Shame
Supposed Liberals have sold out all their principles for this? So to recap, we could have formed the government in January and responded to the recession as we saw fit, EI especially, if we'd stuck by Dion. Instead, Iggy staged a coup de parti because it was urgent we have a supposedly "more credible" leader in place for an election. No election in January. None now, after utterly contradicting ourselves on the urgency of EI reform & other measures to counter the current depths of the recession. And nothing doing till September. And does anyone really believe we're going to defeat the government in September, after a full summer of negative ads and positive government announcements? So there was, in fact, even by the most hallucinatory imaginings of Iggiots, not the slightest shadow of a smidgen of a reason to overthrow democracy within the Liberal Party so as to install a certified blue-ribbon conservative as leader. Not enough time for a proper convention? We could have EIGHT MONTHS, minimum, to respect the membership's democratic rights! Crikey. It's bad enough to say the ends justify the means, but under the Iggiots we've devolved to the point that we're telling ourselves the means justify the means. For bitter humour's sake, so as to put the party beyond satire, I really hope Manley is one of the blue-ribbon panelists, that really would be the cherry on top.


13 Comments:
At 12:58 PM,
Anonymous said…
You must be so happy - you have something to bitch about.
Meanwhile, we don't have to have a summer election, we get an opposition date in September and Libs and NDP, Greens get a chance to get funds, organize - and hey, they haven't received their refunds from Elections Canada yet - which all parties need.
So, go have a nice cold beer and lighten up.
At 1:10 PM,
Mick said…
Yeah.
Can you explain how a 5-6 week election, followed by weeks of summer before the House could re-convene would bring immediate E.I. reforms?
At 1:46 PM,
Old School Liberal said…
Be kind to EFL. She thinks Eugene Forsey was a Liberal and has been pained by everything the Liberals have done since the 1980s. If she had her way, Liberal colours would be orange not red.
I mean she is still under the delusion that the Liberals could have formed the government in January or that a coalition could have put Dion or Ignatieff in power. That says just about all you need to know about her analytical abilities.
Now that this is done, you won't hear a peep from this self-described "Liberal" until she has more complaints about the Liberal Party. Never anything terribly logical, practical or constructive, mind you.
At 1:57 PM,
Eugene Forsey Liberal said…
Hit a nerve, I see.
At 4:00 PM,
wilson said…
The coalition did not put Liberals in the drivers seat either.
The Bloc + Dippers had a majority in the coalition,
so instead of dancing to Harper's tune, the Liberals would have been dancing to BlocNDP demands.
At 2:44 AM,
Eugene Forsey Liberal said…
wilson, you may wish to review the written commitments re. the Lib-NDP coalition, supported by the Bloc, so as to avoid inaccuracies
At 4:07 PM,
Rural and Right said…
Careful, Liblogs kicked out
1anxiousliberal for speaking out against the Iggomaniac.
At 5:04 PM,
Anonymous said…
Iggy is nothing short of a disaster, we need a real leadership convention, we need democracy.
At 2:18 PM,
Anonymous said…
The proof of Iggy's leadership is in the polls. It's the worst recession in the post WWII era and the best Iggy can do is basically tie the government. How's that for a ringing endorsement. He's smug, arrogant and, frankly, not all that smart ... his analysis never stands the test of time.
At 8:18 AM,
Loraine Lamontagne said…
Thought of you as I read this in this morning's Le Devoir:
Christian Feuillette, Ex-candidat libéral dans Jeanne-Le Ber aux élections fédérales de 2008 - Le 24 juillet 2009
Édition du samedi 25 et du dimanche 26 juillet 2009
Le gouvernement conservateur profite de l'été pour continuer sournoisement son entreprise de démolition du Canada. Après le refus de rapatrier l'enfant soldat Omar Khadr, l'infamant projet de loi sur les jeunes contrevenants, le pouvoir discrétionnaire arbitraire accordé au ministre en matière d'immigration, et j'en passe, l'obstination idéologique persiste de plus belle.
On vient d'avoir, coup sur coup, l'imposition brutale de visas aux ressortissants du Mexique et de la République tchèque, et cette nouvelle politique d'examiner «cas par cas» la pertinence d'intervenir en cas de peine de mort encourue par des citoyens canadiens à l'étranger. Cette odieuse décision vient légitimer en quelque sorte, par la porte d'en arrière, le recours au châtiment de la peine de mort, dont on s'est débarrassé il y a plus de 20 ans.
Notre attachement au Canada n'est pas démonstratif, il est vrai, mais il est réel. Les Québécois tiennent à leur passeport canadien, synonyme aux yeux du monde entier de défense des libertés, de générosité et de justice sociale, de tolérance et d'ouverture. Un Canada dépourvu de ces valeurs qui ont fondé sa réputation n'aurait plus vraiment d'attrait, et c'est pourquoi ces politiques pernicieuses constituent aujourd'hui (bien plus que le séparatisme) une menace pour l'unité du pays.
Malheureusement, cette funeste approche réformiste a ses adeptes, surtout à l'ouest de l'Ontario. M. Ignatieff serait donc bien avisé de remettre à son ordre du jour le projet de coalition, prôné par son prédécesseur Stéphane Dion, car on ne voit pas comment on pourrait autrement se débarrasser de si tôt de ce péril national persistant.
At 11:52 PM,
lyrical said…
So, Loraine and Eugene, what do you think the odds are of Stéphane Dion playing "The Comeback Kid?"
At 7:46 AM,
Loraine Lamontagne said…
For Dion, nil, as nil as Ignatieff's chances of surviving as leader if he doesn't win the next election.
At 12:59 AM,
lyrical said…
Too soon, too soon. I was reminded of Mr. Dion when I went to an event in Alberta last week. This group was there and I thought, "Well, that's good news."
I heard that on the Alberta range there were a lot of discouraging words for Mr. Dion and green groups. Maybe some people there are slowly starting to realize they should vote for an environmental economy.
(I read about Nissan's new zero-emission car - turning over a new LEAF. Maybe Canadian municipalities could use something like this as a fleet car.)
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