Swompdonkey

This just in: PM still a douchebag

As THIS old entry shows, I have longstanding antipathy towards our current Prime Minister. Although I honestly believe that Martin is a decent guy, I'm convinced that he is lacking in certain essential leadership qualities that allow him to truly succeed in the job he has wanted for so long. I also believe that
people he has surrounded himself with, a gang known as "The Board", are a real liability to him.

I'm starting to think that voters are catching on to this. Maybe the "Beer and Popcorn" fiasco has opened some eyes....

Many pundits are saying that in the end, we will end up with another Liberal Minority, just because the minute the Conservatives take the lead, "frightened" NDP voters will bolt to the Liberals. Well, if I could reach even one of those voters I would say:

Go ahead, Fear Harper. That's your god-given right as democratic socialists... but fear the Liberals more.... Martin has been speaking your language of late, but do Martin's promises really mean anything? Recall that this is the millionaire who supported the Iraq War and BMD, the guy you were all afraid was going to take the country to the right... Then, just when Jack Layton began holding his feet to the fire in the last parliament and he suddenly reversed course and became a born-again lefty who now chums around with Buzz Hargrove. Do you really think this conversion is genuine?

A Martin majority is still possible if les Rouges can stem the Bloc onslaught in Quebec, make gains in BC (already likely) and make enough Ontario ridings defect from the Tories and NDP. Several Liberal politicians have openly stated their goal of winning a majority.

On the other hand, a Conservative majority is a fantasy. Big bad scary Stephen, if he gets into 24 Sussex at all, will scrape in with a skin-of-his-teeth minority government. Therefore, if the Tories get in, the NDP will continue to call the tune - and the Tories will either dance, flirt with the separatists, or fall. That won't happen if Martin gets his majority, believe you me. watch for the shipping magnate's true colours to re-emerge if that happens... Corporate tax cuts, welcome back! Pull up a chair and sit a spell.

If you are an NDPer, vote for YOUR candidate. Voting against someone is a loser's strategy, because you are effectively penalizing your candidate to block another.

You only get to really exert some influence in a minority parliament. A Liberal majority is a remote possibility. A Conservative majority is not.