Charles Adler takes on PROROGUEWATCH 2010

I had the privilege of listening to Adler Online Tuesday night 7-9pm Pacific on CKNW 980 in Vancouver, and I want to thank the Boss of Talk for dedicating a significant proportion of his show to the internet movement led by Kady O'Malley over this issue that most Canadians don't care about. Charles, coming back from holidays decided to ask the question, what is all the fuss about? He brought on people from both sides to present their case, and provided them with a platform to advertise. He did not attempt to silence dissent, but honourably chose to present both sides of the case.

When he went to the phones, the people on the line had all their O'Malley inspired talking points ready to provide a voice to the serial anger of their demographic. I suppose when the majority of people don't care, the only people on the phones are the extremes.  Chuck's BS Detector was in full force, and he asked the right questions. Faced with a bombardment of left wing talking points, he provided quality analysis under fire. To Mr. Adler, I ask that you disregard that the large majority of Canadians either don't care or support it, and keep asking the tough questions while this manufactured movement attempts to make a beach head.  How many degrees of separation does it take to get people to click on a link?

One charge that these desperately partisan callers kept repeating was that if the Liberal Party had done the same thing, Charles would be outraged, and that he only supports the majority opinion because he is “a conservative”. As a Tory blogger I get that a lot. I remember one time when Ignatieff was giving some speech in Sudbury, I wrote that he was bluffing; the move made no sense, and it was a mistake. I received Liberal rebuttal that because I was a Blogging Tory, the Liberals should do the opposite of what I said. A month later everyone, even on the CBC, agreed that it was a bluff, a mistake, and someone would call it. Some pundits are more concerned with making an accurate statement than trying to trick an opponent into doing the opposite of what is best for the country. I wrote Call Their Bluff while I was watching the Iggy Sudbury speech live, and the rest is history.

The head of the snake at PROROGUE WATCH 2010 is Kady O'Malley. Some of us did not take time off during the Holiday season, and watched the Liberal Pavlovs ring their controversy bell. The entire controversy was contrived by the "Liberal Internet Mafia", and now the CBC is running sequential advertising for their Facebook page. Most people I know use Facebook to share pictures and jokes with friends and family, not for political activism. Those people who manipulate Facebook to achieve a political objective are an entirely different breed. Using it as a vehicle to escalate your anger in others defeats the purpose of its existence.

I consider myself to be a citizen of Adler Nation, and my biggest complaint about the show is that he does not discuss politics more often! Sadly, most people don't care about politics as much as I do, and would rather listen to a show about Talking to Strangers than a discussion about the anger of a segment of rabid left wingers.

Chuck, I'll be listening...