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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
I just posted in the other thread that I think Harper will win a majority. Things can change rapidly, but there's a reason Harper wanted (and got) his election now--the Tories know that the iron is hot now: they're up in the polls, flush with cash, and faced with an opposition in disarray.
Just don't kid yourself that the opposition were the ones who wanted this election. Harper wrote the budget specifically as a poison pill for the NDP, precisely so that he could bring about this result. Layton had no choice but to vote against it, knowing that Harper would use it against him at the polls--and Harper knew it. All the hand-waving about "Canadians don't want an election" is just political posturing.
And maybe "disingenuous" is being a bit generous. When I was a kid, breaking something and then blaming someone else because it was broken was called "lying."
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What a load of hooey. Of course he had a choice and lets not make any mistake about it either. This reads like a paid speechwriter right out of the Liberal/NDP caucus.
There WERE concessions specifically laid out for the NDP. So he didn't get all of them, and somehow that makes the Cons unwilling to work with other parties?? Sure thing.
It's funny that when I read from the left that the right is unwilling to compromise to keep things moving, I never hear how it is that they (Libs/NDP) are doing their share of this compromising and we just saw the result of it on Friday. Last I understood it, compromise comes from multiple people involved not just one. Could the PC's have done more? Sure they could have, but they had no obligation to do it either. They are, afterall, the sitting government.
No one has ever been a perfect Pm nor has there ever been a perfect government, and there never will be. That doesn't mean that those who make decisions that you or I disagree with aren't doing their jobs though. If the NDP or the Liberals didnt want an election, they should have voted differently as was their choice. Spinning it anyway else....THAT'S disingenuous.