Is Dion a "Leader", or not?
Well, Mr. Dion will have his first opportunity to answer that longstanding question.
During the Liberal leadership debate, he made the following statement... "We must go back to power as soon as possible".
This is the first vote where Dion's Liberal Party has an opportunity to bring down the Government. On every other confidence vote since Dion won the leadership, we've had either the Bloc support us, or the NDP allowing us to live on, such as when they abstained on the Afghan vote and then putting forward their own motion to withdraw.
For Dion to prove that he is the "leader" that he claims to be, then he MUST, without excuse, vote against the Speech from the Throne. He said, and I quote again, "We must go back to power as soon as possible". He said "ASAP"... as soon as possible means just that, at the first available opportunity. This is the first opportunity that he's had to make good on that commitment, so what is he going to do?
Is he going to deliver on this longstanding commitment, or is he going to chicken out, and prove, once again, that he really is "Not a leader"?
During the Liberal leadership debate, he made the following statement... "We must go back to power as soon as possible".
This is the first vote where Dion's Liberal Party has an opportunity to bring down the Government. On every other confidence vote since Dion won the leadership, we've had either the Bloc support us, or the NDP allowing us to live on, such as when they abstained on the Afghan vote and then putting forward their own motion to withdraw.
For Dion to prove that he is the "leader" that he claims to be, then he MUST, without excuse, vote against the Speech from the Throne. He said, and I quote again, "We must go back to power as soon as possible". He said "ASAP"... as soon as possible means just that, at the first available opportunity. This is the first opportunity that he's had to make good on that commitment, so what is he going to do?
Is he going to deliver on this longstanding commitment, or is he going to chicken out, and prove, once again, that he really is "Not a leader"?
Labels: Dion, election, Liberals, Not a Leader
posted by Christian Conservative @ 11:03 p.m.
7 Comments:
At Sat Sep 29, 01:03:00 a.m. EDT,
Livingsword said…
It seems that Dion would also be quite foolish to bring down the government at this time. His party is seen as weak and his leadership is seen as very weak. Perhaps though this really is his only shot at it, he may not last long enough to run in another election if it is very far away. Prime time for the Conservatives.
At Sat Sep 29, 01:26:00 p.m. EDT,
Drew Costen said…
"For Dion to prove that he is the "leader" that he claims to be, then he MUST, without excuse, vote against the Speech from the Throne. He said, and I quote again, "We must go back to power as soon as possible". He said "ASAP"... as soon as possible means just that, at the first available opportunity. This is the first opportunity that he's had to make good on that commitment, so what is he going to do?"
If the Liberals have no chance of getting back to power by voting against the Throne Speech, and if, in fact, it would delay their return to power if they did so, the best sign of leadership would be for Dion to not vote against it. He did say "as soon as possible," and if now isn't possible then waiting would be the wisest course of action.
At Sat Sep 29, 01:51:00 p.m. EDT,
Brian in Calgary said…
To tch - I think you may have just identified the only loophole that Dion left himself. Whether that reasoning could convince the average Liberal supporter is another question. Isn't politics interesting?
At Sat Sep 29, 02:13:00 p.m. EDT,
Drew Costen said…
"I think you may have just identified the only loophole that Dion left himself."
More than 20 years of Christian fundamentalism made me able to think like a lawyer. :D
At Sat Sep 29, 02:16:00 p.m. EDT,
Eric said…
TCH: While that may be a small loophole it is not enough to slip through.
Dion has stated that Harper is not only failing Canada, but failing the world. That his environmental policies are a dire threat to the future of the earth.
If he is serious, then no matter how long the odds, he has to try. The fate of the world is at stake remember? If he is not, then he must acknowledge that his rhetoric was simply hyperbole.
He would also lose credibility on the far left and in environmental groups. Next time Dion stands to criticize Harper and threaten to bring them down, Layton and Duceppe will point to him and say 'well its because of you that he's still here'.
Moreover, to fail to bring Harper down now (when he is not ahead in the polls) would show Canadians that he is not acting on principles but rather on opportunism. And if there's one thing Canadians hate, its an opportunist. (See Harper early 2005)
At Sat Sep 29, 02:35:00 p.m. EDT,
Christian Conservative said…
There's one more thing that no one is commenting on... the polls are currently stating that the Liberals and the Conservatives are closer to each other now than at any time since before the 2005/2006 election.
If the Liberals try to state that they didn't bring down the House because they didn't think they could win, then they'll be shown for the frauds they are, since NOW is the best chance they've had in nearly two years.
At Sat Sep 29, 02:44:00 p.m. EDT,
Drew Costen said…
Could be.
Personally I don't care what he does (since I generally don't vote Liberal) as long as we don't end up with a Conservative majority. :)
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