Before, I make this point. I realize I'm going to get some flack from my liberal friends and perhaps some Conservatives will cheer this, but the point has to be made.
What Borys Wrzesnewskyj has said has been foolish. Let me also say that for the past few weeks the Liberal Party has fallen in to Stephen Harper's traps and in that part Harper has successfully divided the Liberal Party. Borys Wrzesnewskyj's Idiotic comments about negotiating with Hezbollah begs the question, exactly what the hell was he thinking?
I can tell you for sure Borys definitely wasn't thinking whatsoever. In the past few weeks the Liberal Party has become a joke, I know you won't like me to say it but really they have. We have no clear position on terrorism and the Middle East, we have a former defense critic actually asking to negotiate with Hezbollah, which is seen by a clear majority as a terrorist organization. On top of that we have suffered a defection of Gerry Schwartz and Heather Reisman to the Conservative Party over their position on Israel.
Do I blame Bill Graham, no. Personally I think the way this is going the Liberals are completely screwed, though I'm never going to say never. It just doesn't look great. We need to get back to issues personally I think we have to stop screwing around and get our act together. The caucus meeting helped alot but still, we can do a hell of a lot better!
I know many people will take issue with my criticism but this is the truth and if we as liberals cannot look in the mirror and realize what a mess this party is then we are never going to win.
Monday, August 28, 2006
R.I.P.: Benoît Sauvageau 1963-2006
Today, rather then bash the government or go off on a rant I'd like to take the time to deliver my little eulogy to Mr. Benoit Sauvageau, Bloc Quebecois member for Repentigny I cannot say I have ever met the man in my life but it saddens me to see a life cut short like his was today, It's beyond tragic. I cannot believe that someone had to die like that. Mr. Sauvageau is with the lord now, although I do not believe in sovereignty I would like to think that Mr. Sauvageau was loved by his constituents and that he did a good job representing them, he will be missed.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Lieberman got what he deserved
Not a moment too soon. Connecticut Democrats were not taken in by Joe Lieberman's blackmailing with his Independent Campaign and loudly gave him the boot on Tuesday. Boy, did Senator Lieberman need it. First of all, let's be clear, anyone who claims Democrats are weak on terrorism are just a bunch of republican shills repeating a spin line.
In fact Democrats are not weak on terror, we just disagree with the republicans on how to do things. First things first, the war in Iraq is an illegal war that was set up by the Bush Administration, The Bush Administration has changed its tune everytime it starts getting unpopular. First, Bush said that the US went into Iraq to find these WMD's he claimed existed. Then, Bush danced around and said that they went into Iraq to participate in Nation Building. So I'd now like to ask Mr. Bush what the hell are we still doing in Iraq? For the past three years we have continued to hear bullshit from the mouth of Secretary Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld is in my personal opinion a man who just cannot handle the truth. So he instead turns the crank for Bush and continues to repeat the spin line that somehow the US has turned the corner on Iraq?
I got a question for all of you, do you think something is up when a President continuously says Stay The Course, We've Turned the Corner on Iraq and we don't see actual evidence of real progress.
So how does this tie in with Joe Lieberman?
Rather then acknowledging the war was poorly planned and that there were many problem s in Iraq like almost everybody else with a brain could figure out. Mr. Lieberman decided to join in and become the head Democratic party cheerleader (after Zell Miller left) for George W. Bush. I should point out that there is footage of a state of the union address where there is footage of Joe Lieberman standing up and applauding the president, and the camera will clearly show that not one other person in the entire Democratic Senate Caucus (that's right not even Ben Nelson of Nebraska, the most conservative democrat, applauded Bush) except for Joe Lieberman applauded him on Iraq. That should simply say it all. Joe Lieberman lost not only because of his position on Iraq, but he lost because when he got confronted with the facts he was the only one in the Democratic Senate Caucus to not even bother changing his views on the matter. There is room in the Democratic Party for people who are moderates, we have not problem with that. Simply there is no room for people like Joe Lieberman who is wildly out of touch with an overwhelming majority on their viewpoint on Iraq.
