By Stephen Gray
"I'm going to be Stephen Harper's worst enemy,…" (David Emerson)
http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/2006/01/24/pf-1408892.html
Wow, Liberal David Emerson crosses the floor and is made a Cabinet Minister to boot. I wonder how all those faithful conservatives who toiled in the trenches, feel about being left out of cabinet to a floor crossing Liberal? Still Belinda Stronach crossed the floor to join the Liberals as did Scott Brison, so I guess what goes around comes around. Hey, maybe those two will re-cross again to the Conservatives? The way “ethics” and “principles” are being enacted in politics today anything is possible. Are Liberal values coming to the fore?
Regarding Emerson; a Liberal head honcho was reported to have said Mr. Emerson was "pragmatic" and still had "liberal values." Who could argue with that!!! And so our political farce continues. A former NDP and now a Liberal MP on the opposition benches was heard to say he was "disappointed" in Emerson. This NDP/Liberal should look in the mirror, he double crossed the NDP. And a "principled" business leader was heard to say: Emerson did a "good thing." This makes one wonder about business "ethics." Oh heck, I forgot ethics is probably dead and buried under political expediency. Is it any wonder over 40% of the people do not vote. They realize there is no ethics or principles in politics. Once you place that X in a box next to any name, the game is over for you. Your fate is sealed. Hey, you people out there, would you like a Cabinet Position? Well, run for politics under any banner, and if you win and your party should lose, just cross the floor to the winning party.
Still the party is the thing. Mr. Emerson said he would have stayed with the Liberal Party if Paul Martin’s Liberals had won the election, and of course they did not. But hey, who wants to be a winner on the losing side? The real losers are those who voted for Mr. Emerson believing he was representing their point of view. Tough on them. But that’s politics in Canada today. So get used to it. Congratulate the guy on being a winner. Don’t be sore losers if you voted Liberal. After all Mr. Emerson did say he would be: “Stephen Harper’s worst enemy.”
Stephen Gray
Feb. 6, 2006.
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