've uploaded the "hysterical"
"funny guy" Mercury-Rogers debate in two parts.

So here's the whole list of debates for:

BYELECTION DEBATES:

Guelph police oust King of the Fringe from Rogers debate
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-2886052532187526205&hl=en-CA

Social Justice Guelph election debate
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=7375649767973318199&hl=en-CA

Guelph University byelection debate
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-5062695864077813980&hl=en-CA

Turmel Guelph byelection bites
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-7987666397721661845&hl=en-CA


ELECTION DEBATES
Guelph University election debate
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-1666076765002550976&hl=en-CA

Guelph CVI highschool debate exclusion
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-6316855244927663574&hl=en-CA

Guelph U. Grad Students debate
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-2767058194844574674&hl=en-CA

Amber Lea Nursing Home Guelph election concert
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=1684968751514758463&hl=en-CA

Mercury Rogers Guelph election debate #1
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-5630538538403307376&hl=en-CA
Mercury Rogers Guelph election debate #2
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=5504891891634308902&hl=en-CA

St. James High School Guelph election debate
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=4719367606168915463&hl=en-CA

Turmel Guelph election bites
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=7208917821409566032&hl=en-CA