Deja vu all over again
It happened with John Turner.
Its happened with Paul Martin.
Now its happening with Michael Ignatieff.
See the blu-libs (martinites) may have money, but they don't have the votes.
The red-libs (chretienites) have the votes, but they never really have the money.
Both sides tolerate each other in the party as an unwritten agreement to ignore their dislike of each other to obtain power.
The caveat being is that each side expects the other to step aside once power is obtained.
As a subtext to that, if the one side see's the other taking steps which are seen as an outright repudiation of their ideology, the gloves come off, the curtain gets thrown open, and the blood gets spilled.
What is the basis of this "completely unfounded bit of information from an un-named liberal source"(tm)?
See, Iggy in his desire to move the LPC to the right has decided to support the Harper governments minimum sentencing law for drug crimes. This law will get the support of the right of center in the party for sure, so the money will keep flowing. But if there is an election this summer, the votes won't be there because the great swath of the LPC which see's itself as left of center (far left actually) don't like this one bit.
Now if you don't believe it, go browse the liblogs and see if there is even one diatribe about this.
I've seen two so far.
The point is I've seen this scenario before and it ends the same way everytime.
Liberal leader is crowned, media slobbers all over them, they preach "center, center, center", the LPC hears "moving right, right, right", voting day comes and the disgruntled say "why vote for someone that is a "liberal in name only".
See Iggy' big problem is that due to his absence from Canada he doesn't have a liberal pedigree.
Why did he leave Canada while the liberal icon Trudeau was PM? Did he leave because he could be more successful outside of Trudeau's Canada than inside it?
It's a difficult argument the blu-libs have to contend with.
Let me frame it another way for further clarity of a bigger problem that exists in the political landscape.
red torys, blu-liberals, fairweather federalists, closet separatists, centrists
And they all have one common trait, oxymoron's all of them.
But hey, this all just mindless speculation. Pay no attention to this pointless diatribe and screed.
Squidward can't possibly be making a mistake by moving the LPC over to the right.
Addendum - June 5 2009
Okay, I write a post about this one night and the next day an TORSTAR editorialist breaks the story of a liberal revolt.
New bit of pulp fiction then.
The TORSTAR of late has been editorializing in a manner that while it certainly isn't conservative friendly, it sure hasn't been all warm and fuzzy to the liberals of late.
Where did we here about accusations of Ruby Dhalla hiring immigrants without the proper documentation and keeping their passports from them?
Frankly I don't think its the LPC the TORSTAR is attacking, they got their bullseye on the current leader and the rest of the martinites.
As I surmised yesterday, the liberal party is a party with a dual personality disorder....they can blow and suck at the same time...which used to work before the internet blogs and Youtube.
Now when Squidward speaks the speech is archived for ever after where it cannot be under restricted access like it used to be in the local rags vault....sort of like what happened to all those monestaries when Guttenburg went into business and removed the requirement of knowing latin to read the local laws.
Frankly I don't think Mikey really thought it through when he made those comments about putting Quebec in control of Ottawa. The way it gets recieved in Quebec is that the same bunch that allowed adscam to operate under the code of silence, now see's a useful tool that can be hoodwinked by another Lucien Bouchard. The west see's it as reinforcement of what they've always percieved as preferential treatment to Quebec by the liberal Power Corp Toronto-Montreal cabal that wants to reinstate the NEP. Ontario, well ONtario just gets nervous.
For all his book learning, Iggy isn't too wise.
Addendum June 25 2009
Well I purposely waited till after the anti-climax of Igwards climb down on the Rideau.
If the liberals don't want to realize whats going on with the great pretender thats their mistake. Keep thinking that by having a loyal Kreteinite in the war room is doing any good, the Barney doll was a one trick pony.
Besides being a pretentious boor, Ignatieff has become predictable, and that is like having your champion in the main event giving intricate details to their opponent before the first bell rings of what they intend to do while the other guys are slipping a pair of brass knuckles into their glove.
Iggy's a consultant on policy, he doesn't create it, and as a consultant he is not beholden to any principle's and its showing like a pocupine at a nudist colony.
Labels: Justin Trudeau, the free lunch crowd at it again
Question for those opposed to the war in Afghanistan
I've heard many use the term "I support the troops but not the mission" most notably those that inhabit the liberal and ndp ranks and their inherent entourage.
