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The political blogosphere continues to be overwhelmingly dominated by Conservative voices and controversies. Three of the top five blog posts for the past three days come from members of the "Blogging Tories" – all of whom take on outspoken Liberal MP Garth Turner.

BlogBuzz - Sept. 18, 2008

The political blogosphere continues to be overwhelmingly dominated by Conservative voices and controversies. Three of the top five blog posts for the past three days come from members of the "Blogging Tories" – all of whom take on outspoken Liberal MP Garth Turner.


      Blog Buzz
1. Stephen Taylor - Garth Turner gets caught
2. Angry in the Great White North - Garth Turner's on-air encounter with a friend he's never met before
3. Garth Turner - My Mistakes
4. A Step to the Right - Garth Turner Waffles on Carbon Tax (video)
5. Warren Kinsella - GRITS THROW A PUNCH

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Conservative bloggers have targeted Turner for many months, dating right back to his crossing the floor from the Conservative party to the Liberals. More than any other MP, Turner has been a strong advocate of using online video and blogging platforms on parliament hill. Turner's outspoken views in the blogosphere, however, have made him somewhat of a folk-devil for bloggers on the Canadian right.

Former Chretien and Dalton McGuinty war-roomer, Warren Kinsella rounds out the top five blogs with a nod to the most recent Liberal television ad. Always irreverent, Kinsella exclaims: "My Lord, someone up in Ottawa took the advice of me and my friends: get out the smelling salts!"