Mansbridge?

I am a little surprised to see Peter Mansbridge getting this many votes in my which employee would you vote off the CBC island poll. I know Peter had that appalling moment when he was visibly shocked that the Prime Minister would encourage investing in Canadian markets at a time when many large scale investors were fleeing stock markets in a panic. Shouldn't the PM have been on TV encouraging people to invest in Canada? Lest we forget that within a week of Harper saying that, Warren Buffet said the exact same thing in the New York Times! People of influence are supposed to promote calmness in periods of mass hysteria. It makes no sense to me why Pete would respond that way, and then Liberals point to the very fact that Mansbridge over-reacted as the evidence that what the PM said was morally repugnant! What if the PM had said "we're fucked Peter, get your money out while you still can!"? "Damned if you do, damned if you don't?" or how's about "great if you do, damned if you don't?"

Then Pete bumbled the Palin story, but really I have lost interest in Sarah Palin. This is all I really have to say about her ever again.

Is Mansbridge the one who really needs to go, or is he just the most recognizable name, so people vote for him because they don't know who anyone else is. Just wait until the day that Evan Soloman hosts an opinion based show called "power and politics" in prime time monday to friday and he has to stretch his narrow opinion into two hours of content. I don't know that "douche bag" is the clinical definition for what he is, but it sure feels right. I would encourage you to watch his show so that you might grow to dislike him and change your vote in the poll, but really I’d rather you don't watch his show at all. Let the ratings take nature's course, the CBC wants to shift to the left while the country is shifting to the right. Let’s see how that works out for you CBC...