I am a democrat who believes everyone in the House of Commons, including the cabinet members who make up the government, should be elected. They should sit in Parliament as they were elected. If they decide to change parties, they should go and get re-elected.
It would be a great idea for Mr. Emerson to do that, and hopefully he will decide that’s the right course of action. Given his new high-profile and powerful position, one would expect voters would be impressed enough to elect him as a Conservative. But maybe not. That’s their choice.
I am not demanding the guy resign today, given the fact he has just been handed huge duties and Harper surely had sound reasons for his decision. But it would look very good indeed on David Emerson to say something like this: Yeah, I understand the feeling of those people who are disturbed that I switched parties. I have decided my real home is with the Conservatives, and I am honoured to serve the PM, but I also realize it’s not all my choice. So after I’ve proven my worth in this job, and when the time is appropriate, I will go back to the voters.
--Garth Turner’s blog, February 9, 2006
Unfortunately, Turner does not have Emerson’s excuse of “huge duties,” given that the Liberals are not in government.
Credit-Where-Credit-is-Due Dept.: RepoCrepo posted an alert on January 22nd that Garth was primed and ready for the jump.
3 comments:
MDL will definitely be an interesting watch tonight. Oh, garth, you silly little man...
Watching Garth trying to turn himself into Scott Brison was fairly amusing. You could just see the wheels turning -- "How am I going to spin this? Hey, I know! I'll play the socially progressive card, and accuse Harper of being a scary neanderthal! Hey, it gave Brison the cover he needed!"
I just can't see where this helps Dion. It doesn't really hurt Harper politically, as that ship sailed the day Garth went independent. In addition, the Liberals don't need the vote, as they really don't want to defeat the government this spring if they can help it.
The headaches Garth will bring are well documented. Within a week or two, Liberal caucus members will be grumbling about what a distraction and pain in the butt this guy is, and Dion's judgement for bringing him in will be openly questioned.
http://repocreepo.blogspot.com/2007/02/seems-garth-has-used-words-hypocritical.html
Some more interesting Garth quotes on the blog tonight, plus a link to a radio interview little Garth does and hangs up on the host.
More to come on turners hypocricsy... stay tuned
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