Frankly, I always felt that John Reynold's was a stool sample that walked in human form, but the staggering contempt he shows for the voters of Vancouver-Kingsway with this statement is jaw-dropping:
Party stalwart John Reynolds first approached Emerson the day after the election, and was crowing about his talented recruit.He dismissed complaints in Mr. Emerson's riding as sour grapes.
“I'm sure a great percentage of the NDP people in his riding are yelling and screaming today. But everybody else is happy,” Mr. Reynolds said.
Party of the people, those Conservatives.
So, can you attempt recall elections in Canada, or at least within British Columbia?
If not, I suggest importing it from we Americans - it may soon become one of our few worthwhile exports before long. ;-)
Seems to me we can recall provincial MLAs - not federal MPs - in BC, although the rules make it very difficult to succeed.
Wasn't it the BC Socreds - excuse me, BC Liberals - who first came up with the idea of recalls, right after the NDP were elected?
Tim, I had never had such a clear view of Reynolds before; I had fallen for the myth that he was the party diplomat. Och, weel: live and learn.
Actually, I believe the recall legislation first came about when Harcourt became premier. Does Reynolds think that the "Liberal people" are particularly happy with this result?
Oh well. Considering that one of their own former MPs tried to entrap Liberal ministers into the very same type of scheme, should we have been surprised? Despicable.
Mr. Reynolds might want to think about the fact that his party garnered only 18% of the vote in Emerson's riding. There will be a lot of pissed off voters--82%--and this isn't going to go away quietly. My prediction: Emerson appears in his riding as little as he can get away with and is greeted by protests when he does dare show his face.
Emerson's established a new low for party defections, and I wish him all the worst. I hope the scandal has legs and dogs his ministerial career.
That said, BC is riddled with pseudo-Liberals; I suspect many Conservatives would have voted for him, and thus something less than 82% of his constituents want him ridden out of town on a rail. Maybe 75%?
Of course, many evenly split ridings see a majority of voters dissatisfied. It is the ongoing travesty of an electoral system that is to blame.
The 52% of this country that voted for progressive federalist parties should not be forced to watch Harper make "Prime Ministerial" statements on Newsworld. Makes me grind my teeth.
"The 52% of this country that voted for progressive federalist parties should not be forced to watch Harper make "Prime Ministerial" statements on Newsworld. Makes me grind my teeth."
Posted by: Jason Townsend at February 8, 2006 12:02 PM
HUH? This I don't understand in the slightest. What are you talking about?
Wasn't it the BC Socreds - excuse me, BC Liberals - who first came up with the idea of recalls, right after the NDP were elected?
Tim, I had never had such a clear view of Reynolds before; I had fallen for the myth that he was the party diplomat. Och, weel: live and learn.
Posted by: skdadl at February 8, 2006 05:58 AM
Would this be skdadl from audra trower estrones william's rabble.ca/babble bucketshop. The "out and about moderator"?
Tell me, why do the moderators on babble not apply the rules in a least a roughly impartial way? And why do they sometimes create fake posters so they can ban them, ... is that supposed to be a little bit of entertainment or something?
And lastly, who finances babble? I mean really? Is some of it Liberal Govt cash recycled through various hands, or is it a pile of loot from Brother Buzz Whoregrove?
You know skdadl, it's not surprising to find you spending your leisure hours on a Liberal blog. The question is, ... why the Hell am I wasting my time here?
Ian Waddell should start campaigning right now for the next election.
More than the Liberals he is the real victim in that riding because only a Star Candidate like Emerson could have won that seat from Waddell.
Scotian: Liberal, NDP and Green popular vote add up to 52.2 percent; perhaps not everyone considers them progressive federalists. A better argument for PR one is not likely to find, as we got to bed hoping the Federal government exists in the morning.