Let me also be clear just because Lieberman voted 90% of the time with Democrats does not mean we demand a rubber stamp, simply put Lieberman was dead wrong on Iraq and he refused to listen to reason when confronted with the facts, so unfortunately that will kill your career in this party.
Joe Lieberman looked like a fool in his concession speech, he came off as angry and pissed off. He acted like a child without his bottle, he whined and complained and bitched and moaned. What does that say about Joe Lieberman's character, it shows that he has become a career politician who thinks that he is "entitled" to his seat and shouldn't even bother having to face a challenge. Lieberman's Campaign pretty much went the way of Dare I say it the Liberal 2006 Election Campaign? I think the Liberals should take a look at this race and look at all the mistakes Lieberman made because most of them are really similar.
1. At one point in the polls Lieberman and the Liberals both led their opponents.
2. Even before the election and months before both of their respective opponents were considered Jokes and not to be taken seriously.
3. Eventually they both went onto lose as both became arrogant and claimed they had the right to govern/have their senate seat.
So in essence I think that there are many lessons to learn from this election and I hope everyone takes it to heart.
In fact Democrats are not weak on terror, we just disagree with the republicans on how to do things. First things first, the war in Iraq is an illegal war that was set up by the Bush Administration, The Bush Administration has changed its tune everytime it starts getting unpopular. First, Bush said that the US went into Iraq to find these WMD's he claimed existed. Then, Bush danced around and said that they went into Iraq to participate in Nation Building. So I'd now like to ask Mr. Bush what the hell are we still doing in Iraq? For the past three years we have continued to hear bullshit from the mouth of Secretary Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld is in my personal opinion a man who just cannot handle the truth. So he instead turns the crank for Bush and continues to repeat the spin line that somehow the US has turned the corner on Iraq?
I got a question for all of you, do you think something is up when a President continuously says Stay The Course, We've Turned the Corner on Iraq and we don't see actual evidence of real progress.
So how does this tie in with Joe Lieberman?
Rather then acknowledging the war was poorly planned and that there were many problem s in Iraq like almost everybody else with a brain could figure out. Mr. Lieberman decided to join in and become the head Democratic party cheerleader (after Zell Miller left) for George W. Bush. I should point out that there is footage of a state of the union address where there is footage of Joe Lieberman standing up and applauding the president, and the camera will clearly show that not one other person in the entire Democratic Senate Caucus (that's right not even Ben Nelson of Nebraska, the most conservative democrat, applauded Bush) except for Joe Lieberman applauded him on Iraq. That should simply say it all. Joe Lieberman lost not only because of his position on Iraq, but he lost because when he got confronted with the facts he was the only one in the Democratic Senate Caucus to not even bother changing his views on the matter. There is room in the Democratic Party for people who are moderates, we have not problem with that. Simply there is no room for people like Joe Lieberman who is wildly out of touch with an overwhelming majority on their viewpoint on Iraq.
Let me also be clear just because Lieberman voted 90% of the time with Democrats does not mean we demand a rubber stamp, simply put Lieberman was dead wrong on Iraq and he refused to listen to reason when confronted with the facts, so unfortunately that will kill your career in this party.
Joe Lieberman looked like a fool in his concession speech, he came off as angry and pissed off. He acted like a child without his bottle, he whined and complained and bitched and moaned. What does that say about Joe Lieberman's character, it shows that he has become a career politician who thinks that he is "entitled" to his seat and shouldn't even bother having to face a challenge. Lieberman's Campaign pretty much went the way of Dare I say it the Liberal 2006 Election Campaign? I think the Liberals should take a look at this race and look at all the mistakes Lieberman made because most of them are really similar.
1. At one point in the polls Lieberman and the Liberals both led their opponents.
2. Even before the election and months before both of their respective opponents were considered Jokes and not to be taken seriously.
3. Eventually they both went onto lose as both became arrogant and claimed they had the right to govern/have their senate seat.
So in essence I think that there are many lessons to learn from this election and I hope everyone takes it to heart.
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