However, when asked if the Liberals will vote in support of the Conservative budget in the coming session, Ignatieff said he cannot make a decision without first seeing the document.Are they ready? Not quite so as it seems. Publicly the party will "appear" united and that every thing is hunky dory but privately they are deeply divided as Angelo Persichilli so aptly points out. Apparently the Liberal infighting and divisions are vastly different than when the Tories were divided.
"Let me read the thing first. I'm not like Mr. Layton, who votes for things before he's even read it," Ignatieff said, taking a shot at his NDP rival for saying that he would vote down the government's stimulus plan even before it had been tabled.
But Ignatieff definitively said that he would be prepared to vote down the budget and topple the government if the legislation doesn't mesh with what's good for the country.
It took 10 years, from 1993 to 2003, for the Conservatives to put aside most of their differences and work together. It’s ironic that the same year the Tories started bridging their differences, the Liberals grew apart.Moreover, the division among them is more dangerous. The Conservative fight was in the open and the division was a clear split between two visions. The Liberals are more than divided, they are fragmented by personal vendettas, jealousies and a lack of leadership.Why? Angelo answers that too:
Despite the front of a happy family, they are fighting each other over differences from the past while creating new ones. This fight no longer has anything to do with Martin and Chrétien; it’s about the metastasis of that disease which has taken on a life of its own.
Why is all this happening? The problem is that spoiled individuals who have taken over the party are using it to pursue feuds with their personal Liberal enemies.Oooh, ouch! Could this be the reason he's starting to back down from his election rhetoric again? There are plenty of problems within the Liberal party. They have a tough time raising funds, have no credible policy etc. and all that infighting doesn't help.. Maybe, if they want to earn their "earn" their way back into office,they should stop the muckraking,trying to make the Conservatives bad, work on cleaning up their own party instead acting like petulant little children all the time. Maybe then the public will take them seriously again.
This problem can be corrected only by using a big broom to get rid of them all, and a good place to start would be in the office of the present leader.
But in order to do that, you need a credible, respected and strong leader. Such a leader is nowhere to be seen.
Until then they're not ready or qualified to govern. They need to learn to govern themselves first.
Until then they're not ready or qualified to govern. They need to learn to govern themselves first.
ReplyDeletefrmgrl, it goes deeper than that way deeper.
The Liberal party of Canada 'OWE' Canadians money, the extensive corruption that went on for many years while they media looked on has to be dealt with first and foremost before they ever regaining respect. You know exactly what I mean.
frmgrl, it goes deeper than that way deeper.
ReplyDeleteAin't that the case,Jen? They still haven't gotten it. They still believe their entitled to their entitlements. They still haven't come to terms why they were turfed out in '06. They need to humble themselves and figure things out,about who they are etc. and then rebuild. That will take years. Look how long it took Conservatives to get their act together.
I'm always amused when the papers write anything disparaging against the Reformatories and it's written off as mainstream nonsense. However, all the Harperites suddenly become devotees to the papers when it's about the Liberals.
ReplyDeleteThe pendulum always swings. Harper is a mere mortal and he will be replaced eventually. We can wait. Tick tock tick tock.
The pendulum always swings. Harper is a mere mortal and he will be replaced eventually. We can wait.
ReplyDeleteBe prepared to wait a long,long time,Liberal4Life. PM Harper is not going anywhere. In the mean time how many more leaders will your party go through until then?
The liberals, liberal 4 life, are bought over by the socialist NDP Jack Layton and BLOC Marxist Duceppe; sold to them by Liberal Stephane Dion on a Coalition Agreetment.
ReplyDeleteMeaning, the liberals do not have a solid 'say' of their own without the backing or orders from their Coalition friends.
BTW, the media wants to keep this(BLOC agreement) as secret as possible from you and the rest of canada.
BTW liberal 4 life- "do you happen to know about the liberals famous 'eight year blance budget' how they manage to generate that so call 'budget'. If only you knew my friend; if only you knew.