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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
If I recall, at the time the response was, "Well Belinda did it!" But I don't recall the same you of "slut" calls for him.
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Strange.... you posted often in the Emerson thread where there were many such "calls" of slut, whore, ######bag etc.... Memory going on you?
Emerson jumps ship thread
Anyway, I find this particular crossing different than the Belinda and Emerson ones. This really seems to be a
push not a
pull scenario. You know the saying... "keep your friends close, but your enemies closer". Dion had a Liberal MP in good proximity to key opposition members, including the PM, on a very important issue. Instead of continuing that scenario, he says "us or them".
So Dion positions himself as a "with me or against me" type, while Harper (who quickly accepted Khan's offer to advise him) appears to be the one to be inclusive and open to inter-party cooperation.
On this one, unlike the three before (Brison included), I find that the MP here did what he believed was the best course of action, and not for any perceivable personal gain.
If it helps our troops that are currently in harm's way in the Middle East, then I think his changing was noble. From everything I have read so far, I see no reason to believe otherwise.
Should he have done it by sitting as an independent? Definitely. But I do not hold this crossing in as negative light as I do the previous ones.
My 1/10th of a cent... after taxes.