Really. Why does anyone watch CBC, when they can have me?
SDA post-convention analysis from Dec.2, 2007;Post Mortem – in the final analysis, here is what happened. Despite a determined campaign to present a positive face to the nation, the Liberal Party’s decision boiled down to a selection determined by negatives.
The campaign of Michael Ignatieff gained early support, but eventually stumbled because a significant number of delegates were determined to vote for “anybody but”.
The campaign of Bob Rae gained later momentum, but eventually stalled because a significant number of delegates were also determined to vote for “anybody but”.
In the end they settled on the candidate who had staked out the highly coveted political ground known as “least offensive”.
So, there we have it.
The new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition, and citizen of France…
Mr. Anybody But.
Noticed that Mr. AnyBody, But didn’t attempt to do a video of his stepping down.
It is rather ironic that this “leadership” will be decided exactly how they tried to shove the coalition down Canada’s throat. It will be fun to see all of the knife stabbing within the Liberal party.
Sorry to hear about site problems, hope it gets fixed soon. It is slowing down your next million Kate!
Kate calls it correctly a year ago. Dion a Dunce.
The MSM media keeps calling it wrong – even after the fact. (Dion’s coalition good, raw raw. The people like it, blah blah)
Reminds me of the Space Shuttle’s tragic blowup.
The visual showed it had clearly disintegrated but Houston keep on calling for full speed ahead.
Lorrie Goldstein on Adler today.
LG said he has never seen anything like it. It’s as if the MSM does not even acknowledge it’s own polls. Keeps on talking as if the disintegration of Liberal credibility in the voters mind has not taken place.
I called this when I watched the race on CTV – I’ll never forget the moment I saw a completely surprised Stéphane Dion suddenly grin goofily upon hearing he was actually on the final ballot and say:
“Hey, I’m a Frontrunner now!”
Clearly, he never thought he’d actually win – in the end, one can say that he never actually did.
Reading the old thread brings back fond memories.
lookout – On the old thread – “M Dion indeed did say that he would be “more generous” than Stephen Harper’s government. We’ll see. . . “.
He was, boy was he ever. Wonder if he regrets not saying “Sure, Steve” when PMSH asked him in Sept if he wants to play nice.
It took a lot of painting by the liberals to get into the corner they currently enjoy. But dion in the last couple months, well what can you say … switched to green paint and then with a twist of inspired genius to orange.
My bet is that Iggy will finish off with red paint … Rae would continue with the orange.
Dion is a dunce and a dork.He couldnt keep a job at McDonalds.Why the media played him up as an intelligent individual I will never know.His ideas only worked in a university environment but cutting funding or closing universities never entered the picture,in fact he wanted to increase university research using government money.President Eisenhaur stated emphatically,”Do not let govts fund university research”!How true he was.
Obama could give Dion a GREEN job; changing light bulbs.. B.Boxer said those are the “Low Hanging Fruit” concepts in her Energy plan. Dion & Boxer are cut from the same invisible cloth.
BTW: The big three bail-out seems, per Boxer, to include a commitment to the California 14 State Global Warming Standards. I would have never guessed that Congress would hide that fact from the other 36 States! (Sarc-off)
The KEY to all this nonsense is to eliminate the “Cap & Trade” provisions. The gangsters will be left out of the equation & maybe, just maybe, something constructive for the environment & the economy will result
I don’t care what you guys say, Gerard Kennedy has the finest eye for picking out leadership talent that I have ever seen.
heh heh.
I hope the CPC sends him a card this Xmas.
Oh man, is he ever gonna wear that horse collar for a long, long time.
Oh oh, BBC now reporting Sony cutting 8000 jobs.
[quote]President Eisenhaur stated emphatically,”Do not let govts fund university research”!How true he was.[/quote]
Spike 1,
Fortunately in the US we do fund university research. It is one of the biggest advantages
we have, the funding is directed by government agencies.
In ~ 1980 I was interested in an AI (artificial intelligence) program sponsored by my parent Company. I, a Canadian at the time, couldn’t get accepted into the Program. I found out latter that all the AI research, done at that time, was top secret Military weapons “targeting”. No foreigners allowed.
I wonder if the Conservatives are just a bit more apprehensive tonight with the real probability of facing Ignatief as Lib leader?
It will be REALLY interesting to see the polls in a couple of weeks with a change of leadership in that party.
