"cracks are showing"...hmmmm..do ya think?
They are not "cracks",they are very large holes and they were put there by the likes of Ignatieff,Rae,Manley,etc.etc.
The manner in which they have hung out Dion to twist in the wind while crowning Iggy as king, is truly disgusting.
Posted by: karrman on December 8 2008 11:59 AM
What a mess.
Watching a CBC news analyst was interesting.
He said Harper created the in parliament mess and that at a time when we needed an Obama, who is trying to get all parties to work together, we got an arrogant leader who antagonized the other parties. As he leader, Harper showed poor judgement and poor leadership.
The sad thing is that at this time our people in Ottawa will not be passing legislation to help the economy.
Posted by: downnotout on December 8 2008 1:09 PM
what kind of legislation will help our economy when it is controled by our neigbour to the south. Our economy will go which ever way the US economy goes as much of the world economy will.
Posted by: Andyfreeze on December 8 2008 2:17 PM
Got no argument with that downnotout!
Posted by: Loki on December 8 2008 2:36 PM
cracks
cracked
crackheads
they are all cracked, in the head
Posted by: ammonra on December 8 2008 2:59 PM
Where is you guys' sense of humour. I thought the cartoon was quite clever.
Posted by: karrman on December 8 2008 3:18 PM
I agree t with you to some extent downnout. I was just passing on a CBC analyst's comments; however, I believe that our gov't isn't totally powerless. For example,
one suggestion that I've heard is to allow people to take up to $10,000 out of their RRSP's tax free. That would certainly help get some money back into circulation and would help some seniors who have to take out money from their RRIF's.
and your right ammonra... it is a clever cartoon.
Posted by: Andyfreeze on December 8 2008 4:23 PM
I agree ammonra,it's a great cartoon!
But somehow,you just can't help feeling bad for poor old Dion.
If ever there was a politican who was used and abused by his own party,it's him!
The poor bugger probably trusted the very same people who hung him out to dry!
But then,who should know better than to never to trust a poltician than another politician!
Posted by: Palopu on December 8 2008 5:14 PM
Dion, Layton, Duceppe, Rae, Ignatieff, were all sitting in the bush, setting up this ill conceived Coalition and would have toppled the Conservative Government at a time of their choice. Probably when the Conservatives brought in the Budget in February.
Harper being the astute politician that he is made a preemptive strike, and exposed these laggards for what they are.
By proposing legislation that the three leftist parties could not support he forced them to show their hands, and their plans for a Coalition Government, headed by Dion, and supported by the Bloc.
Harper was then able to get Parliament prorogued and left the three stooges hanging in the wind.
We now have Dion on his way out.
Rae with a good chance of losing his leadership bid.
Layton back to being a no-account NDP leader without his coveted Coalition Government (which would have given him a Cabinet post)/
Duceppe back to being a separatist.
Ignatieff with a chance to become Liberal leader of a fractured , bankrupt, party.
You can bet that under this scenario there is no chance that the Liberals will now topple the Government in January. To do so would be political suicide.
Ignatieff appears to be somewhere between Icabod Crane, and Don Quiotte. I think that once the pressure starts to apply on him, he will not be able to live up to his hype.
We will probably not have to worry about an election for a year or more, as the fight has been taken out of these characters, and it will be sometime before they dare to piss off the Canadian voters once again.
Posted by: Hindsight on December 8 2008 6:39 PM
I couldn't agree more Palopu.
Posted by: Andyfreeze on December 8 2008 6:42 PM
I could not agree more Palopu!
I am still tring to figure out the logic of the Liberal party behind crowning Ignatieff who is a realtive unknown, not only many canadians,but to politics on the frontlines in general.
It would seem that the Liberals figure he will waltz in and demolish Harper and that is NOT going to happen.
The liberal party has lost a lot over the last few years but thier arrogance is not one of them!
Posted by: Palopu on December 8 2008 8:34 PM
Bob Rae is an old Provincial NDP who ran a huge deficit in Ontario. He since has become a Liberal, however Im sure that a lot of Liberals still see him as NDP, and therefore probably wouldnt support him.
Leblance didnt have a chance from the get go, and was only trying to get some name recognition for the future. Dion is history.
This leaves Ignatieff who is all they have left. A transplant from Harvard who has come to save us all.
Others who were somewhat interested in the Leadership, such as John Manley couldnt bring themselves to get involved at this time. I suppose the reasoning is, let Iggy lose the next election, which will clean out all the debris, and then it will be a new ballgame.
Posted by: ammonra on December 8 2008 11:00 PM
Interesting spin, Palopu. I think it more likely that Harper played a game of chicken and it blew up in his face. So much so that he had to prorogue Parliament in order to avoid being defeated. An admission of gross incompetence if there ever was one.
I agree the future of the colaition is uncertain, but one thing is clear, and that is the opposition parties still have a majority and can defeat Harper any time they want. Harper has to come to terms with that somehow. If he does not, then there are difficult times ahead. If he does, and compromises, perhaps some good will have come from all this.
It is still true that the voters instructed Harper to work with the opposition parties. I do hope he learned a lesson and will do that.
Posted by: karrman on December 8 2008 11:40 PM
You are absolutely right ammonra !
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They are not "cracks",they are very large holes and they were put there by the likes of Ignatieff,Rae,Manley,etc.etc.
The manner in which they have hung out Dion to twist in the wind while crowning Iggy as king, is truly disgusting.