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Liberals are entitled to their entitlements
Sat, 2009-11-21 12:16
#1
Liberals are entitled to their entitlements
Sat, 2009-11-21 12:22
#2
Yes, his claim to fame was turning the mint into a money making operation.
That's the trouble with Ottawa, too many unadorned lamposts.
Sat, 2009-11-21 12:22
#3
Maybe it is for this reason, more than any other, the Liberals are sinking like a stone in popularity in Canada. And good riddance to them. Pigs at a trough act better than this.
Entitlement knows no bounds
Remember David Dingwall’s famous testimony that he was “entitled to his entitlements?” The meter was running even as he said it.
Back in 2005, Mr. Dingwall, a former Liberal cabinet minister, was called to explain the expense bills he racked up as Master of the Royal Canadian Mint.
The irony? He billed the mint $39,789 in expenses for appearing at the committee.
Documents obtained under the access-to-information act reveal that Mr. Dingwall billed that sum for the legal fees he ran up for his appearance at the committee.
Sat, 2009-11-21 17:02
#4
Maybe it is for this reason, more than any other, the Liberals are sinking like a stone in popularity in Canada. And good riddance to them. Pigs at a trough act better than this.
I agree. There has been an arrogance and a sense of entitlement among some Liberals for many years, and it is one of the things that has harmed the party and angered Canadians.
Until the Liberals accept this and change their attitude, they will continue to encounter resistance from Canadians to trusting them to form the Government again.
Sat, 2009-11-21 17:23
#5
Some?
Sat, 2009-11-21 17:45
#6
The struggle for democracy in our Northern Puerto Rico continues. DAY-O!
Sat, 2009-11-21 20:26
#7
One of the biggest tragedies of Canadian politics is that PET went with the Liberals instead of the NDP. Justin must be going home to bed vomiting every nite. How can he stomach it?
Sat, 2009-11-21 20:45
#8
NR, Justin is in exactly the right party for himself. In fact, right now he's raising money for a leadership run, charging $10K a pop for speaking engagements, even as he draws an MP's salary ... even for charitable events. He even has a booking agent, according to Stephen Taylor.
Personally I would have rather elected Charles Taylor (who we ran against him) than have had Pierre Trudeau in the NDP.
Sat, 2009-11-21 20:49
#9
Debator is a typical Liberal.
Now that the bloom has come off the latest Liberal rose, watch for more and more of these Liberal hanger-ons to be abandoning ship. Most of these people supporting the Liberals are there to feather their own nest at the taxpayer's expense. Now that it has become painfully obvious, to even the most casual observer, that the Liberals are not going to running the government anytime soon, if ever again, READ: NO GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, there will a lot more saying adieu to Ignatieff and the LPC.
Sun, 2009-11-22 01:21
#10
NR, please keep the discussion focused on politics and the issues at hand, rather than ascribing those sort of assumptions about individual posters such as myself that you don't know personally.
I said from the moment I started posting on this board that I was a Liberal-NDPer and not a committed Liberal. You can check my original posts. I said I have worked for both parties in the past and that my allegiance towards a party largely depends on whether or not it reflects my values and beliefs.
I am going to become increasingly critical of the Liberals over the next few months if I do not see some progressive changes being made. I can be objective about both the Liberals and the NDP. The question is, can you?
Sun, 2009-11-22 01:23
#11
I know it's to be expected but I'm just tired of your Liberal lies.
Sun, 2009-11-22 01:51
#12
I don't see debater as a liar so much as spin meister, but I would agree with the assesment he is a lib, regardless of what is said. Which doesn't bother me in the least we have Heywood on here So I see no reason a lib can't come along for the ride either. But clearly from his posts he defends the libs constantly but doesn't put much effort if ever into defending NDP positions which would indicate where the wind blows for him.
But like I said, lib con green NDP partisans, etc whoever wants to participate in the discussion without throwing out blatent lies(oh peter mackay, a closed mouth gathers no foot or crow) is welcome to hang around, it's nice to see what kind of spin the other parties throw out there. Tends to sharpen ones skills. I would have said I was a dipper voter at one time later a supporter for a time I was a partisan, but I am back to supporter. My views aren't represented in the "voting spectrum" but the NDP is close to where I would like a party to be.
Leftward would have been better, but moreso take a stand and stick by it. Like the "death tax". I just wish we could get some equal time from the media, which finally seems to be happening now that the libs are sinking like a cement shoe'd rat.
The house today even had charlie angus on and no one from the other parties wrt CRTC. It gives 'us' more legitimacy in the eyes of voters if the media starts saying we have been right all along now that the libs are moribund.
Sun, 2009-11-22 02:29
#13
If debator is a Liberal then would it not be better trying to win her/him over than alienating him/her?
Sun, 2009-11-22 03:54
#14
Sean, I used to try and be constructive, but the passive aggressive bunk you get back from Debater is not worth it.
Sun, 2009-11-22 04:10
#15
RevolutionPlease
Very clever user name. 
Sun, 2009-11-22 05:28
#16
If debator is a Liberal then would it not be better trying to win her/him over than alienating him/her?
Yes, that's a good point. The NDP needs to be more open to Liberal-NDP swing voters if it wants to be successful. Some of the posters here who claim to want to help the NDP often come across as very hostile.