The Bully Teeters on the Edge
| 12/2/2008 | Posted by Patti under Canadian Politics, Harper |
Well, I must say I’m a tad surprised but intrigued. I have been watching the reports over the last several days about the Liberals, NDP and Bloc in talks about forming a coalition government to bring down Harper and his gang of bullies. I didn’t really expect that the egos in the group would manage to tone themselves down enough to actually work out an agreement. I’m a bit impressed, now to see if it can be sustained.
Seems to me since the Liberals and the NDP have managed to work out an agreement with the pledged support of the Bloc for about a year, that those three have at least got it that compromise is needed to make government work. That is a lot more than Harper has managed to get and actually carry through on — and he has a lot more to loose.
The Conservatives are crying foul, bemoaning that the Liberals are in bed with the socialists and the separatists. Socialists is a bit of a subjective term — according to many of our southern neighbours, we’re all a bunch of damn socialists up here in the great white north. So, I don’t really think the term carries quite the negative connotations here, at least to those who are not of the right wingnut persuasion.
Now, the separatist cry, I can somewhat empathize with. It is no secret to anyone who has read this blog before that I consider the Bloc to be a bunch of traitors sitting in the House of Commons. If I had my way, their asses would have been tossed a long time ago. The fact is, I don’t have my way and since no government has had the gonads to bring in amendments to the Election Act outlawing regionally based parties, especially ones who’s reason to be is to break up the country, then I’m stuck with their presence in Parliament.
They are duly elected to Parliament and as such have a duty to represent their constituents to the best of their ability. Under the coalition government they will have the balance of power. That doesn’t necessarily mean they will be truly the tail wagging the dog but it could be possible. On the flipside though, that can’t make things any worse than a Parliament poisoned by the bullying, partisan brinkmanship that Harper and his gang of thugs has been playing.
Harper has brought this chain of events on himself and deserves to take the hit. I’m not in the mood for another election. Hell, I wasn’t in the mood for the last election that Harper created a need for. This time let Harper take the consequences of his actions and not cost us another $300million to settle. Send the boy back to the Opposition benches…. I’m gang to try something different and see what happens.
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