With apologies to all poetry purists:
Lizzie May sat behind a green wall,
When a big truck caused it to fall.
Onto her head the wall did fall down,
Which caused Lizzie May a great big frown.
The socialist doctors did their very best,
Albeit after two weeks of helping all the rest.
They fixed her head as best they could tell,
But clearly Lizzie May is not at all well.
Like you, I never heard any report about Lizzie May being in her office when the truck hit it, but then how do you explain this?
dizzy miss lizzy couldnt run an icecream shop with two flavours.
Did Lizzie May Recently Hit Her Head?
No. She’s been this way for years.
Nice! I liked that. Very nice rhyme.
One of the things that has puzzled me is Lizzy’s choice of ridings to run in. It strikes me that she places a higher priority on trying to knock off a sitting conservative – especially a cabinet minister – rather than simply winning a seat in parliament.
In Saanich Gulf Islands she is trying to defeat Gary Lunn. Last time, she was trying to defeat Peter McKay.
If she really was set on winning a seat as a top priority, why not run in a very progressive riding, say, Vancouver Centre. Or a riding in downtown Toronto (Maybe Oliva Chow’s seat?).
It really makes me wonder why the Green party even bothers. They try to make-nice with the Liberals (as in 2006 with Mssr. Dion). That ended really well didn’t it?
Lizzie will muster all the resources of the Greenies to get her a higher paying taxpayer funded job. That is the mission.
As long as the Green Party continues to siphon off votes from the other two left-wing parties, it serves a useful purpose.
yes gordoo…exactly…it dinna matter where the cow shits as long as she gives milk..
Global warming has fried her brain . . . both neurons are just toasted.
Fraser, I get the sense that Lizzie May doesn’t really care if she ever wins so if you’re going to live anywhere why not idyllic Southern Vancouver Island?
the reason lizzie’s bunch took nary a single seat is because we canuckistans do not have proportionate representation.
I believe a party that takes 6.8% of the goddamm vote should get 6.8% of the seats. period.
but CONservatists for example are happy with the status quo which RARELY provides a true representation of voter sympathy. doesn’t it give SDA a warm fuzzy knowing there is something you have much in common with the lieberals?
The watermelon party is the best argument against proportional representation I’ve seen thus far. We also know that 6.8% of the Canadian population is certifiably insane.
Robert, Vancouver island may have been idyllic at one time, but unfortunately it’s been spoiled by the influx of moonbats as has Vancouver.
I don’t disagree with you loki.
Ah yes, Comrade Beagle, Proportional Representation will solve everything, eh?! As if!!! All it will do is guarantee that specific party hacks have a guaranteed job for life and the voters won’t be able to do a thing about it.
Corruption, corruption, corruption – that’s what you Leftards believe in!!!
No, beagle, the proportional representation system is not better. It ensures endless minority governments. This turns government into behind the scenes brokerage politics, which is what Europe has been subjected to for more than half a century. It makes politics less transparent, not more.
It is not even clear that the system can be ethically justified. To say that 6.8% supported the Green Party ignores the wishes of the 93.2% who voted against the Greens.
Moreover, it means a list system. And that means, no matter how despised a particular politician may be, if he or she stands high on the party’s electoral list there’s no way to get them unelected.
The great advantage of the riding, first past the post, system is that everyone, including the party leader, must face the voters and their wrath in person. And that person can be chucked out of office irrespective of the overall fate of the party. This system means that you can actually vote for a candidate rather than being compelled to vote only for a faceless party.
Beagle, by your metric, who would and should be allowed to take those seats if you have a Greenie in each of the ridings across the country? Does the leader automatically get to sit in parliament? How exactly do things work in your parallel universe? Please explain. Thanks!
Did Lizzie May Recently Hit Her Head?
That, to paraphrase Capitaine Louis Renault, is her least vulnerabe spot.
Vancouver Centre…
If I recall Hedy Fry has that firmly staked out.
Lizzy May is even more irrelevant than ever.
Even the MSM has thrown her under the bus…..any potential televised leaders debate will not include her………
“.. the reason lizzie’s bunch took nary a single seat is because we canuckistans do not have proportionate representation.
I believe a party that takes 6.8% of the goddamm vote should get 6.8% of the seats. period.
but CONservatists for example are happy with the status quo which RARELY provides a true representation of voter sympathy. doesn’t it give SDA a warm fuzzy knowing there is something you have much in common with the lieberals?..”
Beagle – take your own advice – use a spell checker.
MM
I realize it’s Lizzie’s wet dream to knock off a sitting Conservative MP, but any riding that elected an Conservative is the polar opposite of the ridings that elect “progressives”,so why not run in a Liberal or NDP riding where you have a chance?
As someone said, May is more concerned with keeping her cushy job as leader of the Greens,and hoping for a Liberal government to put her into the Senate,than she is about actually winning.
Proportional representation means never doing anything as never ending debate and backroom manoeuvering become the norm. Take Italy’s Parliament,for instance.
PR is for the crowd that hands out “participation” ribbons for kid’s sporting contests.
That’s a good bit of Elizabeth May verse,
I might have done better but I might have done worse.
They do better work in Galway and Donegal,
but this was at least as good as McGonagall.
Proportional Representation
OMAGAWD…one can only imagine the gold plated pensions!
Were that the case then I vote for ALL elected official’s pensions be proportional to their vote count…ie:6.8% of ONE pension.
With people and culture continually becoming more diverse — and therefore fractured — it’s not surprising that politics is becoming more fractured.
The Green party often scores in the 10% range in opinion polls. I suspect that at *least* that number of people prefer to vote Green. Which means that if they ever get frustrated enough with the large party of their second choice, enough of them will vote Green to elect an MP in a few ridings.
That accident was her date.
The lad was wearing a “Who Farted?” hat, three teeth, and a tattoo with the word “Mome: with the “e”crossd out.
Now would I lie to you?