Too bad Harper didn’t call the coalition’s bluff and face the non-confidence vote. I think they would have self-destructed and we’d be having an election by February … with a Conservative majority.
Who’s the undertaker in the photo?
to borrow from the Obanma campaign.”You can put lipstick on a pig but ….” Both of these guys (Iggy and Rae)signed the letter supporting the pact. You can be sure it will make pretty reading in a campaign. As far as Iggy goes. he spent 30 years outside this country in some ivory tower and he supported the Iraq war. Those are facts and he can’t change them. I’m sorry Inspector Clouseau is gone though.
So what will he do now?
French fry chef for Micky D’s? Na to much stress and even the fry’s don’t want him……..
Back to the street ventriloquist gig or mime with a beret and stripped shirt me thinks. Mameeee
It just got a lot more interesting at the Toronto Party.
I’d love to.
Pat
Iggy won’t take this in a pinch.
Go hang out at Liblogs for a bit, he’s definitely hated by some on the left.
Apparantly supporting harsh interrogation techniques against avowed terrorists who have certain knowlege of imminent bombings, is a disqualifier.
Who knew?
Dion ..nice guy Not electable.
Back to the convention….Had Dryden given his support to Kennedy after the first round of voting, Kennedy would then have beat out Dion on the next ballot. The majority of Dion’s people would then have supported Rae and Rae would be king today. The Fates are cruel to mere mortals.
Do we really want the membership to select the next party leader again? anymore than we want the ignorant masses to vote on the next leader of Canada.
For you youngsters out there the math is.. RAE=HARPER MAJORITY.
If you want a left of left of center party try the NDP.
Mr. Dion is too honest to be prime minister, he
does not tell lies, ie no election until 2009, no taxing of income trusts, atlantic accord, not
facing opposition parties(too scared for his job)
, I could go on but check with Premier Danny
Williams, I believe him, anything but
conservative ABC, what has the conservatives done
for you? be honest now”””’
You know it’s bad when the poll question of the day (at Canada AM) is ,’Do you feel sorry for Dion?’
Diana writes, “As far as Iggy goes, he spent 30 years outside this country in some ivory tower and he supported the Iraq war. Those are facts and he can’t change them.”
That’s true: but the media can and do change reality all the time. Watching the omissions and pack of outright lies this past week on the part of most of the MSM in this country is truly scary. (The National Post is often the exception.)
As I’ve said many times before, it’s a wonder the whole country isn’t entirely brainwashed by our fifth column MSM. I’m in favour of freedom of expression, but these weasels sorely test my tolerance. Is there any way to regulate their wild and truly dangerous flights of fancy while respecting free speech rights? Press Councils, the CRTC, and in-house ombudsmen are usually left wingers, themselves, and in a conflict of interest position, who usually agree with the hijacking of the facts, as far as the more conservative of us are concerned. Reading their verdicts isn’t much different from listening to the propaganda on the CBC.
Dion is a nice guy and honest? I guess even some people at SDA have been hoodwinked by the media.
The reality? This man is a 90 lb weakling, name caller, always-blame-someone else weasel and bully.
Well, Iggy has an uphill battle.
The fact that he supported the Iraq war and torture is not going to go away just because he’s a born again Liberal.
As a signing official, he’s also going to wear the separatist coalition.
The internal Liberal right/left civil war is only going to get worse. Especially foregoing the leadership convention.
The Liberal brand is practically bankrupt, heavily damaged and listing.
I never thought I’d see the day.
Dion. The best Liberal leader the Conservatives ever had.
lookout at December 9, 2008 7:27 AM
“This man is a 90 lb weakling, name caller, always-blame-someone else weasel and bully.”
How can you tell? I can’t understand a bloody word he spews…
He reminds me of the guy at the beginning of the old Twister Sister videos (surely some here remember who I am talking about 🙂
You’ve got a point there, pcbedamned!
But I could distinctly hear Borat Dion saying, over and over, “Ar-PER—dat LIAR. Dat BULLY!” Talk about pots calling the kettle noir!
Yes, as irwin daisy notes, he’s the best Liberal leader the Conservatives ever had. He’ll be missed . . . sort of.
Um, the original article was Dec 2, 2006, not 2007 as the current item says. The political landscape may have stood astride him for but a fleeting moment, but somehow that lasted two years.
