The PM is No Dictator

Ya, like Monte Solberg says in his column today, you might not like the PM, that's ok. I don't think PM Harper is looking for how many people like him anyway. Monte goes on to say even if you hate him, he's no dictator and clarifies in my mind the real reason why the prorogation, the senate.

"Senate is important

So we have a disagreement about how important this is and the government is content to let Canadians decide in the next election. In the meantime, the government's priorities include fighting a recession, prosecuting a war and setting sensible environmental policies, and that makes the Senate important.

In order for the soon to be new Conservative majority in the Senate to have control of the committees, the rules say Parliament must prorogue so that the committees can be reconstituted.

Without prorogation, the Liberals would still have a majority of committee seats in the Senate even though they would have fewer seats overall. That would be a terribly anti-democratic situation on at least two levels and should be an outrage to the media if saving democracy was their real concern. That's a big if, however."

Monte then emphasizes that PM Harper is far from being a dictator.

"Remember that this is the PM who has given up power to Parliament on vetting Supreme Court nominees and going to war. He has tried mightily to elect the Senate. Calling him a dictator is so embarrassingly over the top that it says more about his critics than it does him."

And to all those who say that the PM has shut down parliament for 3 months, to 60 days, even all winter by some in the media Hunter has done a phenomenal job in breaking down the actual number of days the house is not sitting. I think her numbers are more to the truth. (h/t) Hunter

The Left Are Not Well

I think I might have discovered what's going with the left these days. I was wanting to know, and this is what I found, they are not well.

THE LIBERAL MIND:
The Psychological Causes of Political Madness, By Lyle H. Rossiter, Jr., M.D.

There are excerpts on that site from the book you will find very insightful on the left hand side of the website. Just click on and read.

Sandy on Judy Rebick and Prorogation Outrage

Sandy over at Just Politics blog has an excellent piece today. I urge everyone to go and check it out. It's very enlightening. Gives a sense of what PM Harper is up against. (h/t Sandy)
Media & coalition driving prorogation outrage

Save the Unelected, Unaccountable Senate

In Jeffery Simpson's latest column, he desperately tries to make a last stitch effort to save the unelected, unaccountable senate. Does he see his chance at a senate seat go up in smoke? I suspect he does.

Here in the Globe and Mail

BTW/ I urge all of you to go to this Facebook group and signup to support the Prime Minister.

What Are They Up To?

I have gnawing feeling that the opposition and the MSM are up to something and it ain't any good.
As noted by Alberta Girl at BLY. (h/t) Bluelikeyou

"Alberta Girl says:

“She was on t.v. last night and said the one big rally against our PM would be at McMaster University in Hamilton”

Something smells..

Iggy annouces “University Tour”

Iggy tells us Canadians want an alternative

The media become cheeleaders for a facebook group telling Canadians that we are MAD over this and the FB group is proof.

Jack telling those on a taped phone call to use social media, to start rallies, to use the media to give credence to the Coalition.

Iggy and Jack are out of the country on this one so it doesn’t appear like it comes from the “Coalition”

Gilles is laying low

The rallies on the 23rd will be full of students (cause they have them on campuses – organized by those that Jack tried to get to organize last year) and the media will point to them as evidence that Canadians want change.

My take – on Jan 25 – when Iggy has told his MP’s to get to work – the Coalition rises and asks the GG to let them govern."

I happen to agree. The lefty MSM, the left opposition and their supporters hate PM Harper and his government, they would do anything to defeat him.

The latest frenzy about the prorogration in the media and the lefty supporters for instance, I believe is just a diversion. Prime Ministers in the past have prorogued parliament but was there so called outrage then? No! Liberal PMs used it at their discretion. There's absolutely nothing wrong with it. Infact, PM Chretien used it 4 times. Was there outrage? No! But now that PM Harper does it, he's a dictator, despot etc. Where was the MSM and the so called anti-prorogation people then? All were quiet as church mice.

The hypocrisy is unreal. The hate is so obvious.

The coalition is alive and well. I believe it's being aided and abetted by the MSM.

The PM and his caucus should take the high road just keep their noses to the ground keep working on behalf of all of us. The MSM and the lefty opposition and their supporters will end up looking foolish once again with all their games and shenanigans.

There, good, got something off my chest. Cheers!