At least he got his name in the news.
A day after the Conservatives unveiled new attack ads slamming Stephane Dion, Liberals are fighting back with a series of homemade videos on the Internet site YouTube.
The videos slam Tory policies and accuse Prime Minister Stephen Harper of breaking his promises.
Jason Cherniak, who runs a website called Liblogs, says he and other Liberals may not have a lot of money, but are doing what they can to support Dion.
The Conservatives brain-trust vs. Jason Cherniak...I can hear Stephane Dion in the background, "this is unfair!"
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Comments (10)
Conservatives brain-trust vs. Jason Cherniak.
It’s a battle of wits between two unarmed opponents. ;)
Posted by Greg | April 3, 2007 3:25 PM
Posted on April 3, 2007 15:25
Brian Lemon says it best: “The once proud Liberal Party of Canada has declined in credibility to the point where the best idea it has is to get a twenty-something sometime lawyer and fulltime blogger from Richmond Hill to craft and post half-assed videos on YouTube”.
http://canadianbluelemons.blogspot.com/2007/04/liberals-announce-new-virtual-campaign.html
I didn’t bother to go to Cherniak’s newest “me, me, me” site, but one of the comments to Lemon’s post notes that the quality is generally crappy and liability for copyright music (and other stuff) may be a problem?
Jason pooh-poohed Stephen Taylor’s BT/Video efforts. Now he’s going to see is isn’t any small deed … to do it properly.
I think Cherniak is turning into an unmitigated liability, and embarassment, for the Liberals. It seems that even Liberal supporters are staying away from his site … his posts have become truly dreadful.
Posted by Erik Sorenson | April 3, 2007 4:43 PM
Posted on April 3, 2007 16:43
I think Cherniak is turning into an unmitigated liability, and embarassment, for the Liberals. It seems that even Liberal supporters are staying away from his site … his posts have become truly dreadful.
Good point, Eric. However, I see Cherniak as a guy who knows how to pick his Liberal leadership candidates. [Dithers and Dithers II] Let’s see if Cherniak’s latter candidate can continue what the former started, that being, a slow downward spiral to political oblivion. I think in baseball it’s known as “strike three, you’re out!”
Posted by Scott | April 3, 2007 4:50 PM
Posted on April 3, 2007 16:50
Chernial has delusions of grandeur.
Posted by Roy Eappen | April 3, 2007 5:06 PM
Posted on April 3, 2007 17:06
I agree with Erik. I’m not sure I’d want Mr. Cherniak supporting me if I was Dion. Maybe there’s just nothing for Jason to do these days but humour himself?
Posted by KD | April 3, 2007 5:13 PM
Posted on April 3, 2007 17:13
I haven’t seen the Lib ads, but people need to be careful about whether or not they’re actually home made. Ad companies and professionals these days sometimes resort to these low tech “viral” campaigns to make it look like it’s little guy vs. big machine. Take the recent Hillary 1984 ad by the Obama supporter. Marked as homemade, but not quite. The Libs just might be trying to go for that feel here.
Posted by Blackstone | April 3, 2007 5:18 PM
Posted on April 3, 2007 17:18
It is obvious that liberals are up to old tricks. Now down and out they are playing the David and Goliath trick on the public. They, the LPC is David and the newly resurging CPC is Goliath. Of course this is bullshit, since Cretin and to a lesser extent Martin were bullies in their day. We have to keep reminding the LPC and the PUBLIC of the true nature of the LPC when in power.
Posted by Real Conservative | April 3, 2007 6:26 PM
Posted on April 3, 2007 18:26
They used to have Warren Kinsella; now they have to make do with Jason Cherniak.
Posted by The Fog is Clearing | April 3, 2007 6:50 PM
Posted on April 3, 2007 18:50
Now do these supposedly amateur ads count as political donations to the Liberal Party ???
Posted by Anonymous | April 3, 2007 8:28 PM
Posted on April 3, 2007 20:28
When Liblogs is operating as a Non-Profit Organization, it would be interesting to review the books to see where the donations are coming from.
Posted by Jayne | April 4, 2007 2:48 AM
Posted on April 4, 2007 02:48