“Morse Code: Iggy storm signals growing …
whispers increasing he’s staging a coup, refusing to let rank and file Liberals have a say in the future of their party … rumours, unfounded or otherwise, his wife Zsuzsanna is not Canadian … failed Ontario Premier David Peterson, of all people, touting Iggy’s, er, leadership skills, somehow glossing over Iggy’s kowtowing to the inept Dion’s delusional coalition gimmick … Iggy’s cupboard’s bare, no new policy ideas, no fundraising ideas, no exciting new blood drawn to the Liberal caucus, or so some say … blind ambition tainting the wisdom of his mostly Toronto-centric backroom braintrust …”
http://www.bourque.org/
I wonder if the Conservatives are just a bit more apprehensive tonight with the real probability of facing Ignatief as Lib leader?
1observer
Not really, he’s another college idiot.
ron in kelowna :”Reminds me of the Space Shuttle’s tragic blowup.
The visual showed it had clearly disintegrated but Houston keep on calling for full speed ahead.”
Big difference is that when the shuttle blew up it was a mechanical breakdown. With the Lieberal leadership it is a case of pilot error. You can’t put a student pilot in charge of flying a plane or party, even if it is a tired old 707 without going down in flames sooner or later. As far as the coalition goes, having Taliban Jack as copilot and Cheese hat Duceppe approving every move is a sure way to create a smoking hole.
After this maybe Steffie can go fo Fort Mac and get one of dem izzy jobs.
I don’t think that Dion is a 90 lbs weakling. If you see him next to the other coalition guys, he is much bigger, and if you see him next to Harper, he is about the same size. So he is probably about 6’2” which means that even if he is skinny compared to Harper he has to weigh at least 190 lbs.
I haven’t seen Iggy speak so I don’t know what he is like but if he can communicate with the public, get his ideas across effectively and show some leadership then Harper will have problems.
Looks like the Liberals are slow learners, going for Professor number two who is Mr Dithers revisited.
How is he any better than Dion when he signed on with the overthrow pact with the Separatists and the Dippers? This overthrow scheme, cobbled up in a backroom by power grubber Layton who cozied up to Duceppe then drew in a willing dupe, Dion.
Iggy was very coy about the pact, he was for it but not necessarily for it or some damned professorial type musings. We don’t need any musings, we need honesty and straight forward talk in plain language.
The war is waging in the Liberals ranks between the camps. We saw an example on MDL last night with Hedy Fry and Marky Holland.
Fight on fools, just don’t expect to be running the affairs of the nation until you grow up.
I love the “Anything but” campaigns. What that tells me is we have no chance with that loser so we will pick this loser. If your candidate cannot win without “Anything but” then it isn’t too obvious there is a difference between the two. Who listens to this stuff? Why would you vote for someone that some other clown said is good?
I wonder if the Conservatives are just a bit more apprehensive tonight with the real probability of facing Ignatief as Lib leader?
~1observer
Ignatief as Lib leader?
Don’t you mean leader of the Coalition?
No?
Well, “honest” Dion said there would be no Coalition and lookie what we have today.
No matter where any Liberal or Dipper runs they can henceforth be tarred with the Coalition brush.
Dion’s tougher more clued-in sibling:>
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It may seem like a long time ago but it was only one week ago we were being told that Dion would soon be Prime Minister. Now I think you all will admit that , even for a short time, you were scared—I mean—this might really happen.
Everybody has that moment they will remember when they breathed a sigh of relief—it`s over—the coup has failed. For some it will be when PMSH and GG sat down for pierogies. For me, it was when the CBC and some leftist commentators started throwing names out there about who would be in this new dream cabinet. You know, Dion as PM—Jack in Foreign Affairs—Libby and Judy over here—-Scotty and Kenny over there. I thought, these guys are effing nuts. It reminded me of sports radio talk shows in Toronto when poor delusional Leaf fans would call in and predict a Cup win with such a ragged team—but, like the lefties they live in a fantasy world.
Remember when the Alliance and PC’s merged, how the Libs kept refering to the Conservative party as the Alliance. Conservatives should now start referring to Iggy and the Libs as the “coalitionists”.
Bob Rae fights for Democracy?
Not 2weeks ago Rae wanted to Overthrow the Rights of Canadians, Now he is spouting that their Vote for Liberal Leader Should Not be done by Senators & MP’s that is Not the Democratic Way!
