text: Excellent post, gadabout1. 
  
  Behaving in a mean-spirited way and making snide remarks about their opponents seems to be all the Conservatives have to offer. Do they realize that calling Trudeau a "shiny pony" for the umpteenth time garners them NOTHING in the way of support outside of their base? 
  
  I honestly believe that the Tories, both at the Federal level, and in Ontario, have become the "we despise the Liberals" party, and that's about it. 
  
  When they do come up with specific policy issues, like Tea Party Timmy Hudak's plan to gut the civil service in Ontario, they wind up driving the majority of voters back into the arms of the Liberals, as the lesser of two evils. 
  
  Keep focusing on Christian fundamentalist values, throw some red meat to the Islamophobes in your base with proposals for another "snitch line", and by all means, organize more photo-ops with the likes of the Ford Brothers of Toronto, and you'll remain in the political wilderness indefinitely.