Thursday, May 17, 2007

In case there was any doubt

Yesterday in the comment section here and at Dust my Broom, stageleft questioned the authenticity of the email I received from Garth Turner on Monday. He thought the actual email address sounded iffy because it's unlike any parliamentary email address he'd seen before.

I suggested he should send a message, which he said he did. He promised to get in touch if he heard back. I still haven't heard from stageleft again, but no matter. Soon after, one of my kids decided to send an email to TurneG9@parl.gc.ca and she received a reply almost immediately.

Here is the response. I have blocked out my daughter's email address, but other than that it's as it was received:

As for the forgiveness offered by "Garth Turner" in the comments section yesterday:
I forgive you. Now you need to take some lessons in sarcasm.

Garth
The profile links to nothing, but given that the comment ended with a slam, I figure it's legit. Phew!

canadianna

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Even when hes responding to messages hes sounds like a jerk. Nothing but a self important jerk.

Your daughter should ask if hes going to resign anytime soon. Peter Van Loan said that he can fit Halton in there. Even without a conservative candidate he would still loose.

But that would require Garth to be HONOURABLE now wouldnt it?

Anonymous said...

Looks like the same format of email address I used to contact Peter Stoffer week before last wrt the whole Shane Doan thing. Of course the big difference is that Peter has some class, where as Garth?????

Stoffer did not reply via email, he called me at home to discuss the email.

I still won't vote for him, but there is a reason he keeps winning in this riding. He treats the people in this riding (and elsewhere) with respect.

Anonymous said...

I got nothing back from the email I sent, checked the SPAM pit and there was nothing there either - regardless, if your daughter got a reply back there is obviously someone at the end of that @parl.gc.ca email address and my suspicions appear to be incorrect, and there can be numbers in their email addresses.

Anonymous said...

Keeps winning? He only ran once in Halton and won. He won ONCE as a Conservative against Gary Carr another Turncoat Conservative. Man Halton keeps getting the kick in the butt.

Anonymous said...

I got nothing back from the email I sent

maybe it's because yer a guy.

Anonymous said...

The guy has about 5 million different email addresses at his parl.gc.ca address.. .he has garth at garth.ca, he has an aol address, and EVERY address goes to his blackberry.

Cant he just have ONE email address? what kind of a person has 50 different email addresses?

Anonymous said...

What does he mean "Feeling lucky?"

Anonymous said...

Probably due to the fact his new email address (address number 4,309 he has apparently) was posted on many blogs. He could be taking some flack for his apparent (not alleged) cyber bullying tactics hes famous for.

Neo Conservative said...

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"Bill said... What does he mean "Feeling lucky?""

geez garth, haven't heard that line since disco died.

it means he's living up to his reputation as the "ron jeremy" of the house of commons.

garth "no whore like an old whore" turner.

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Anonymous said...

"Feeling Lucky" could be construed as [and this is just my opinion ;)] that Turner is making a sexual inuendo.

I believe there was a Florida politician who was arrested for that a year ago or so.

Canadianna said...

In Garth's defense, he couldn't have known she's only 13. Although, you'd think after this, he'd be a bit more circumspect about his emailing practices.

Mjölnir said...

He also could not have known she wasn't 13..

He should be a little less flippant with his replies.

Ardvark said...

That guy is all class isn't he.


Al

Check your email.

Brian in Calgary said...

Although, you'd think after this, he'd be a bit more circumspect about his emailing practices.

One would also think that he'd show a little class. He seems like such an angry, bitter man, I have to feel sorry for him. Not for the Liberals, though. They wanted him, and they have him. Perhaps in the future they'll keep in mind the old saying: "Be careful what you wish for, you might get it."

Anonymous said...

How often is Garth willing to confirm that he's a creep?