Death throws of a Government

[bitterwind]

The Conservative government appears to have its path: they can force the house of commons to take its winter break early, abuse the airwaves with propaganda to get their base foaming at the mouth, then return with a throne speach laden down with election goodies. It's a scorched-earth policy, attempting to leave a visciously divided and inflamed

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[lynedd]

I'm half convinced Harper will fail because he cannot take the concept of coalition seriously. The idea that it works in other countries is simply beyond him; the concept that this isn't a new idea per se, just new to North America, simply isn't on his radar.

However... I did notice they pulled back on their scheme to take away the funding-per-vote. I can't help thinking it was that particular little gem that pushed the coalition agreement in the end.

[whatawookie]

A naked power-grab (at the expense of the people) interrupted mid-stroke:

"Well, we can't accept that, so we're going to vote you down."

"I cancel the vote!"

"We're going to the governer general today. To propose a coalition."

"I'll... dissolve parliment**!!"

Welcome, Emperor Harper. All he needs now is a hooded cloak and a Sith lord to enforce.

**yeah yeah, for winter break, but honestly, last2blog said it first on Sunday morning.

WOW!

[cwhitby555]

I don't know where to start

Re: WOW!

[bitterwind]

Thank you for not poking me too hard on my partisan biases :)

I have a well-known distaste of autocratic leadership styles. I see governing to be like GMing ... you make the rules, you provide the basic infrastructure, you sometimes roll the dice under the table, but in the end you're mindful that you're not the one playing the game :)

The bloc is a real dilemma ... but as much as a Trudeaumaniac as I am, I've been coming around to accepting that they are a fact of life - if people in Quebec keep voting for them election after election, the rest of us can't simply /dev/null them forever, even if that means more decentralization.