Conservative Majority.

Hi blogerets,

It has been a while since my last post but here we go...

As any of you who are my facebook friends know, I am a card carrying Liberal. I have been, at various points in my life, a NDP supporter and a Conservative (Joe Clark RULES!!!!). I consider the Jean Chretien to be one of the greatest leaders we have ever had. To those who disagree with me, well, fair enough, but I would suggest that the Clarity Act and the elimination of the deficit make my case well. I would also suggest, as a right wing Liberal, that Bob Rae would have made an excellent successor to Jean - a bit of left to offset the necessity of the right. We got Paul Martin. I guess Jean had it right, Paul was not ready for prime time and the legacy of that is that the most successful political party in Canada is now at risk.

My thoughts on tonight's results:

• Any result which gives us the effective elimination of the Bloc Quebecous is intrinsically good and fair. There is significant evidence that Duceppe's recent relaunch of the discussions on separation, and so it should




• Any result which results in both the election of a single MP while showing reduction of support for the Green Party is good but not necessarily fair. While I am very pleased about Elizabeth May's victory in BC, overall support for the party is down across the country. The Green's are well minded but scientifically and solution deficient. Still, they represent a sizable percentage of Canadian public opinion and that should be reflected, fairly, in their place in parliament
  

I do not fear a Stephen Harper majority - I will probably benefit from it, personally. Still, I am very nervous when a Christian Fundamentalist is elected to a position of authority, let alone a position of power. Anyone who personally does not understand that we live in a universe governed by certain fundamental natural principals but instead views things as inexplicable and thus requiring supernatural explanation isn't capable of tying their own shoes, let alone governing a G8 country.

Move on Stephen. Do a couple of years then retire after a good win.

Paul