{"id":1167,"date":"2009-05-17T19:02:58","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T00:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/thickculture\/?p=1167"},"modified":"2009-06-17T06:22:47","modified_gmt":"2009-06-17T11:22:47","slug":"framing-the-outsider-nationalism-the-attack-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/thickculture\/2009\/05\/17\/framing-the-outsider-nationalism-the-attack-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Framing the Outsider:: Nationalism & the Attack Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Ignatieff<\/p>\n

Ignatieff & Harper LOLcat from Cartoon Life<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Notes from north of 49\u00baN<\/em><\/p>\n

I remember how my parents said that RFK<\/a><\/strong> was accused of being a carpetbagger<\/a><\/strong>, coming to New York to become a US Senator in 1964. \u00a0Now that Stephen Harper<\/a><\/strong>, Prime Minister of Canada, finds his Conservative Party down in the polls<\/a><\/strong> by 5% {35-30%}, attack ads are being run tantamount to accusing the Liberal Party leader, Michael Ignatieff<\/a><\/strong>, of being a Canadian “outsider.” \u00a0The ads accuse Ignatieff of coming back to Canada after being gone for 34 years::<\/p>\n

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The Conservatives are really slipping in the polls in Qu\u00e9bec, so you think they would come up with a more engaging attack ad than this one in French<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This one paints Ignatieff as a carpetbagging opportunist, living in the UK and referring to himself as American::
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The Liberals may be further undermined by attacks from the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois<\/a><\/strong> in Qu\u00e9bec, which has 24% of the population in Canada. \u00a0Support for the Bloc is upwards of 40% in Qu\u00e9bec, while Liberal support in the province is around 35%.<\/p>\n

I find the anglophone ads to be rather effective at conveying the frame of Ignatieff as a elitist outsider. \u00a0I agree with the pundits that Harper is fighting for his political life and managed to get into a feud with Brian Mulroney<\/a><\/strong>, a conservative blast from the past<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0Conservatism seems to be lacking cohesiveness on both sides of 49\u00baN<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

While another Federal election is unlikely in the near term<\/a><\/strong>, it’s likely to pressure uneasy alliances between the Conservatives, the Bloc, and even the left-leaning NDP {read:: concessions by Harper?}.<\/p>\n

HatTip::<\/strong> LinnyQat<\/p>\n

Twitterversion::<\/strong> Harper {Tories} attcks Ignatieff {Grits} on nationalism frame. H. fighting 4 political life, Grits gaining. Strange bedfellows in store?<\/p>\n

Song::<\/strong> Jay-Z “Takeover”<\/p>\n

<\/object> \"\"<\/a>Takeover – Jay-Z<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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