WTF Rae you did not have a problem with taking away the Voters Rights that recently spoke of Who they wanted to lead us!
Has it occurred to the pro-coalition crowd – the bunch that wants more economic ‘stimulus’ – that also says that we cannot afford an election – that the money spent in an election circulates within the economy?
If we can afford $30b of stimulus, then we can afford a $300m election. That money will circulate around the economy. Why is spending $300m within the Canadian economy on an election not seen as $300m of economic stimulation?
The most amazing truth about politics is that one can never admit one is wrong, even when one is blatantly wrong. It’s a spectacle indeed to observe the hoop jumping politicians engage in to avoid admitting making an error.
Bob Rae, think about this: you are trapped, because you either made an error that we can all see (backing the coalition), or are making an error by not recognizing you made an error (continuing to back the coalition).
I think we need to start a movement for conservatives to buy LPC memberships so that we can vote if Rae gets his way and has the liberal membership vote on the leadership – that way we can ensure that Rae is chosen and we can keep the Liberal trend up of picking losers.
Here, in Quebec , the separatists hate Dion because he wasted them. Nobody here is more passionately pro-Canada than Dion and Harper knows this well. For Harper to have said that Dion is in bed with the Separatist just to have power is totally false both as a maligned personal attack upon someone who has done far more to save Canada than Harper has or will ever do, but also false, in terms of the actual Coalition agreement where the Bloque Quebecois had only agreed to support them on non-confidence motions, which they have already done for the Harper government many many times before.
Dion doesn’t speak English very well , probably better than your French, but be sure that the man is very smart. Another thing is that you can trust him. When he said that he’d be working day and night to save your jobs and your pensions and all the other benefits we enjoy in Canada, he meant it.
Good luck with the Recession guys, the only reason that all the parties got together in the first place is because Harper wasn’t doing anything about the Economy. Putting Parliament into hibernation till groundhog day is still not doing anything for you and your family. Tell me, when Harper wakes up on Groundhog Day and sees his Coalition shadow does that mean another 6 weeks of winter sleep?
What this country needs is a truly Pro-Canadian government with a fervent desire to restore Canada for each and every Canadian . It’s the kind of government that Dion dreams of. Unfortunately we’d rather be political road-kill for more self-serving politicians. But just stop a moment , forget about all the political bullshit you’ve been lugging around for the last 40 years and ask yourself what Canada you want to build? What do we need and want to make the this, greatest country ever? Yes it ‘s good but I’m sure it can be better. There should always be goals to lead us on our path. ( Like L.B. Pearson’s national objectives ) You should know there’s something wrong when it all makes you so angry and mean. We need goals to give us direction, else, we are going nowhere. It’s sort of like standing on life’s highway waiting for a car to run us down.
What do you think our long term goals should be?
Glenn
More Team America??? Why are you we posting on a American site ? Good Grief.
“what has the conservatives done
for you? be honest now”””'”
Isn’t the line “What you can do for your country”?
The Liberals have no prospects. I think it is unbelievable that the Liberals would sabotage their greatest asset; they’re brand. People in Central Canada were desperate to keep the Liberals as a viable national party, but carelessness and lack of foresight has marginalized the Liberals into just another fringe party, who reasonable people can not trust or even envision in government.
The sweet irony in all of this is for the left or the Liberals to get off their backs, they will require some grassroots support. That means some good’ol door-knocking and fund raising, or should I say some good’ol fashion work. Nothing tickles my fancy like seeing a leftist work:^o
Glenn F,
The Canadian economy grew by 1.6% in the last fiscal quarter. That is a slowdown not a recession.
Cutting government spending and lowering taxes is a good start to help the economy. Borrowing money and throwing it around is not a plan to help the economy.
You say that the Bloc Coalition is the same thing as the Bloc supporting the CPC on confidence votes?
I disagree. Having an agreement with the Bloc is altogether different then not having an agreement with the Bloc.
Having signed an agreement with the Bloc, Dion has now legitimized it as a political choice for Quebecers.
>”What do you think our long term goals should be?”
Our long term goals should be to make the government smaller, reduce taxes, and reduce or at least not increase the national debt.
irwin daisy – I supported the Iraq War as a ‘just war’ but supporting that war does not also mean that one supports torture. Your merger of the two (Iraq War and torture) is a false merger.