But I have a question....and if you're a candidate in the next election you best be prepared to answer it.....if DND said they needed more equipment to fight the war in Afghanistan, would you as an MP support the troops then or will you maintain your non-supporting role of the mission and refuse their request by voting against any such budgetary expense?
You know, support the troops and support the mission?
Here's another.
If you want our troops to only be engaged in so-called peacekeeping, does that mean if they get attacked while on said "mission" will they be allowed to fight, or do you insist they defend themselves with a tersely worded memo released by the UN general assembly? If you have trouble with that one ask Romeo Dallaire how effectively that would have worked in Rawanda.
Lastly.
I've heard some nonsense about negotiating with the Taliban. Please explain what you plan to offer to the Taliban, an orgnaization which has clearly demonstrated it has no intention of negotiating in good faith?
Labels: eliminate terrorism now, Justin Trudeau, useful idiots
The liberals other useful idiots
Sheila
Copps wants you to believe the latest liberal talking point without question.
"
There is a popular view amongst some Liberals that a quick election will provoke a disastrous Dion loss, clearing the way for Ignatieff's ascendancy. "
Sorry Sheila, but when useful idiot's say one thing I start applying the second rule of
MSM tabloid journalism. If you don't provide the story then go look for it.
Hence, its not Iggy we should be paying attention to but those that can claim their hands are clean because you cannot find their fingerprints on the knife.
"
Mr. Carroll was one of Mr. Dion's key leadership organizers and a fierce loyalist, Mr. Fergus supported rival contender Bob Rae in last year's party leadership contest.Liberal sources insist Mr. Fergus's first loyalty has always been to the party and it's his connections at both the grassroots and national levels that won him the post.He has served as a riding president, head of the party's youth wing, and vice-president of communications ? and he has worked for two cabinet ministers."
Bob sure has been going out of his way of late to show what a team player he is and I've got a suspicion that his supporters are if not giving credibility to the Iggy coup rumour mill on the hill, they are not doing
anything to squelch them either.
Meanwhile
Garth wins the Carolyn Parrish award.
"So far, everything was going according to plan. And then Tory-turned-Grit Turner let slip a bombshell that's leading many to wonder whether we're safe from a fall vote after all. "We have an opposition day next week," he reveals. "We have the opportunity of putting forward a motion that will call into question the confidence in the government. We have that possibility. And so I think right now we're trying to determine if this is the right thing to do."Does he think it is? His answer speaks volumes. "I still believe that we are going to have an election in the next few weeks."The move, if it happens, seems to be in direct contradiction to what Dion said so publicly in a sometimes rambling 45 minute rebuttal last week. Why introduce a motion to bring down the government when the party itself is abstaining from voting on the Throne Speech or its crime bill? It's hard to answer that question, but the Liberals insist all options are on the table. "I'm the deputy leader," answers Michael
Ignatieff. "I have to have heard of it. No, we're considering our strategy. We're not here to roll over, let me tell you." "
Bottom line.
If the liberals are looking for who is trying to push Dion out of the big chair there are two factors that must be kept in mind to uncover the true
perp.
The unwritten rule of alternation, and the "Power" behind the throne.
Stop looking at Iggy as the guy that wants Dion gone, its most likely someone that doesn't presently sit in the
HoC. There is some sleight of hand going on, while
everyone's attention is on Parliament Hill, the real story is being played outside of Ottawa.
Really, think about it for a moment on Iggy's past missteps and tribulations, and then try to tell me that he could mastermind a coup.
Nope, palace coups require professional assassins like Warren
Kinsella. Iggy doesn't have one of those in his retinue.....Bob Rae does though.
Labels: Justin Trudeau, Liberal leadership race, useful idiots
The next liberal leadership race
I always have this habit of giving odds on these things well before they become the flavour of the moment.
So here it is.
The next contest is between Justin Trudeau and Gerrard Kennedy.
The also rans?
Iggy and Rae will attempt a repeat, but Iggy will again come up short and Rae will soon follow, their age will be the factor that puts them out of contention.
And due to the liberals unwritten rule of alternation, Justin will be out of luck but will get a consolation of being deputy leader.
And at that moment his organizing to unseat the sitting leader will begin....encouraged of course by the hard left wing of the party desperate to recreate "trudeau-mania".
Theme song will be "stuck in the sixties again".
If this possible outcome comes to pass, the conservatives are guaranteed to be in office for the next 20 years.
The reason is that the "reasoned voice" has been silenced in the liberal party.
Labels: Conservative majority, Justin Trudeau, Liberal leadership race
