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Are Canadians really this stupid?
December 3, 2008 on 4:12 pm | In Social & Political Issues | 3 CommentsAre Canadians really this stupid?
My blog is getting scores of replies from voters who claim their votes don’t count because a coalition is going to replace a minority Tory government.
That’s nuts. How dumb are these people?
If you voted for Stephen Harper or Jack Layton or that doofus Stephane Dion, your vote counted because all three are in Parliament. So what’s your gripe?
If you wanted Harper as PM—destructive though that is—you needed more help from other voters. He didn’t get a majority so he has no right to insist on keeping power and you have no right to claim he’s being robbed.
Have you forgotten that every player in this silly drama was put there by Canadian voters? Or are you just ideologues who slurp up every Tory lying point the cabal of Neocon villains dreams up?
Frank Touby
At last, an end to Harper and his gang
December 2, 2008 on 3:58 pm | In Social & Political Issues | 4 CommentsEditorial minds at National Post have adhered to the Neocon lying point that because the separatist Bloc Quebecois is backing the pending coalition government likely to replace the Tories, there’s something illegitimate about the pact.
That is pure baloney.
We are thankful that the Stephen Harper regime is being brought to an end and that the “democracy” the Tories claim is being violated by the coalition scheme is going to be better represented.
After all, despite another Tory lying point, most voters didn’t select Harper. More voters opted for a progressive government, not for the Bush-esque Harperites.
And so, if they can get it together, having a government that is sensitive to the needs of Canadians rather than the lusts of big corporations is a very appealing prospect.
Yes, it is ironic and a bit rattling that a boring and almost hallucinating loser like Stephane Dion would sit in the prime minister’s chair, even as a lame duck, but even that is better than the thugs and corporate slaves currently occupying the nation’s leadership.
So long as Dion keeps his word and gives up any leadership ambitions, we should be all right through May.
From my standpoint, it appears Bob Rae would be best in that chair because he has been a parliamentary chief, is an experienced leader, and his regime in Ontario wasn’t even close to as disastrous as some claim to remember. For one thing, he didn’t suck up to the unions, as you’d expect from a doctrinaire NDPer, and tackled a harsh economic climate.
However, so long as Dion keeps his own ego out of the fray and follows the advice of his party’s experts in choosing a cabinet, this should work.
At least it will work better than the alternative, which is more of the same Harper, Flaherty, Baird and company.
Frank Touby