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Simple bluster?

Bill Graham came out in today's Globe and Mail both aggressive and passive-aggressive in his pronouncement that the Liberal Party is not about to bust it's hump to support the Conservatives when parliament resumes. In particular, he appears to be willing to draw a line in the sand on child care and the GST cut. It will be interesting to see whether he is just playing chicken with Stephen Harper or whether the Liberals would try to bring the Conservatives down in the middle of their own leadership campaign. As for the other opposition parties, he sniffed:

Other parties will have to decide whether they want to compromise on this, because they're the ones — the Canadian public very well knows — that put us in this position. They're the ones that created the Harper government. They're the ones that are going to have to accommodate it.

He also claims to be "astonished" that the NDP are going to put forth a child care plan of their own, which will possibly look a lot like the package that "they" killed when "they" brought down the Liberal government in December. "Humph", he went on, "I'm not playing and I'm taking my football home!"

If the Liberals honestly believe that the NDP alone brought down a standing government with their 19 seats, then Jack must be overlord protector of all mankind now that he has 29.

Posted by kevvyd on Thursday, February 16, 2006 at 8:45 AM |

So let me see if I've got this straight - Billy Graham here is saying it's not the job of the Liberals to prop up a minority Tory Government but he blames the NDP because they didn't prop up the *Liberal* minority government? A wee bit inconsistent there, aren't we Billy? Graham's blowing smoke - as you've pointed out in a previous entry, they're at least 2 million in debt, maybe even 10 - of course, now that Martin's no longer leader, maybe he can dip into the coffers of Canadian Steamships and donate the money - it's the least he can do after he fucked the party over the past 2 years.

Posted by Anonymous Anonymous | Fri Feb 17, 02:26:00 AM  

Yup, that's about right, Dan. I have read in other places that the Liberal debt might be 10 million or more - so money is a definite factor.

That is going to be one of the critical advantages the CPC have over the Liberals and the NDP for the next little while. They've got money in the bank and I'm sure that their sources are ponying up on a regular basis, with expected returns.

Posted by Blogger kevvyd | Fri Feb 17, 08:56:00 AM  

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