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Fair pushback - I guess it depends on the definition used. The Alberta guy in ‘52 definitely wasn’t the permanent leader but fair to ask if he was really the interim
UK in the ‘30s Labour Party almost won an election with an interim leader but fell short
It’s super rare
How rare is an interim leader winning an election?
I could only find one precedent.
Not just in Canada - in all Westminster countries at the national or provincial/state levels.
Searched UK, Australia, NZ.
Just found one.
British Columbia in 1952
Rob Silver retweeted
I asked ChatGPT to depict what a Cheesecake Factory would look like if Saddam Hussein applied his tastes to it and... yeah. This is very Trumpy.
He’s the 🐐
It’s amazing fun seeing him out there
A tiny part of me worries this feels great but net-net doesn’t help and in fact hurts
I hope that tiny part of me is wrong :)
Rob Silver retweeted
Having been in these moments, I can visualize the focus group when someone turned the whole room against him over his playing tennis, leading to this ad 🤣
I watched a woman turn an entire focus group once over one candidate’s choice of food at a BBQ (sadly never made that ad)
He clearly loves it so much and is so good at it
I don’t bye the ‘he’s reluctant to do this’ stuff
Jordan knew he couldn’t play basketball for fun after he retired- he’s too competitive to just mess around
That’s Obama
The owners could address that tomorrow- they won’t. Ever.
Because they don’t care about that - it’s make believe to them
Editorial board endorsement are a ridiculous relic of a different era
I own a newspaper- that makes me powerful and important
So I will tell the pleebs who read my paper who to vote for
And they will listen
Making me even more powerful
None of this is the case today
Oooh - a newspaper editorial board endorsed or didn’t endorsed a candidate?
In my lifetime, do you know how many votes I believe have been changed in Canadian elections by an editorial endorsement?
That would be zero.
None
No actual person cares or reads it. Only campaigns
Trump: ‘we have won the war in Iran because they will NEVER have a nuclear weapon’
Bibi: ‘Iran is once again hours away from getting a nuclear weapon…just as I’ve been saying they are for the last 40 years’
BREAKING: Netanyahu says Iran has now restarted its nuclear program and intends to destroy Israel within a short time.
"Iran has restarted its nuclear program, and it wants to destroy us within a short time," Netanyahu said an hour ago.
IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has warned that resuming the war this close to Tuesday's election will force the vote to be postponed indefinitely.
Netanyahu said on Wednesday that toppling the Iranian regime is now his directive to the IDF and Mossad.
In your lifetime has a newspaper endorsement ever mattered in any election at any level?
The only people who even know papers still endorse candidates are all deeply into politics
No human changes their based on an editorial board - it’s so old timey arrogant
Rob Silver retweeted
I don't know how teams can Defend Barnes and Kawhi at the same time. They both need Big, athletic and Starting level defenders. Most NBA teams only have 1
People talk 'Double Bigs'...but this Raptor Monster is fast, powerful, athletic and put up a lot of shots. They drive hard
