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That Krieber manifesto, short version

by Colby Cosh on Sunday, November 22, 2009 6:59am - 95 Comments

1. I believe the Liberal Party of Canada is destined to become a miserable component of ephemeral coalitions, like the liberal parties in Europe, because it refused to submerge its identity in an ephemeral coalition, the way the liberal parties in Europe did.

2. Our party was inherently doomed from the moment Mr. Martin ousted Mr. Chrétien. So my husband’s subsequent leadership really never had a chance. Nonetheless, given a chance, my husband certainly could have saved the party; it would be quite wrong to suggest that it was doomed.

3. Nothing good at all can come of using polls to attack a party leader, but did I happen to mention how badly Mr. Ignatieff is doing in the polls?

4. I dream of a party where the order of the day is happiness, and not assassination. Now excuse me for a few moments while I disassemble, clean, and conceal this fragrantly smoking .50-calibre rifle I’ve just noticed lying at my feet.

Tags: coalition, facebook, Janine Krieber, Jean Chretien, liberal party of canada, liberalism, Michael Ignatieff, Paul Martin, Stéphane Dion

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Fred – Brandon MB

The legacy of Jean Chretien is a Liberal Party imploding. He started it all with his internal feud with Paul Martin and campaign to screw him and the party. The same spirit of backstabbing and backroom treachery has continued with Ignatieff laying waste to Dion and Rae. Now Rae is turning the tables, but has to watch out for Coderre and Kennedy.

Chretien has turned the internal workings of the Liberal Party into a Roman circus.

Quite amusing if your are a Conservative supporter.
scissorpaws

Say what you will any way you care to say it, Ms Krieber was dead on right. Dion was right, and ran on a genuine issue. It was above politics. He signed a de-facto alliance with the Greens which was inspired. His inability to sell the Green Shift was largely a product of his ethnicity and Harpers thuggish attack ads. The Canadian electorate taught the politicos that issues don't matter, we much prefer lies and immediate gratification. I, alas, get the government other people deserve.
I Love Iggy

How come when the Conservatives produce attack ads they get raked over the coals, but when Liberal party insiders like Keebler do it they're not held to the same standards?