In a stunning move, Conservative MP Belinda Stronach has crossed the floor and has been appointed to the Liberal cabinet to become Minister of Human Resources.
For a second there, I thought that I got the date wrong and it was April 1, or it was a hoax, so I checked other sites. It's true, it's true. The Conservative Party has the hilt of a poison blade sticking out of its back.
"I have been uncomfortable for some time with the direction the leader of the Conservative Party has been taking," said Stronach, who was considered one of the rising young stars of the Tory caucus.
In other words, you lost the vote, pretended to be onside hoping that Harper would falter so your never-ending leadership campaign would bring you to power...
"Also, by forcing an election before the Conservative party has grown and established itself in Quebec, the hold over Quebec of the Bloc Quebecois can only grow into the vacuum. The result will be to stack the deck in favour of separatism, and the possibility of a Conservative government beholden to the separatists."
Yes yes, and the boogeyman is in your closet! Nice to see that the Liberals are at least consistent in their fearmongering. You figure that Belinda could at least hire a better speech-writer than Martin, come up with something original.
Politics is a dirty game. We all knew that the Liberals were attempting to buy off the opposition with baubles and trinkets. Who knew that someone with as much money as Belinda would be the weakest link in the party, the one that would break and sacrifice principle for a Liberal party bribe.
That would suppose that she had principles to start with, which, when looking back, doesn't seem to be the case. We all knew she'd turn on Stephen Harper. I didn't think that it would be so soon.
At any rate it is a bold, treacherous stroke. If this doesn't finish the Conservatives, and we go to an election, I'd like to see her try to survive in her riding. She may have just ended her political career, or set herself up as a new power in the evil empire that is the Liberal Party.
Only time and the purifying fire of an election, whenever it comes, will tell.
Bitch.
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I thought very little of her when I saw her in her first television appearance sporting her 'surfer girl' stringy blonde hair, glittery eye makeup and shiny lip-gloss...
She seemed to have adopted a classier look lately. I guess she was just playingThe Tories 'dress-up'.
"The future of the Conservative Party"
I won't be surprised if she regresses back to her 38-going-on-14 look.
This was a brilliant bit of politics by Paul Martin. Either that or Frank Stronach is ensuring his grip on power in Canada (hmmm... let's see we will set up Belinda to take a run at the Liberal leadership in a couple of years, have Stephen Harper become weaker so that Belinda's boyfriend Peter MacKay takes the reins of the Conservatives, and then it doesn't matter who wins the elections!!!)
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Bitch is the politest way of putting what I think of her.
10. She proved that everyone has its price, and it's her fault we're still stuck with Jean Lapierre in Quebec.
09. She made the demonstration that politicians cannot be trusted, and it's her fault we're still stuck with Jean Lapierre in Quebec.
08. She strengthened our belief of what we think about Ontarian women, and it's her fault we're still stuck with Jean Lapierre in Quebec.
07. She reminded us that even an idiot can make a grown man cry, and it's her fault we're still stuck with Jean Lapierre in Quebec.
06. She will appear in the dictionary as an example for the expression "double-crosser", and it's her fault we're still stuck with Jean Lapierre in Quebec.
05. She cuckolded more than 10 million Canadians in one single move, and it's her fault we're still stuck with Jean Lapierre in Quebec.
04. She is the living proof that all blondes are beyond hope, and it's her fault we're still stuck with Jean Lapierre in Quebec.
03. She confirmed that, sometimes, a great body and a small brain go together, and it's her fault we're still stuck with Jean Lapierre in Quebec.
02. She was the first blond scoundrel to get a standing ovation at the House of Commons, and it's her fault we're still stuck with Jean Lapierre in Quebec.
01. She is called Belinda Stronach, she is a Liberal, and it's her fault we're still stuck with Jean Lapierre in Quebec.
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She seemed to have adopted a classier look lately. I guess she was just playing
The Tories'dress-up'."The future of the Conservative Party"
I won't be surprised if she regresses back to her 38-going-on-14 look.
Y'know, like over-the-hill hookers do.
I dearly hope this blows up in her face.
Ha! And the captcha for this comment is 'turned'!
10. She proved that everyone has its price, and it's her fault we're still stuck with Jean Lapierre in Quebec.
09. She made the demonstration that politicians cannot be trusted, and it's her fault we're still stuck with Jean Lapierre in Quebec.
08. She strengthened our belief of what we think about Ontarian women, and it's her fault we're still stuck with Jean Lapierre in Quebec.
07. She reminded us that even an idiot can make a grown man cry, and it's her fault we're still stuck with Jean Lapierre in Quebec.
06. She will appear in the dictionary as an example for the expression "double-crosser", and it's her fault we're still stuck with Jean Lapierre in Quebec.
05. She cuckolded more than 10 million Canadians in one single move, and it's her fault we're still stuck with Jean Lapierre in Quebec.
04. She is the living proof that all blondes are beyond hope, and it's her fault we're still stuck with Jean Lapierre in Quebec.
03. She confirmed that, sometimes, a great body and a small brain go together, and it's her fault we're still stuck with Jean Lapierre in Quebec.
02. She was the first blond scoundrel to get a standing ovation at the House of Commons, and it's her fault we're still stuck with Jean Lapierre in Quebec.
01. She is called Belinda Stronach, she is a Liberal, and it's her fault we're still stuck with Jean Lapierre in Quebec.