British Columbia voters should be forgiven for not understanding that our general election, the one to decide provincial politics, only began three days ago, and not months ago when the shadowy Concerned Citizens For British Columbia (CC4BC) saturated local television with attack ads.
Just who are the so-called CC4BC? They certainly didn't seem concerned when the HST brought British Columbia into the eye of a perfect storm of government lies. Nor did they seem concerned when the HST was voted down by plebiscite, a national first. CC4BC was at the very forefront of the rearguard when Japan needed our aid after their horrifying earthquake, meaning they did nothing that was apparent to anybody.
CC4BC (the acronym) is suspiciously close to the early version of the B.C. Liberal campaign slogan "C.C. For B.C.", which was coined back in the days when the Libs sought to put as much distance between themselves and Gordon "03-02659" Campbell, the mitten-handed Premier who scored the all-time lowest public approval rating in the history of North American politics. In the two years or so that C.C. has attempted to lead the Liberals, and by extension the province, her party quietly decided to drop Christy Clark's name from the official logo. So while nobody is rallying behind obsolete C.C. For B.C. battlecry, we do have CC4BC showing up on our televisions every twelve minutes or so.
CC4BC is a political communications organization. Their primary goal is to spread the gospel of the B.C. Liberal Party. Mostly, we have been subjected to months of pro-Lib television ads and an Internet media campaign which have tried to frame C.C. and her crew in the most positive light possible.
Then there are the attack ads. Astoundingly, CC4BC has spent a documented $16.6 million dollars on ads that directly attack the New Democrat Party (NDP) leader Adrian Dix. What CC4BC won't reveal is if the $16.6 million was raised through private means or if the money was pulled out of public tax revenues. I am trying to imagine the B.C. multi-millionaire so outraged with the NDP that they would willingly subject citizens to dozens of repetitive attack ads each day. I know I've seen the ads enough times that I have the text memorized.
This is important: the substance of each attack ad is that when Adrian Dix was a part of the NDP when they ruled B.C. in advance of Campbell's Libs, he was involved in a scandal where he falsified government documents, was caught in the lie by the RCMP (police) who had physical proof of his transgression, and then resigned from his post in utter defeat while clutching the typical obscene severance bonus that politicians of Dix's ilk will gladly take as their entitlement no matter how horrified or disgusted the voters are. In short, the attack ads are completely factual, and they describe in lean, accurate terms exactly how Adrian Dix came to be forced to resign from high office.
So, I have to be clear: as repulsed as I am by months of Liberal attack ads, I am equally disgusted by the leadership qualities of both the Liberals and the NDP. I cannot condone the $16.6 million spent to attack Adrian Dix on television, especially at a time when the Liberals are cutting funding for the BC film industry. On the other side of the coin, how can anybody support Adrian Dix, who wilfully forged government budget documents in a craven attempt to keep his cushy job?
Just how deep do the lies go? Now that the silly season, the official election hustings, has begun in earnest, this is exactly the kind of question that will never have a satisfactory answer for the voting public.
My thought: all this election will serve to do is exchange one set of flaccid boobs in office for another. While you could interpret that as a sexist jab at C.C., please consider the leaders as political boobs rather than as saggy mammaries. Or not.
Finally, a couple more C.C. cartoons. At least she's kind of fun to draw. Cartoon #1: please click here. Cartoon #2: please click here.
Regrettably, I don't have any pics of former media darling Pamela Martin. I'm not certain anybody remembers what she looks like anymore. All we know is that she's still caucasian and that she draws a confirmed $130,000 yearly government salary for doing whatever it is she's doing for the Libs. Dotting the all "i"'s on the Liberal letterhead by hand, maybe.
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