HEDY OH HEDY

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HEDY OH HEDY

As I stated in an earlier post, depending on who runs for the federal Liberals in Van-East, could either benefit or sink the campaign of wildly popular incumbent Liberal MP Dr Hedy Fry in Van-Centre.

It has come to the attention of this blogwriter that a poossible candidate for the Liberal party in van-East is from the conservative chinese community. He is pulling out all the stops to be a candidate.

The problem is this. Said candidate is a former elected official who supported a far-right chinese christian group who was opposed to the implementation of gay friendly materials in our public school system. In fact, this potential candidate's name surfaced in a Christian Newsletter supporting the group who led opposition to our schools being gay friendly.

If this candidate receives the green light, poor Hedy Fry would be under attack from gay activists all across Canada. Of course, former Queer NDP MP, Svend Robinson and current Lesbian NDP MP, Libby Davies would play this card to death. I can see the headlines being splashed across the mainstream presses saying how the Liberals are running someone who is opposed to same sex marriage and equality.

Hedy's campaign could as a result, wind up in the toilet and this would be so sad, considering Hedy and the Liberal party has long championed the rights of gays and lesbians. Moreover, according to an anonymous source in the Conservative party, Stephen Harper wouldn't come across nearly as scary as the Liberals project him to be.

stay tuned folks!

Jamie Lee Hamilton
tricia_foxx@yahoo.com

VAN-EAST RIDING to PLAY out in CENTRE

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VAN-EAST RIDING to PLAY out in CENTRE

According to an NDP insider, MP Libby Davies is jumping for joy. No not for the glamorpuss Joy MacPhail, but seriously, Libby has learned through a Liberal insider, that her competition will be a relative unknown to the riding of Van-East. According to the anonymous source, a known individual within the Chinese community is usually not a known quantity outside of it and therefore not much of a threat to Davies.

Further, the insider claims the NDP are ready to jump for joy as the source goes on to say that the Liberals may make a strategic blunder since a Liberal chinese candidate against Libby Davies, will most likely be played out in the Vancouver-Centre riding where Liberal MP Dr.Hedy Fry is in a tight race against former NDP MP, Svend Robinson. Apparently, according to the anonymous source, Libby is certain of her win against a Chinese contestant and that she plans to campaign frequently with her best friend, Svend, in Van-Centre.

This could spell disaster for the Liberals, because while Hedy Fry is popular and one-on-one against Svend, chances of her winning the Van-Centre riding again is likely. But according to the well-placed NDP insider, Hedy up against Libby and Svend will be a mismatch. Plus according to the source, Jim Green will be deployed to assist Svend and Libby in all out battle to unseat Ms. Fry. The source claims the NDP desperately want Van-Centre for Svend and they are even re-directing Libby's volunteers to assist Svend in Van-Centre.

This could be a terrible mistake for the BC Liberal team, as a Liberal source claims that a few potential candidates like Laura McDiarmid, Colleen Hardwick, Lea Johnson and the wildly popular former IWA boss, David Haggard, and well respected former Mayor, Philip Owen would provide for a more even match against Libby Davies. This would ensure, Ms Davies staying put in her Van-East riding. The NDP source goes on to articulate that if Libby Davies was up against a strong candidate, Jim Green would need to stay in Van-east in order to save the seat for Ms Davies.

The only thing certain in all this, is my readers will see within a few hours how the backroom strategists of both parties play this chess game.

Stay tuned folks!

Jamie Lee Hamilton
tricia_foxx@yahoo.com