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Newsjock

(11,733 posts)
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 08:53 PM Sep 2015

'Re-elect Stephen Harper: 24-Hour Surveillance'

Source: CBC News

The local campaign in Stephen Harper's Calgary riding was told to remove several "24 hour surveillance" stickers from the Conservative leader's election signs, after a member of the team put them up in an attempt to curb vandalism.

The stickers started popping up on several campaign signs in Harper's Calgary Heritage riding a few days ago. The small, white-and-black stickers included a graphic of a surveillance camera and the text "24 hour surveillance," giving the impression the signs were constantly being monitored.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/surveillance-stickers-conservative-campaign-signs-1.3228916

Top reader comment: "Oh you got to realize they just connected the dots and figured out that they were highlighting the worst, most hated part of bill C51 that they birthed to the detriment of Canada...Priceless"

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'Re-elect Stephen Harper: 24-Hour Surveillance' (Original Post) Newsjock Sep 2015 OP
So to fool people into thinking the signs were being watched the conservatives ended up Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #1
LOL! Spazito Sep 2015 #2
Wow! Truth in adverstising! n/t Joe Shlabotnik Sep 2015 #3

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
1. So to fool people into thinking the signs were being watched the conservatives ended up
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 08:59 PM
Sep 2015

highlighting that they want a law to watch everyone - just like the signs are being watched?!

Hoist, meet petard.

Spazito

(54,357 posts)
2. LOL!
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 09:21 PM
Sep 2015

Gotta love it! A candidate who urinates into a client's coffee cup and now this, a sign that tells the truth about the "Harper Government", their own signs.

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