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Fair enough.

Please stop picking fly shit out of pepper, especially when it is quite obvious that the point is not on how the PM is elected (I understand the system quite well) but that he is the PM because he is a partisan warrior that believes his way is the right way and that his political enemies deserve...

Edward, not that I disagree about Martin being a Liberal shrill, in all honesty though, the Mugabe remark was from an American newspaper article.  From my discussions with Americans on other boards, they have little understanding of our parliamentary process and rules so the prorogation looks...

I don't want to side track this thread too much but lets look at this in practice for a second. Freedom of thought - Ok, no one from the government has figured out how to stop us thinking what we want. ;) Freedom of belief - unless you happen to believe (as you are told by your religion) that...

I'm sorry, why exactly is the rest of the world lending any appearance of legitimacy to this thug and his crooked friends? Zimbabwe should be Serbia-ized.  Ostracize the nation diplomatically and then, as was done to Serbia (Kosovo) ignore it's sovereignty and move in with overwhelming force to...

One thing is for sure.  Stephan Dion is a dead body looking for a train to be thrown under after this latest "leadership" debacle.

Iggy must be laughing his ass off.  Rae has destroyed any possibility of becoming the next Liberal leader. As someone who has supported the Conservative in this fight I think that's too bad though ;)

Since this "precedence" myth has been summed up so well by another much bigger brain than mine I'll just quote it  http://godscopybook.blogs.com/gpb/2008/12/begin-the-beguine-.html

I could also see Harper doing it because the optics are something one could fight an election on.  And knowing as they did that the NDP and Bloc were up to dirty tricks, they needed that one issue to ride in on.   Look for a conservative, but generous budget in January.  And watch the pieces...

What does this have to do with my post? Indignation?  I said (and you even quoted me) that I wished he'd called an election.  Please don't ascribe emotional excess to my posts where I don't write it in myself. thanks Perhaps if your offended that I've offered my opinion you should create a...

You misunderstood me.  He said that in and out of parliament in reference to the three idiots.  I of course, have no idea what he said to Mme Jean.

Not if Harper had asked today, while he was still "legally" enjoying the support of parliament.  The same reason the GG's hands were tied to prorogue would have applied.

Politics of Procrastination? I really wish PM Harper had asked the GG to call an election instead or suspending parliament. He said the other three were trying to put one over on Canadians, he said Canadians didn't vote for the TIC's (Three Idiots Coalition) but then he pulls the one stunt in...

Had the government fallen your point would be correct, but that is exactly why Harper did it before there was any confidence vote.  With no formal confidence vote the GG's hands are restricted if not completely tied, she has to follow the direction of the sitting Prime Minister.

To Layton, Duceppe and Dion... "Is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin?" Joseph Addison

And Duceppe was behind Layton...

Go to the UI site it has lots of useful information.

This is one of the things I can’t understand about people’s positions.  The PM is supposed to be responsible to Canadians, not to the political pork barreling of the opposition parties.  When the economy starts tanking the first thing we hear from government is that we (individual Canadians) are...

It's a disturbing look into her psyche.  Every single vote the Greens got was "for her"...  that's scary.

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