Sitting here working, I just caught one of Connie candidate Loyola Hearn's radio spots on Open Line.
Now first of all the putz just spent $145 to air a 30 second spot on a radio call-in show.
That's like paying a hundred and fifty bucks to go to Bowring Park, where it's free to get in.
But I digress.
What's really lame about these radio spots is the content.
Loyola claims he's more effective than anyone else in Ottawa from this province.
How does he prove this?
By pointing to the 200-odd times he got to his feet in the House of Commons.
That's it. He got to his feet 200 times or more and that makes him effective.
Hmmmm.
I am gonna give that some thought, check my records and see what I can come up with.
Off the top of my head, I recall one of the things Loyola stood up for was the offshore deal. Then Steve Harper told him to sit down in order to bring down the government and kill off cash for the province.
So Loyola sat down.
Of course, there is an offshore vote Loyola doesn't like to talk about. That's one in 1987 when he stood up to vote in favour of offshore clawbacks.
Then there was the time Loyola stood up about supposed plans to close postal outlets in his riding. Turns out there were no such plans for Loyola's riding. There was one in Avalon I know of but that isn't in the riding Loyola is trying to represent. It's in the riding he would have represented if he wasn't afraid of losing in his own home town.
One of the latest things Loyola stood up to do was table a report on the fishery that placed the blame for cod collapse and the lack of recovery on all the people involved in the fishery in one way or another. Loyola then issued a news release that said something completely different. So even when Loyola stands, he doesn't necessarily stand for accuracy and honesty.
Loyola also stood up to collect his travel claim. Over $100, 000 last year and over $160, 000 the year before. I can't tell you what he spent so much money on since, unlike cabinet ministers, members of parliament get to keep their political spending a secret.
Looks like Loyola's radio spots are a sign of a lame-assed campaign from a member of parliament so desperate to demonstrate he did anything (other than follow Harper's orders) that he is willing to air utter tripe and claim it's gold.
Once I've checked into this a bit more, I'll give you some more examples.
But in the meantime, it sure looks like Loyola is back at proving just exactly how lame he has been as a member of parliament.
After all, who else who run on a record of standing up for the province on the offshore when the record shows Loyola sat down on command from his party leader.
When asked to put province before party, Loyola picked Stephen Harper over Hamilton Avenue and Hibbs Cove.