But when you read that Bob's not going to whip the vote on Wankworth's misogynist merry-go-round (h/t @JeninCanada), the first thing that comes to mind, as the Dawgster points out, is his failure on a similar matter almost 20 years ago.
How shocking, then, that he's found a home in the fetid swamp of the Liberal Party. Who was it said that thing about history, tragedy and farce?
Repurposing my comment at the Dawg's place:
Once again, the Liberal Party of Canada shows its commitment to principle. Is it any coincidence that so many card-carrying LPCers are so active over at the Regressive Rump, and so condescending, dismissive and misogynistic about this?But that pales in comparison to this, over at DJ:
Any party that welcomes the likes of Wappel, McTeague, Szabo, McKay, and the rest of that sludge pile of day-old bacon grease has no business calling itself progressive. Fuck them, fuck Bob Rae, and fuck the horse he rode out on. Time to put the Liberal Party of Canada out of our misery.
Let me spell this out for you, Mr. Rae. Peoples’ rights aren’t subject to majority opinion. And, in spite of your assertion that abortion is a matter of conscience, this most definitely is about rights. It’s about the right to what the Supreme Court in its 1988 ruling striking down Canada’s abortion law called security of the person.Only tweak I'd make to that is that it doesn't deserve the support of any Canadian. Period. I'd say it's time to throw the LPC on the ash heap of history, but it looks like it's taking itself there all by its lonesome.
There is room for exactly one conscience in the matter, that of the individual woman making a decision about her own pregnancy. Until the Liberal Party of Canada understands that, it doesn’t deserve the support of any Canadian woman.
Related posts:
- On reproductive freedom, there is nothing to fucking 'debate'
- Hello, "Progressive Bloggers?" Open asses. Remove heads.
- Hey, 'Progressive Bloggers' and Scott Tribe: Are you giant wankers, or just trying to look like it?
- And speaking of 'Progressive Bloggers' who Just Don't Get It, have you good people met Paladiea?
- And the PB exits continue ... @DrDawg and @gallopingbeaver
- A new progressive aggregator? Woohoo!
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ReplyDeleteRae was the original Barack Obama.
ReplyDeleteSpent his entire term of office grovelling and apologizing for his impudence at having won the election, loudly telling disenchanted supporters "We have to govern for everyone, not just for the people who voted for us".
He was using "Don't compare us to the Almighty, compare us to the alternative" as his motto decades before the Democrats made it their own.
Went back on his promise to institute a public insurance plan (car insurance, in his case) on the grounds that it would cost jobs in the insurance sector.
Systematically alienated his base of support pursuing "fiscal responsibility" right in the middle of a severe recession. Constantly ran scared of bond vigilantes. Failed utterly to attract any "centrist" voters in spite of it all.
I wanted to read his "Three Questions" in the hope it would contain some honest soul-searching on his part, given the disaster he inflicted on Ontario's left. Nope. Standard-issue neoliberal pablum from start to finish. He's learned nothing, and forgotten nothing.