You may recall back in September and October when Ignatieff was trying to convince Canadians that we wanted an election, he was labeling many an issue as a "national unity crisis". Well Iggy pop is back at it, trying to convince Canadians that the governing Conservatives are deliberately trying to tear the country apart. That beloved Taber-toothed tiger setting the agenda at the Globe and Mail would have you believe that I am only pointing this out to distract attention away from my own hidden intention to chop the country up into pieces. Sadly though, I did not receive this infamous memo circulated to Tory supporters, but Jane Taber did.
The last time I saw Iggy breaking out the national unity card on a daily basis was when he was trying to convince us that we wanted an election. Could this latest salvo indicate that the Liberals are eyeing a fall election? Or by asking that question am I simply attempting to hide my hidden agenda? By the way, another Taberite at the Globe is unearthing the Tory Hidden Agenda card again; claiming the only motive that makes any sense on the census changes is the hidden agenda of declaring war on poor people. I get the feeling that the media are trying to sensationalize an otherwise low importance story in the doldrums of summer to try and sell a few extra newspapers when most Canadians are enjoying the warm weather and are disconnected from politics.
And where does Taber get her ridiculous political cartoons? The latest is a kid holding ice cream and a stick man resembling Iggy asks for a lick. The kid's thought bubble reads "Harper would have just taken it". HA HA HA that's too funny! HA HA HA...
The Taber-toothed tiger (luv it!) has used that cartoon before.
ReplyDeleteWhen Iffy signed the coalition of losers agreement, he said the Bloc were duly elected Mps,
6 months later Iffy said he is against the coalition of losers because the Bloc want to break up our country, it's about national unity.....
And yes, Liberals always wave the national unity card when they prep the ground for an election.
But I think PMSH may be in strategy lock-up,
so they should be preparing for an election.
They truly believe they are the natural governing party and the barbarians must be defeated.
ReplyDeleteThey can't accept the fact that votes are counted outside Toronto.
Problem is the 'National Unity Card' doesn't get you past the bouncer anymore. More and more people say if Quebec wants to leave then don't let the door hit you on the ass as you go or they want to have a referendum to kick Quebec out. Not saying I agree or disagree with these sentiments but I get the distinct ;) impression that nobody in the ROC really cares anymore.
ReplyDeleteWhen Jay Hill was talking to Rosie the other day, he figured that there won't be an election for another year. I'll trust his judgement on that.
ReplyDeleteMy take is that we can't go by any of the rhetoric coming from the Libs. They are going to talk tough, mainly to keep up the morale of their base.
I just can't visualize 155 MPs standing up in the House in a non-confidence vote. Harper would have to play some real hardball, with a tough-to-take omnibus bill.
My sense is that Harper is content to just keep governing, pass as many bills as possible (and yes, with another omnibus bill). Let Iggy get older and older, more stressed out, under more pressure from the hawks. Keeping the Libs frustrated sounds like a good plan to me.
Any news on Jack Layton? Hope he is winning his personal war.
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