But they're smart - some might even say wise - guys:
Posted on 01/04/2006 7:37:11 AM PST by fanfan
It must be getting tough these days for employees in the Liberal campaign rooms to work up much enthusiasm for a day at the office.
The vaunted big red machine is sputtering as if it's out of gas and even the party leader, Paul Martin, seems to have lost his spirit for the fight.
All of which makes it tough for us not to crack a smile as the realization begins to dawn that maybe, just maybe, Canadians have had enough of this crowd in office.
Yes, there are still more than two-and-a-half weeks to go until we get to election day and much can change in that length of time.
But we're optimists. We're confident that the more Canadian voters consider the Liberal record of the past 12 years, the more likely they are to opt for a change.
Even the previously successful Grit tactic of painting the Conservatives as a frightening bunch of right-wing loonies appears to have run its course, now that voters have been given the chance to consider the Tory campaign.
In fact the electorate seems to like the Conservative agenda that focuses on law and order, tax relief and government accountability.
And why wouldn't they? After more than a decade of having our pockets picked to finance one Liberal boondoggle after another -- after witnessing Adscam and now getting a whiff of Finance Department scandal -- after seeing one senior Grit after another wallowing at the public trough -- the mood ought to be ripe for a change.
Mind you we don't expect the Liberals to abandon the fight at this stage. Not at the risk of giving up all the perks of office that they hold so dear -- the limos, the posh offices, the expense accounts, the retirement bonanzas.
In fact we expect the next couple of weeks to be filled with mud slinging and fear mongering the likes of which we have never seen before.
Our hope is that their desperation will be seen for just what it is, and that voters will do what the Liberals are asking in their latest ad campaign: Judge them on their record. It's a record of corruption and sleaze that cries out to be rewarded with a sound thrashing at the polls.
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Liberals everywhere have nothing to offer but fear itself.
Correct assessment. I like the fact that the Tories are putting forward new ideas daily rather than focusing on Liberal failure. Liberals know that like two bit actors, any press is good press. Let the Conservatives shine in the light of ideas. And please G-d, don't let this be a minority gov't.
Canadians being Canadians, the Liberals will continue in office.
Please pray for Steve Harper and for a successful election for the Conservatives.
I am!
"Liberals looking desperate"
Coming soon to your neighborhood.
Why do they refer to the Liberals as the Grits?
They certainly don't have any new ideas.
Liberalism is as intellectually bankrupt in Canada and Europe as it is in the States. If conservatives ever get their act together (always a challenge) there is room for hope.
Half of those voters will vote NDP, so the Libs will lose almost as many seats to the NDP as to the Tories.
Thus my prediction of a minority Harper government, supported by the NDP(117+37).
Your mileage may vary. ;^)
THEN:
NOW:
The NDP is not going to coalition with the CPC. Furthermore, it's highly unlikely the CPC will win a majority. It would be hard even more the LIEbranos to win a majority with 60 BQ members in Quebec.
I couldn't have agreed more with your post. I remember the last election very well. I went with my mom and dad to vote for the first time. We were enthusiastic with the idea of a change in government. When we watched the results of the election we end up stuck with the same government thanks to the sheep in Ontario and Maritimes.
At best they shouldn't do much more damage.
* 1855: Radical members of the Reform Party formed the Clear Grits
* 1867: The Clear Grits merged with the Reform Party, the Red Party and provincial liberal parties into the present-day Liberal Party of Canada
The CPC doesn't necessarily need a majority - and especially doesn't need the NDP - to make real changes in the present status quo.
What changes would that be? Seems the other 3 left wing parties would veto anything they didn't like.
Legislation aimed at reform would be immediately introduced which whatever 'right-of-center' Liberals are still around and more Bloc MP's than you might expect would either welcome and/or be too politically afraid of to oppose.
I suppose there is some legislation that makes too much sense for liberals to disagree with publicly.
To me, New Democrats are merely left-wing Liberals too stupid and/or or doctrinaire to climb on board the Librano$ gravy train.
Liberals like Hedy Fry, Carolyn Parrish and lots of others are well to the left of many NDPers but, unlike them, had no trouble finding their way to the public trough.
That I agree with. What exactly does the NDP want that the liberals won't eventually cave and give them? SSM? Daycare?
Cripes, I don't even know what the hell Layton's platform is (not that I care much). How much different could it be from the LIEbranos?
I never mentioned a coalition, because that would be almost impossible, and undesirable, besides.
There will be no majority government resulting from this election.
I really do not understand why folks have difficulty understanding why the the NDP cannot back the Liberals, and must, in fact, support the Conservatives if they elect more MPs. Layton himself refuses to back the Liberal lie of Harper's 'scariness', and Harper has positioned the Tories to throw a few populist bones to the NDP base(GST cut).
The NDP WILL support a Conservative government - get used to it!
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