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Originally posted by Mike F@May 12 2005, 03:38 PM
The problem is though that we're not voting for the 5-7 year aggregate of the parties, we're voting for the 2005 version. What I need to know is whether the corruption was limited to a specific cell (for lack of a better term) in the Liberal party that was purged when Chretien and his crew left, of was it spread throughout the entire party with some of the corrupt individuals trying to get voted in again. As I've (hopefully) established in my argument with Shawnski, the Gomery inquiry stands a good chance of answering that question.
However if the Opposition insists on forcing an election before the results of the inquiry are out, I'm going to vote Liberal because I support their policies and oppose the conservatives.
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To me it doesn't matter though (and clearly I need to admit that I wouldn't have voted Liberal in the next election regardless).
For Martin it comes down to two things.
1) He's part of it. He was either in the thick of it or he watched it go down and did nothing about it - a blind eye if it was good for his party, etc.
2) He wasn't a part of it and didn't know. This one sounds better until you remember the guy was the finance minister for Canada, in charge of cash flow and budgets. I realize he's not a cashier and doesn't see every dollar move around, but to have that much money going into his own party's coffers without his knowledge makes him either inept or downright stupid.
So corrupt versus terrible.
Not much of a choice in my mind.