[herbie]

Well the Liberals sent a milquetoast in Pettigrew then the Tories used the turncoat Emerson to hammerlock us into a Softwood Lumber Sellout at the worst time possible.
I'll be working for Nathan Cullen's (NDP) re-election, again.
And hoping like hell the unemployed in the rest of BCs small towns brain up and figure out that having a job and putting food on the table is more damned important than new playthings for the Army and tax breaks for the people who laid them off.
So I don't care if it's Harper or Dion who triggers the election, neither one gets my vote.

[Reverend Blair]

Okay, I lost twenty bucks playing pool. Seems if you don't play for a couple months and drink a million beer, you tend to...what's the word I'm after?...oh yeah, suck. I'm lucky I only lost twenty.

I also made friends with a biker named Jason. What the hell kind of name is Jason for a biker?

$1:

After reading through all this thread, y'all have convinced me.

I am voting Green Party next election.

Well, as Danny Williams likes to say, "ABC."

$1:

I have vote NDP in a riding where they only got 300 votes out of 6000 votes. But, it was still the way I felt at the time.

That's the way to be. Over the years I've talked to many, many people who say that they would vote NDP, but the NDP won't win. Of course if they all voted NDP, then the NDP would win.

$1:

Well the Liberals sent a milquetoast in Pettigrew then the Tories used the turncoat Emerson to hammerlock us into a Softwood Lumber Sellout at the worst time possible.
I'll be working for Nathan Cullen's (NDP) re-election, again.
And hoping like hell the unemployed in the rest of BCs small towns brain up and figure out that having a job and putting food on the table is more damned important than new playthings for the Army and tax breaks for the people who laid them off.
So I don't care if it's Harper or Dion who triggers the election, neither one gets my vote.

You're lucky to have Cullen in your riding. He and that Dewar guy from Ottawa have impressed the hell out of me with how hard they work. In Cullen's case, his understanding of environmental issues (not just global warming), is incredible.

I'm not sure who we've got the next time around. Blaikie is retiring, so it won't be him, but we haven't actually picked his replacement yet. I kind of shun riding races (I find them divisive), so I'm not sure who's even in the running.

[bootlegga]

$1:

-1 You are so correct! Aging_Redneck 15 Aug, 2008 Re: Harper hints at triggering election

Oh no, I lost another rep point...time to jump off a bridge. Like I told MTBR, getting a neg point from debate pussies like you two, are, in my books, a positive and I wear them like a badge of honour. Got another neg point...

Like I said, go back to the kiddie table and let the adults talk...

[mtbr]

bootlegga bootlegga:

$1:

-1 You are so correct! Aging_Redneck 15 Aug, 2008 Re: Harper hints at triggering election

Oh no, I lost another rep point...time to jump off a bridge. Like I told MTBR, getting a neg point from debate pussies like you two, are, in my books, a positive and I wear them like a badge of honour. Got another neg point...

Like I said, go back to the kiddie table and let the adults talk...

Like Derby always says why are you dragging me into it

now go answer my question in the other thread.

[Wally_Sconce]

bootlegga bootlegga:

$1:

-1 You are so correct! Aging_Redneck 15 Aug, 2008 Re: Harper hints at triggering election

Oh no, I lost another rep point...time to jump off a bridge. Like I told MTBR, getting a neg point from debate pussies like you two, are, in my books, a positive and I wear them like a badge of honour. Got another neg point...

Like I said, go back to the kiddie table and let the adults talk...

Sorry man! I was in a coy mood.

[bootlegga]

Aging_Redneck Aging_Redneck:

bootlegga bootlegga:

$1:

-1 You are so correct! Aging_Redneck 15 Aug, 2008 Re: Harper hints at triggering election

Oh no, I lost another rep point...time to jump off a bridge. Like I told MTBR, getting a neg point from debate pussies like you two, are, in my books, a positive and I wear them like a badge of honour. Got another neg point...

Like I said, go back to the kiddie table and let the adults talk...

Sorry man! I was in a coy mood.

Not like I didn't deserve it...I can be a bit of a smartass

[kenmore]

M.Dion is a seasoned politician ( unlike those who probably blew somebody to get elected) and as a seasoned politician has a good handle on the who,why,when and the political climate and is waiting until the time is right.. then he will strike and hopefully put this clown (harper) into oblivion

[Wally_Sconce]

twit

[mtbr]

kenmore kenmore:

M.Dion is a seasoned politician ( unlike those who probably blew somebody to get elected) and as a seasoned politician has a good handle on the who,why,when and the political climate and is waiting until the time is right.. then he will strike and hopefully put this clown (harper) into oblivion

[snuggles61]

Guess we're looking at another conservative minority.Biggest problem with the liberals,they can make the biggest blunders and never have the spine to admit they were wrong.

[Alta_redneck]

mtbr mtbr:

kenmore kenmore:

M.Dion is a seasoned politician ( unlike those who probably blew somebody to get elected) and as a seasoned politician has a good handle on the who,why,when and the political climate and is waiting until the time is right.. then he will strike and hopefully put this clown (harper) into oblivion

I guess he just proved Harpers point of a dysfunctional government. The Liberals will keep running away abstaining from votes until the time is right.

[Reverend Blair]

$1:

I guess he just proved Harpers point of a dysfunctional government. The Liberals will keep running away abstaining from votes until the time is right.

So how is letting the Conservatives win votes obstructionist or dysfunctional from the Conservative point of view? Harper's logic is extremely twisted on this, he appears to be saying, "They're blocking my agenda by letting my agenda pass in the House." He sounds like a paranoid meth fiend.

Harper is hoping to avoid having his top people forced to testify in front of the ethics committee. He's hoping to go to the polls before his mishandling of the economy becomes a major issue. He's hoping to have an election before more scandals come out, his recalcitrant attitude on the environment becomes the lead story again, his social conservative agenda gets back into the headlines, his rednecks start mumbling their various hatreds into microphones, and medical tests show that Deanie Del Mastro's brain is composed entirely of congealed bacon grease.

The dysfunctional aspects of this government are driven entirely by the Conservatives.

Harper wanting to go to the polls is a sign of his weakness. It's also a huge flip-flop. He passed fixed election date legislation specifically so that the ruling party couldn't pick an election date based on their own political convenience. Now he stands up in Hamilton and announces that he's considering calling an election for his own political convenience.

Anybody who has been hoping for parliamentary and political reforms in this country should be looking very closely at Harper's actions on this. He never wanted real reforms in the first place, it was all a lie.