tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080009.post-1121813750873942092005-07-19T15:37:00.000-07:002005-07-19T15:55:50.880-07:00Did you ever stop to wonder if maybe, just maybe, the federal Conservatives are really just an arm of the the Liberals? I mean, Stephen Harper, really. This is a man so devoid of dynamic that he makes the late Robert Stanfield look like a madcap. He makes Mr. Stanfield, even in his grave, look livelier than the current occupant of the role of the leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition.<br />Now, I know that Mr. Harper supposedly has a vibrant IQ, and that he is a thoughtful, albeit, plodding gentleman. Now, considering the despicable carryings on of the Grits over the past few years, and further considering the utterly political leadership talents of the execrable Paul Martin, you would have thought the Tories would have a cakewalk into office. But, it is not to be. According to recent polls, Mr. Harper is about as popular with voters as dogshit on the shoe at a Royal garden party. I believe that now 98.3 per cent of Canadian voters now disapprove of him as Tory leader, and that's just among Tory members.<br />But, they only have themselves to blame. Look at their leadership history. Who did they pit against the knave-ish Pierre Trudeau but the gormless Joe Clark? Who did they, in their Alliance incarnation put up against the thuggish Chretien? The remarkably 'challenged' Stockwell Day.<br />True Tories, of course, like to blame all of this nonsense on the old Alliance/Reform cabal, but that is crud. Witness the aforementioned Joe Clark and Robert Stanfield. And, John Diefenbaker. What about 'Honest John.' In the first place, he was nothing of the sort, and secondly he, due to his bombastic-and-nothing-more term of office, firmly secured the Liberals their place in the sun for virtually ever-more, so it seems.<br />Consequently, I can only assume, due to their utter non-achievement, the Tories are really just an arm of the Liberal party, designed to secure the chronically undeserving Grits federal office in perpetuity. And, anybody who can make that gang of self-seeking, Central Canada biased, non-talents look good is justification enough for their existence.<br />Meanwhile, a nation weeps -- or cracks open another 'Blue' and says, "At least the NHL strike is over. That's what really counts. Maybe it is what really counts. Crack one for me, too.Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11212863114942369699noreply@blogger.com