And not in some foreign land"
--Billy Bragg, from the song:
"Help Save the Youth of America"
Shorter Peevey Stevie: Oh the horrifying injustice of it all! Oh boo hoo... Oh it's so unfair what those Big Bad Green Meanies want to do to me... Don't they know I'm a very strong, strong leader? Oh why must they be so unfair?!?
And then the media "Consortium" humbly bows down to His Mightiness and grants the sulky power-tripping democracy-hating Strongman his wish. Disgusting.
What a sad day for democracy in Canada. Here's May's reaction (per the Globe and Mail):
Ms. May claimed Mr. Harper is concerned that Greens are stealing votes from Conservatives, pointing to the riding of Guelph where their party polls show the Greens are up at the expense of the Tory candidate.
When asked directly about Mr. Harper's prediction that she will endorse Mr. Dion, Ms. May replied: “We know he's had a stylist who also is billed as a clairvoyant working for him, I wonder if that's what he's basing this on,” she said. “I don't know how to respond to something so absurd.”
Fight, Elizabeth May, fight.
4:40 PM UPDATE: I see from the CBC story that Layton and Duceppe also vetoed the debates if May was going to be there. What is this? An old-boys club mentality? Is there collusion going on here? Doubtful. But this just shows how powerful a good idea can be when the men on top of their little kingdoms feel it's more convenient to silence their critics than to face them. And they will make their platitudes about the great democratic institutions of this country while doing so. Count on it.
You call yourselves leaders? That's just
heartbreaking.
Utterly Pathetic.
Shameful.
5:00 PM UPDATE JimBobby Sez is equally outraged, and sez so rather succinctly:
And her party isn't agitating for Quebec separation either I might add...
Nevermind that polls have consistently shown that 77% of Canadians want the Green leader in the debates. Nevermind that 660,000 Canadians voted Green in 2006. Nevermind that the Green Party is one of only parties to receive federal funding. Nevermind that Canadian taxpayers shell out over $1 million a year to the Greens. Nevermind that the Greens run candidates in all provinces.
Nevermind democracy, you wimp chickenshit bastards.
Today is a dark day for Canadian democracy. The blame goes squarely to Harper, Layton and Duceppe. I will not watch the debates between these tweedle-dee and tweedle-dumbasses. Craven cowards who used their collective might to thwart democratic debate. Bastards! Dirty, rotten, chickenshit bastards!
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1 comment:
Whooee! ScottFeller, I can't really put into words how disgusted I am. Harper, Layton and Duceppe are chickenshit bastards who don't care a whit about fairness and democracy and the will of the people. Dictators and manipulators.
A couple weeks ago, one of my GPC compadres suggested the corporate media was trying to stifle the Green message. TV's all about selling stuff and the GPC's all about reducing needless consumption, he argued. I expressed some doubt but now, I ain't so doubtful.
I've seen some calls for boycotting the debates and I'm adding my voice to that call. I refuse to watch sham debates by shameful shits. I only hope that Dion boycotts, too.
JB
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