Comments on: Overplayed http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/04/07/overplayed/ Conservative group weblog that publishes daily commentary on political events and topics affecting Canada, the United States and the world. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:07:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Shane http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/04/07/overplayed/#comment-180568 Shane Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:16:39 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/?p=3221#comment-180568 Umm. That was his point. It is less than impressive. Umm. That was his point. It is less than impressive.

]]> By: Abattoir http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/04/07/overplayed/#comment-180567 Abattoir Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:23:24 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/?p=3221#comment-180567 "In recent history, they haven't bested one since Wayne Gretzky's rookie season." Hmm...true, but less impressive when one considers that there was no united right to face for many of those years. By that logic, the right hasn't defeated a united left since R.B. Bennett in 1930. (CCF, NDP have existed since then) Coincidentally, this was also the last year the Conservatives won a majority government (as they were called the Progressive Conservatives for decades). Do these factoids mean anything either? Of course not. You had a point, but it was overshadowed by this meaningless 'fact'. “In recent history, they haven’t bested one since Wayne Gretzky’s rookie season.”

Hmm…true, but less impressive when one considers that there was no united right to face for many of those years.

By that logic, the right hasn’t defeated a united left since R.B. Bennett in 1930. (CCF, NDP have existed since then) Coincidentally, this was also the last year the Conservatives won a majority government (as they were called the Progressive Conservatives for decades).

Do these factoids mean anything either? Of course not. You had a point, but it was overshadowed by this meaningless ‘fact’.

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