The Xbox we didn't get...

Our pre-Xmas present from the politicians (in Canada) was news of a "surprise" January election, due to a vote of non-confidence in the present government. Thanks guys. Elections cost money too. You seem to forget that WE voted them in, not that long ago (ie. 18 months), for better or worse. Worse would be a Conservative win by default, when Duceppe sweeps Quebec, as he will. Does Harper really expect us to replace what he deems a "corrupt government" (the Liberals) with one which only promises MORE of the same- in other words, his own dreaded Conservatives. The thought makes me sicker than a New Year's hangover, and if I wake up in bed with THEM in charge of this nation, I swear...

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE- DON'T VOTE CONSERVATIVE!!!

Think the Liberals are corrupt and into cronyism? Try voting in the Harper gang... and watch our natural resources sold down river, literally (ie. States side), the health care system erode, privatisation expand, more Canadian troops die in places like Afghanistan and the national deficit return to levels last seen when the conservatives were in power. Specifically, a $41 BILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT left by the last Conservative (Mulroney) government!!!

On the other hand, the Liberals did pay down more than $60 BILLION on the national debt with 8 surplus budgets. A debt created by the prior Conservative government's fiscal mismanagement. Things are not great, but better than they were. Unemployment is down, the Canadian dollar is up. My family's lot hasn't improved, but somebody's , somewhere, must have.

Come on- we can't be as stupid as the Americans, who voted out the Democrats in spite of their excellent fiscal track record, merely on the basis of Clinton's personal marital indiscretion. Look where they are now. Soaring deficit. Iraq. Afghanistan. Guantanamo. Abu Ghraib. Teetering on the brink of a global Holy War they single handedly created. Any credibility America possessed long vanquished.

A Liberal minority with a strong NDP opposition would be our best solution. (Sorry Green party- but you're really not ready.) Banish the Conservatives to the netherworlds they ideologically inhabit.