See the figures for yourself here.
h/t: NationalNewswatch.com
Even the communist "New Democrats" beat the pants off the "Liberals" in the first quarter of 2008.
The Conservatives hauled in nearly five million bucks from over 44,000 contributors whereas the Liberals couldn't even touch a million from amongst a mere 10,000 or so contributors.
Money talks.
What's the money saying? Whatever happened to the Liberals, once the mightiest money-attracting machine in Canada? Oh, that's right... no more big business, union and rich-people donations means practically nothing for the Liberals, as individual Canadians who would be stupid enough to give them any money are relatively few and far between.
No wonder the Liberals are hellbent on trying to paint the Conservatives as demons and banshees at every opportunity. It's the only thing the Liberals have going for them, this demonization. They can't make the case against the government (they actually keep on supporting the government even though they claim to oppose it, if one can suspend one's disbelief to accept such a bizarre pattern of Liberal behavior) and its policies/performance, so they try to say, "Hey, these guys are bad! Just trust us; never mind proof, never mind explanations; they're bad!"
Wonder how the Liberals would be able to conduct an election campaign without enough money? Oh, that's right: They simply can't, therefore they'll do anything to avoid facing the voters the hard way, so they support the Conservatives' excellent policies so as to avoid causing an election to be held.
Oh, well... at least the Liberals are pragmatic. When they need to be, anyway.
