I am glad I am going away for an extended end-of-summer break tomorrow. I am just not ready to deal with all this Liberal nonsense about an election. Thankfully, my breakfast was well digested when I saw this CTV report.
Bob Rae, the born-again Liberal, is talking about a potential election as a "return to normal." Whatever does that mean? The sort of economic stewardship he provided when he led Ontario? Or a return of Liberal arrogance and attendant scandals? The latter was foremost in my thoughts yesterday when Iggy was droning on about Canada at 150. The imagery of bogus flag giveaways and sponsorship programs are still too fresh in my memory, but that is well-known "normal" Liberal economic policy.
I suppose it is "normal" that Liberal self-interest trumpets the interest of the nation. Team Iggy has been all to gleeful to tell us how their membership and money has grown, and in fairness good for them, but they have not provided people a valid reason to spend $300-million to have a re-do of last fall. The Liberals are complaining about the Prime Minister's fiscal prudence yet see nothing wrong with spending public money to try and get the result they want. Iggy said yesterday the PM didn't see the recession coming. Well, if that is the case how can he compellingly argue his crowd were prepared? If the PM, according to their logic, wasn't ready then in comparison Iggy and the Liberals were blind inhabitants of another planet. A year ago the Liberal plan for the management of the economy was the Michael Ignatieff sponsored carbon tax! And this man has the audacity to suggest he'd be better? Wow! His hubris combined with Bob Rae's represents an eclipse of known reality. What is that old saying - the blind leading the blind?
Who knows if an election will happen? There are many moving parts here and we are a long way away from the end of September and beginning of October. But Bob Rae is right about one thing: we are returning to normal when Liberals can no longer conceal their insatiable appetite for power. See, agreement is possible in the most chaotic of minority settings.