Gimbol's diatribe and screed

Free advise for Ignatieff

There have been so many of us on the conservative side taking pot shots at the liberal leader....much like shooting fish in a barrel....that its only fair to offer some advise to the old white guy that really, really, feels he's entitled to the job of PM.
Not really sure what it is exactly he wants to do....maybe Donolo will feed him his lines then?
But I digress.
You guys seem to have drank the Kinsella koolaid a bit too much, hoping that a scandal will come along and put the public against Harper.
News flash for you, Harper isn't going anywhere, and secondly by admitting this its basically saying that Harper has a lot more going for him than you would like.

So I'll feed you guys some winning strategy that I feel confident you will ignore, but should you take it, it may help you hang on to some of your base in the coming bloodbath.

Be the true reflection of liberal "values".

That's right, don't let Iggy pretend to be a liberal, get him out there advocating every liberal scheme under the sun. No I'm not talking about government run daycare, don't be so chicken, come right out and tell the truth, that you not only want to raise the children of this nation, you want to control the very act of procreation..in a lab. Iggy needs to pledge to remove the restrictions on human reproduction so that the government will not only allow cloning, they will be actively controlling it and deciding what kind of people will be populating the country.

Next, be frank about what I call the social laws in this country, the ones that restrict things like drugs, prostitution, and marriage. Tell the truth that if a liberal government ever gets a majority again, they will do away with those foolish restrictions that keep those victims of our repressive drug laws from the protection they so richly deserve, matter of fact get Iggy pledging to put a safe injection site in every community across the nation. Then pledge that in every town and city across this great land, prostitution will not only have the stigma of our silly laws expunged from history, but that it will be given quotas that will effect the level of equalization a province is awarded (except Alberta, more on that later). As for marriage, promise that not only will a liberal government build on the previous liberal modification of that trite old fashioned idea of tradition, but that a liberal government will allow any permutation under the sun to be recognized by the state and that if you want it to be a church wedding, a friendly representative of the HRDC will re-educate that congregation to not only allow it in their house of worship, but by gosh the supreme court will be jam packed with justices that see this kind of progressive action as a way to read in to the charter a whole new meaning to the idea of religious freedom. From now on, the new liberal progressive supreme court (yep a name change too) will be free to change any tenets of any religion to assuage the hurt feelings of whatever flavour of the moment interest group assures the liberals of re-election in those critical Montreal-Toronto-Vancouver riding's.

But what about environmental concerns? Just let Iggy tell the truth.
We know you guys promoted the idea of a carbon tax last time, but it flopped because everybody was worried they would actually have to pay the blamed thing.
So, do what comes naturally, tell everyone that its just going to be Alberta that pays a carbon tax, cause they just won't levy a provincial sales tax like those other progressive provinces that are an icon of fiscal prudence...like Quebec.

Speaking of Quebec, let Iggy finally reach out to those Quebec nationalists in the LPC. Tell them they don't have to hide behind that faux federalism anymore. Pledge to give them the holy grail of Quebec-ROC power sharing agreements, promise that you will offer them constitutional special status. Not only will it get the QYL on side, but it will put your rivals inside the party on notice that you run Quebec.

Deficit reduction? Didn't I point out the bit that for liberal policy that a tax is only burdensome if its imposed on the whole country. Naturally to close that funding gap you need only put the squeeze on the one province that has the wherewithal to pay..Alberta.
Let Iggy reveal the true plan that you not only want to hit them with an environmental tax, but have them take the hit in a GST increase for all the other provinces.

The detainee issue....let Iggy not only propose to bring the troops home immediately, but offer up financial restitution to the Taliban and offer that poor little child soldier Omar Khadr the position of GG, with wages for life for his whole family.
Next get the country back on the liberal track by reversing all those commitments to fund our military. As a matter of fact remold the CAF in the Trudeau mold. Make them wear uniforms that reflect the liberal progressive ideology of diversity, not just blue berets, a whole baby blue ensemble designed by Perez Hilton.

Native rights...no problem. Get Iggy out there in Pierre's old buckskin rag that he'd throw on to look all outdoorsy in. Then promise the Kelowna Accord on steriods.
The money to pay for it? Alberta of course.

Now don't get squeamish, and start running away from your true agenda, embrace it, because after all, what have you got to lose

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posted by gimbol @ 4:28 PM