Give the Liberals a Time-Out
A parent who loves a child has to step in when the child does something obviously wrong. If the parent doesn't let the child know that he or she did something wrong, they are essentially condoning the behaviour.
It is the same with politicians. There are voters out there who like the Liberals and who like McGuinty for some reason. They are certainly entitled to that opinion. However, in this election, if they choose to vote the Liberals and McGuinty in again, they are giving them a pat on the back for the countless broken promises and lies. This will signal to them that Ontarians condone the behaviour of lying and going back on promises and they will therefore feel free to do so again.
To send a message that we notice when politicians break promises and we are not okay with it, it is necessary to give the Liberals a time-out. They need to spend a term sitting in the corner and contemplating what they did wrong to the population of Ontario. Then next election, if they have truly repented, they can be lovingly welcomed back into power by the liberal voters.
But right now they need some discipline, and it is the job of Ontario voters to dispense it.
She makes some good points.
The Faith-Based funding issue has been brilliantly used by the Liberal war-room strategists to deflect attention from Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty's long list of broken promises.
So what if voters just decided to teach him a lesson? For his own good. Just this once.
It would be good for him; humbling even. It would make him a better man. More accountable.
So if you love Dalton, don't vote for him this election.
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Related - From a CFRB interview with John Tory:
Personal Note: I've just finished reading Warren Kinsella's "Kicking Ass in Canadian Politics". It's a real eye-opener. He claims that people don't have the time to really delve into issues during elections and are trying to gleam it from evening news clips, etc. as they rush off to the next soccer practice.
So those 'gotcha' moments and ten-second sound bites are crucial. All that matters is getting your guy elected.
More on that over the next few days. I believe the book should be required reading for anyone who wants to vote.
At least then they'd understand how they're being manipulated.
ASTTR - Looking inside Dalton McGuinty's Liberal Election Campaign.
"It's as if the people are saying it's Okay to have a low standard of behaviour for politicians," Tory said on CFRB this morning as he tried to explain how his campaign got derailed and how the Liberals "dishonesty' trumped his effort to change to tone of politics in Ontario.
Personal Note: I've just finished reading Warren Kinsella's "Kicking Ass in Canadian Politics". It's a real eye-opener. He claims that people don't have the time to really delve into issues during elections and are trying to gleam it from evening news clips, etc. as they rush off to the next soccer practice.
So those 'gotcha' moments and ten-second sound bites are crucial. All that matters is getting your guy elected.
More on that over the next few days. I believe the book should be required reading for anyone who wants to vote.
At least then they'd understand how they're being manipulated.
ASTTR - Looking inside Dalton McGuinty's Liberal Election Campaign.
