tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post5308250323596331073..comments2024-03-16T19:58:56.871-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Crispy Clark's Sarah Palin MomentThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-5508090704044572522012-09-20T22:03:26.195-07:002012-09-20T22:03:26.195-07:00I'm thinking you nailed it, Troy. Clark came ...I'm thinking you nailed it, Troy. Clark came into power counting on being widely acceptable on the sheer strength that she wasn't Gordo Campbell. She was planning on being all things to all voters or at least enough of them to pull the BCLP out of the death spiral Campbell had bequeathed it. Yet she quickly came to be seen as a huge phoney and the unwashed turned on her. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-86997346791466280072012-09-20T18:53:41.608-07:002012-09-20T18:53:41.608-07:00Hey, MoS. Been thinking about your question the ni...Hey, MoS. Been thinking about your question the night through. Christy Clark hates being in Victoria cause all they think about is government, hence all they think about is governing. She hates that.<br /><br />What is governing, though? For the premier of a province of over 4.5 million people, wouldn't that be being in Victoria to face both questions and criticisms? To put forth your party's policies, and convince the citizens of their necessity through debate, whether heated or not?<br /><br />She's at the end of a very long row of signatures, too. Bureaucrats will look to her policies for instruction on contentious, and even trivial, dilemmas in sorting out citizenry requests of the government for aid, or in taxation issues. What are Clark's policies, anyhow? At least we knew where we stood with Campbell, even if we didn't like our position. We knew what to expect when applying for a government service like Social Assistance. Her capricious nature probably has any number of government agencies waiting for stability in order to get back to their own work, cause they can't know whether they'll be around, themselves, to see projects completed (I was recently employed by a non-profit group dependent on provincial funding, but the money dried up. I'm thinking the government agency sponsoring our project clenched its ass, shutting off much of its funding cause there's no guarantee there will be money there, later on in the year, or even next year, for that matter).Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10759047914577194212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-443770159380911082012-09-20T09:22:27.566-07:002012-09-20T09:22:27.566-07:00Another thought -- if she really does intend not t...Another thought -- if she really does intend not to visit Victoria ever at all this fall, does that me we're paying civil servants to trundle back and forth between Vancouver and Victoria to brief the premier?<br /><br />I wonder if they fly or take the ferry.Sixth Estatehttp://www.sixthestate.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-33522896491154017662012-09-19T21:00:44.879-07:002012-09-19T21:00:44.879-07:00What the hell does she get paid for?What the hell does she get paid for?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-295385659632320382012-09-19T18:21:18.277-07:002012-09-19T18:21:18.277-07:00Troy, how do you define "governing"?
LD...Troy, how do you define "governing"?<br /><br />LD, thank Manitou that we were spared the sight of CC taking Branson up on his dare.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-56811674041006956282012-09-19T18:05:34.913-07:002012-09-19T18:05:34.913-07:00When you're the premier, what else is there to...When you're the premier, what else is there to think about when you're at work other than governing?Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10759047914577194212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-50450151718340380422012-09-19T12:30:34.496-07:002012-09-19T12:30:34.496-07:00She has accepted Richard Branson’s invitation to g...She has accepted Richard Branson’s invitation to go water-skiing. She is too busy and is not interested in politics anymore.<br /><br />http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1202092--richard-branson-invites-b-c-premier-christy-clark-kitesurfing-naked<br />LeDarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526776746689708239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-32651052329608623352012-09-19T12:12:52.773-07:002012-09-19T12:12:52.773-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.LeDarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526776746689708239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-27080073186374042852012-09-19T12:09:16.212-07:002012-09-19T12:09:16.212-07:00I'm wondering whether Christy hasn't come ...I'm wondering whether Christy hasn't come unhinged? Those are bizarre statements to come from a premier ostensibly focusing on leading her party into an election. She can't stand being in the capital? It's sick, there are no real people there? That sounds so juvenile. I'm pretty sure CC is indeed shopping her CV around. Maybe she thinks SHarper will pull another plum out of his ass as he did for Campbell.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-46028232035105738462012-09-19T11:50:04.302-07:002012-09-19T11:50:04.302-07:00It's almost as if Clark is laying the groundwo...It's almost as if Clark is laying the groundwork for her defeat. I wonder if her CV is making the rounds?Jim Parretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15331887342292476909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-56849375283421515572012-09-19T11:35:21.020-07:002012-09-19T11:35:21.020-07:00Except for Minister of Community and Sport Ida Cho...Except for Minister of Community and Sport Ida Chong, the MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head. It may come as something to a surprise to a Clark government Cabinet minister that she is now officially a non-person.Sixth Estatehttp://sixthestate.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-10825916291990212402012-09-19T11:34:31.910-07:002012-09-19T11:34:31.910-07:00I guess she thinks none of the other ridings in Vi...I guess she thinks none of the other ridings in Victoria are worth fighting for? Probably a lost cause anyways.Sixth Estatehttp://sixthestate.netnoreply@blogger.com