Iggy said last night he would form a coalition although that is not the words he used.
Jack will form a coalition with anyone, there is no wh^re like an old who^e, when your desperate you'll take anything you can get !!
Get a clue on how our government works...... in order for our government to work, whether it's a minority or majority, in order to make the system work smoothly, other parties must work with other parties.
It's been done before, it will be done again, and if Jack Layton, Iggy or any other party leader states that they will work with other parties to get work done in our government, then believe it or not.... that's a good thing.
It shows that they hold the functionality of our government and our country above selfish partisan politics that put their party's best interests in front of our country and us citizens..... and if you think that's a bad thing, then you don't have a clue.
How did this little tidbit get by the Cons? You'd think they'd be all over this by now.
Canoe.ca | Ignatieff linked to Iraq war planning | Canada Election 2011
Iggy is not the messiah, obviously. This could be the final nail in his political coffin, at least in Canada. Although the US can probably still use his expertise when they start planning their next war.
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That's not much different from when Harper as opposition leader, tried to sway the government to join into the Iraq war by plagiarizing the-then Prime Minister of Australia's own speech in support of the war in Iraq, two days after he gave the speech..... word for word.
YouTube - Stephen Harper copies John Howard
Sorry, but this Iraq issue from both Iggy and Harper kind of cancel each other out.
More people voted against Chretien too, but he still held the majority. The Canadian system was intended for a 2 party system and can't ever get a true majority (51%) with the number of parties that run.
A two-party system is no democracy at all.... in that kind of setup, you always end up with a good cop/bad cop situation where both parties take turns leading the nation, finger point at the other as being evil and bad, but in reality, they're both identical and both have the same intentions.
That's an illusion of democracy and in order for Democracy to function properly, you need options to choose from. If the only options you have to choose from are two of the same kind, only one is painted blue and the other is painted red..... then you're a fool for thinking you actually have a choice.
That's why the US system is so screwed and that's why our system is so screwed.... because many people only think there should be just two options.
That is the way you see it. Not everyone agrees, fortunately.
Harper didn't break any promises. He simply couldn't get the things he promised passed because the opposition always voted them down.
Yeah sure.... once again, it's never Harper's fault, it's always someone else's.... Harper is perfect and infallible, he can do no wrong.... now who's the Messiah? :roll:
I don't think it's fair to judge him poorly.
It's fair to judge him any damn way we please.
The opposition has fought him every step of the way, not because he was wrong in what he was doing but because they wanted to invent a plausable cause to get power for themselves.
Oh how silly of us.... of course.... how could we have been so mistaken?? He's not wrong.... everybody else on the planet is.
Cripes almighty.
Face it, the Liberal Party needs to rebuild with a crediible leader and get rid of their sense of entitlement and their illusions of grandeur.
The same can be said about the Cons.
Harper deserves a chance to govern with a majority for a full term.
If he truly deserved that opportunity, he would have had it by now..... he doesn't deserve it. If he can't functionally lead a minority government, how the hell can he be expected to lead a majority?
Then the people can judge him. Until that happens, all the accusations against him are simply propaganda from the opposition parties.
Once again, the same can be said towards Harper and the Cons..... you can't judge the other parties or the other leaders until they're given a chance to lead too..... but since Harper and the Cons have had multiple opportunities to lead the nation and prove they're safe to be given a Majority, there's more evidence to show he and the Cons can't be trusted to be given a majority, compared to the other parties & their leaders.
In other words, you're talking crap and speading your own propaganda..... pot meet kettle.