The problem with the Liberal Party is that they are not a political party but are instead a Ruling Party. There’s quite a difference.
A political party is embedded within the history and context of the nation; it operates by means of policies that acknowledge both and that enable the nation and its citizens to function both in itself and internationally. To do this, it has clear policies about its perspective and plans.
A Ruling party is removed from the history and context of the nation; it therefore has no policies for that nation. Instead, it functions as a means of Power for various interest groups within the nation.
These, for the Liberals, include PowerCorp, and large subsidized industries (Bombardier etc), mining, forestry. They include make-work groups, which are not only such systems as the gun registry but also an expansion of bureaucracies, ie, education, health care, but also child care and so on. And of course, the entrapment of immigrants as dependent groups. All of these people are embedded in the taxpayers purse in return for their electoral support.
A Ruling Party operates by a massive unelected network of supporters; these include that behind the scenes industrial and corporate support, those special interest groups (ethnic and religious groups, civil service unions) but also by connections with the MSM which acts as the propaganda arm of the Party.
So, we have the Network-of-Dependents, all dependent on this Ruling Party’s access to the public purse. Without this access, the Party doesn’t exist; its purpose is, after all, to access that purse for its dependents. It has no policies. No interest in any citizen who can’t move into that dependency. The Liberal Party doesn’t know how to be a political party.
I think the Coalition was a perfect example of such a mindset. Its goals were achieved only by a rejection of the electorate Will, by setting up a framework that rejected democracy and input from the citizen, reducing all MPs to irrelevance by putting the Bloc in power as ‘Maxwell’s Demon’, and by defining itself as a desperate victim in an emotional crusade against Evil (Harper). No fascist putsch, and yes, I’ll use that word, could do better.
Ignatieff? He supported the coalition. He’ll weasel himself out of it but, he signed on the dotted line. I don’t care if he was first, middle or last. He signed. He didn’t ‘stand up for democracy’. And now, he’s OK with an elitist undemocratic Liberal crown.
The fact that he spent 30 years outside Canada will be ignored; instead, supporters will swoon – but – he was at Harvard and so was Obama. My guess is that the Liberals will paint him as Obama-North. No policies; just an emotional set up as Ruler of the Ruling Party.
It’s easy as Opposition to talk ambiguously; he’ll do that, and he’ll spout the ‘Ignatieff for Change’ mantra…a phrase as empty as it sounds.
The question then moves into asking – Do Canadians want rhetoric or pragmatics? Harper has already asked that question. His answer is ‘pragmatics’. Can a Liberal party, which has not been a political party for over a generation but has instead been a Ruling Party – can the Liberal Party move out of rhetoric and into reality? I don’t know if it even knows what those words mean.
Ignat
Sorry Glenn F. – you just don’t seem to get it, do you! (or you were being sarcastic and I missed it)
Conservatives don’t look to the government to sort out economic woes, we just get back to work and work harder. I don’t rely on the gov’t to give me money, house, and wipe my ass! I “gasp” earn my own living “gasp”!!
I set my own goals, thank you very much, and they are much higher than any bureaucrat could ever dream of. I don’t need someone telling me what to do with my life, does that shock you??
I think one of “our” long term goals should include chasing every damn last commie out of this land, then we will truly have a Canada that belongs to Canadians and not some nut-job elitist cabal.
yes, it is nice to have goals isn’t it?
CFRB Toronto just reported that Bob Rae is quitting the Liberal leadership race.
The January budget will pass, with a PARTIAL political subsidy cut I hope. That’s gonna leave a mark!
The coalition of weasels will not want to face the electorate for a while. They can read polls as well as you and I.
But you already knew that…
Glenn F.: “For Harper to have said that Dion is in bed with the Separatist just to have power is totally false both as a maligned personal attack upon someone who has done far more to save Canada than Harper has or will ever do …”
Spin all you want, but Dion’s pact with the separatists was indefensible and will remain as a stain on his career (and on his party). Let’s not forget that Dion’s role in the clarity act was to edit what Stephen Harper had already written.
The Puffins prevail.
The French citizen is toast, commie Rae is toast, the American guy will lead Canada ( with the coalition of course, since Iggy was a signator, afterall, eh? ) geez Taliban Jack might still become finance minister in an Iggy coalition government.
An aside to Kate – Has George Stroumboulopolous’s producercalled you yet?
