staircasewriter (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} staircasewriter) wrote,@ 2008-10-14 23:01:00 |
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Canadian Election
As of writing (11PM) it appears the Conservative Party under Stephen Harper have been re=elected. Happily, from my stand-point, it is another minority. This means he'll either have to be even more ruthless to keep the lunatics in his party silent for another year or so, or he'll have to go.
Harper has now failed to win a majority in three successive elections. The PMO has been ruthless at keeping the message focused on Der Leader. Okay, Canadians saw Stephen Harper and they STILL don't like him. There is a better than even chance that he's out as leader. I don't see anyone as right wing AND as chillingly intelligent to succeed him.
Dion should be done. He reminds everyone I know of their first year economics professor. A nice guy, yes. A leader, ah, not really. The campaign was a disorganized mess. I'm calling this job Iggy's to lose. Bob Rae. Bright. Intelligent and totally unelectable in Ontario. My personal favourite for the job would be former Ontario Education Minister Gerard Kennedy. Have you been practicing your French young man?
Jack...ah Jack. Thanks for playing. We have some lovely Lee Press-on nails as a parting gift. Buh-bye. Jack's biggest problem is Jack's ego which pops out at inopportune times and makes him just look like a strident, shrill bully. Sorry Jack. I had great hopes for you. Chow...sorry, couldn't resist!
Elizabeth May should probably stay another round as Green Party leader. Her party had their platform stolen by the Liberals, then tossed on an economic tempest the likes of which haven't been seen since the Great Depression. When the economy tanks, EVERYTHING else takes a back seat including the environment. I don't like it any more than she does, but that too is reality. Have you thought be becoming a liberal Liz? There's going to be an opening at Stornaway soon.
And Mr Duceppe is bored, bored, bored by Ottawa. And who wouldn't be? He's done his time. By my calculations he could have shot and wounded half a dozen people in a drive-by, pleaded not guilty, served his term and been on parole by this time. Life in Ottawa is a contradiction in fixed terms!
I'm not thrilled by the outcome of this election, but I can sleep tonight knowing the Canada I believe in is safe from the unchecked ravages of a Straussian Idealogue who would trample on civil liberties to further his extreme agenda.
As of writing (11PM) it appears the Conservative Party under Stephen Harper have been re=elected. Happily, from my stand-point, it is another minority. This means he'll either have to be even more ruthless to keep the lunatics in his party silent for another year or so, or he'll have to go.
Harper has now failed to win a majority in three successive elections. The PMO has been ruthless at keeping the message focused on Der Leader. Okay, Canadians saw Stephen Harper and they STILL don't like him. There is a better than even chance that he's out as leader. I don't see anyone as right wing AND as chillingly intelligent to succeed him.
Dion should be done. He reminds everyone I know of their first year economics professor. A nice guy, yes. A leader, ah, not really. The campaign was a disorganized mess. I'm calling this job Iggy's to lose. Bob Rae. Bright. Intelligent and totally unelectable in Ontario. My personal favourite for the job would be former Ontario Education Minister Gerard Kennedy. Have you been practicing your French young man?
Jack...ah Jack. Thanks for playing. We have some lovely Lee Press-on nails as a parting gift. Buh-bye. Jack's biggest problem is Jack's ego which pops out at inopportune times and makes him just look like a strident, shrill bully. Sorry Jack. I had great hopes for you. Chow...sorry, couldn't resist!
Elizabeth May should probably stay another round as Green Party leader. Her party had their platform stolen by the Liberals, then tossed on an economic tempest the likes of which haven't been seen since the Great Depression. When the economy tanks, EVERYTHING else takes a back seat including the environment. I don't like it any more than she does, but that too is reality. Have you thought be becoming a liberal Liz? There's going to be an opening at Stornaway soon.
And Mr Duceppe is bored, bored, bored by Ottawa. And who wouldn't be? He's done his time. By my calculations he could have shot and wounded half a dozen people in a drive-by, pleaded not guilty, served his term and been on parole by this time. Life in Ottawa is a contradiction in fixed terms!
I'm not thrilled by the outcome of this election, but I can sleep tonight knowing the Canada I believe in is safe from the unchecked ravages of a Straussian Idealogue who would trample on civil liberties to further his extreme agenda.
