tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post3342923639474746737..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Why Did the Liberals Choose to Stand on the Wrong Side of the Future?The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-63955829912221636692019-09-19T22:36:29.181-07:002019-09-19T22:36:29.181-07:00I have watched the Liberals basically become a kin...I have watched the Liberals basically become a kinder, gentler neoliberal party. The pipeline was the last straw for me. As I learned about the grand bargain Trudeau thought he was making, and the logic behind it, it was pretty clear that climate change was seen not as an existential threat as much as a political problem to be triangulated away.Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212453955261752309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-75621284321126390932019-09-19T01:30:26.540-07:002019-09-19T01:30:26.540-07:00The Liberals lost their way (and lost me) post-Mar...<br />The Liberals lost their way (and lost me) post-Martin. Dion had many fine qualities but was never leadership-grade. He was, however, a professor. Following the "green shift" debacle, so badly botched by Dion himself, they annointed Ignatieff, a Harvard-grade leadership professor and another dud. When Iggy blew it they flocked to the young man with the most famous Liberal name, Trudeau. By then the LPC was something of a personality cult. <br /><br />I got off that wagon at the intersection of Dion & Ignatieff. I didn't leave the Liberals. They left me when they virtually expunged their progressive wing.Just as Harper sought to transform the Tories into Latter-Day Republicans, the Liberals under Iggy almost seemed to transform into Democrats.<br /><br />Harper's prime objective was to shift Canada's political center well and widely to the right. He broke the Liberals and New Dems in the process as they dutifully shifted right. The Libs became Conservative-Lite. The New Dems shifted to Latter Day Liberals in their ambitious quest for power rather than social justice.<br /><br />It's all been a grand shit show since Harper came to power and during Trudeau's tenure also. That whole groping business in Creston, BC, foretold what we had to expect. Trudeau denied anything had happened until someone produced his written apology. Then came Lavalin. Now this, all atop a graveyard of election promises.<br /><br />Oddly enough, I think our last progressive prime minister was Paul Martin. The Kelowna Accord was his handiwork. Captain Canada Steamship also helped forge R2P, the 'responsibility to protect' doctrine under which major and minor powers' militaries would be harnessed to protect weak states beset. The mere knowledge that this would be coming, and soon, would discourage catastrophes such as Rwanda. Brilliant stuff, really. Imagine a world ordered by R2P today.<br /><br />And they wonder why we have a disaffected public who spurn the power of the ballot box. They know it's rigged. Getting the support of less than two out of five votes, 35 to 39 percent, is enough to cement a powerful majority government not endorsed by three out of five voters. There is no 'consent' much less 'informed consent' which is the sine qua non of democracy itself. How do you claim a majority mandate when you fell short of a majority of the votes?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-70076353114472280412019-09-18T22:47:35.711-07:002019-09-18T22:47:35.711-07:00My opinion of JT hasn't changed since he reneg...My opinion of JT hasn't changed since he reneged on electoral reform. He's not capable of doing the job. The Liberal establishment probably knew that up front but launched him anyway because of his name.<br /><br />Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-70530497093230583462019-09-18T20:51:04.189-07:002019-09-18T20:51:04.189-07:00
A lot of us had very high hopes and expectations ...<br />A lot of us had very high hopes and expectations of that man. He dashed every one of them.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-15797698064736128972019-09-18T20:29:25.838-07:002019-09-18T20:29:25.838-07:00And now a new controversy sinks our airhead PM as ...And now a new controversy sinks our airhead PM as he turns ...<br /> a whiter shade of paleNorthern PoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670080478290108536noreply@blogger.com