Right, mj, that clarity act was originally drawn up by Manning and Harper. Dion, as a member of the governing party, the Liberals, simply rewrote it and it was passed in parliament.
I don’t know what Dion has done for the country and I’d appreciate some facts from glenn.
I do know that Dion wanted to set up a carbon tax that would have decimated our economy; he was using the money from this tax to fund, as usual, the special interest groups, in this case, the poor. There was no money for new technology and infrastructure development.
I also know that he was a party to what was probably one of the most blatant attacks on our democratic infrastructure in our history. His coalition was to be installed without an election, and, furthermore, denied the electorate of their October vote. It was protected against the people by a signed agreement with the Bloc.
His coalition set up the Bloc, a party whose members are outside the electoral reach of over 80% of Canadians, as the PowerBroker of the coalition. The votes of ALL MPs would be irrelevant. This agreement was made without the Bloc even seeing the Motions upon which they agreed to support this Coalition! That means that their decisions were partisan rather than based on the content of the Motion.
As far as ‘separatism’ is concerned, the stated mandate of the Bloc is separation from Canada. We all know, of course, that Quebec has no intention of separation; the revenues from the Canadian taxpayer, like the subsidies to the political parties, can’t be dispensed with. That’s why Quebecers insist on the term ‘sovereignty’ rather than ‘separation. That’s a diversion and meaningless, for a sovereign nation must, politically, be separate. Otherwise it isn’t sovereign over its own decisions.
Quebec wants what it calls ‘sovereignty-association’, which is sovereignty with money from the Canadian taxpayer. Heh. Quebec should grow up and move into federalism, which in its original intent, before being corrupted by the centralism of the Liberals, meant a decentralized federation with more powers to the provinces. The problem with federalism, for Quebec, is that it would have to rely more on its citizens for its tax base and less on Alberta and the West. It doesn’t like that.
Dion was always going to win. The Libs always alternate Anglo and Franco leaders (interim leaders excepted). It was a Franco’s turn, and Dion was the only one in the race.
Now, why was there only one Franco in the race???
“I think I’ve never lacked the capacity to make decisions, but a decisive person knows when he has to make decisions, then makes the decisions he has to make, when he has to make them. I’ve made it very clear I would not hesitate to make decisions, if the party gives me the honour of electing me leader.”
Quote by Michael Ignatief of CTV’s Question Period Sunday December 7, 2008.
“We’ll have a coalition if necessary, but not necessary a coalition.” Ignatief rethink of MacKenzie King speech.
Liberals the gift that keeps on giving. Their going to annoint another professor,that hasn’t lived in the counrty for over thirty years, that had to be parachuted in to a riding rather than use the democratic process, that can’t make a decision, and thinks that a bird that buries its shit should be the party emblem. The best part is that a great percentage of the electorate are really like Lizzie May opined “Canadians are stupid!”
Harper exposes all these S.O.B.’s and finally gets the “Quebec Nation” to shit or get off the pot and he gets pilloried by the press for alienating the seperatistes. Think about it people, Harper has united 80% of Canada to rethink the appeasement policy of the Liberals to Quebec. He tried appeasement with Quebecers and look what they did and intend to do. He’s finally drawn a line in the sand and the Liberal lackeys in the MSM are saying we have to let the coalition take power. Strategic voting is a joke if you can’t vote for a party or a leader that you 100% believe in then stay the hell home.
Hmm, let’s see. Liberals set aside their own party constitution to coronate Ignatieff. Just before that, they are sitting on the coalition fence, trying to figure out a way to get power or escape the obvious political firestorm they have caused. Liberals have no problem setting aside the notion of government in our parliament, instead trying to foist a minority coalition, with the balance of power belonging to a party that elects MPs in but one province. This is the party that yelled from the mountain tops “no coalition with NDP” in last election, then hypocritically embarced in when power was within their grasp. This is the party that could care less what the electorate think, seeking to deny them a vote on government change, indeed trying to steal previous votes.
Sorry, folks, I’m not scared. It don’t think they give a damn about what Canadians want or need. ET has it, their only platform is power.
Harper will face a target rich in the next election in early 09 (my prediction is Liberals will not be able to resist shot at golden ring).
Of course, they will miscalculate, try to force a coalition, but end up facing enraged electorate with leader who has held no public office, has no policies, but tried to end run around them.
Good luck with that.