Will The Liberals Be Re-elected?

It looks like Stephan Harper will try bring down the government with a motion of non-confidence in Parliament as soon as May 18th with the election then occurring on June 27th.

The big question then is can the Liberals win that election? If they do it will be because of two factors. To be blunt I call them the Braindead Voters of Ontario and the Bribed Voters of Atlantic Canada. In my local paper yesterday there were two letters to the editor that exemplify the Braindead I am talking about. I copied them here as I do not how fast link rot sets in on that site.

Don't condemn Grits until facts are known

I'll accept Paul Martin's apology for now -- because the alternatives are worse.

The Conservatives? A bunch of "rednecks" who appeal to "rednecks" and say a lot of absolute rubbish.

Besides, I remember the last Conservative government and am reminded of it everytime I buy anything.

At least Martin apologized for his party's bad decisions. Brian Mulroney's government was the worst in Canada's history.

The NDP? A leader totally in love with himself, who doesn't know when to stop admiring himself.

The Bloc? In any other country, that bunch would have been thrown in prison for encouraging the breakup of the nation.

I want to know all the facts before I judge Martin; that's what we are all guaranteed in our justice system. I know the Gomery inquiry is not a court of law, but the principle of "innocent until proven guilty" should apply here as well. It's the Canadian way.

Get back to work, the lot of you, and stop politicking. It's getting nauseous.

Rob Headley
London

Political hindsight is always perfect

I am neither Liberal nor Conservative, but I am Canadian. The monies spent on the sponsorship program, though not popular by today's standards, may have saved Canada from being fractured by Quebec becoming an independent state.

This is my Canada and it includes Quebec . . . no matter what the cost.

Many things in history have proven not to be popular when looked at in the rear-view mirror. This is just another example.

To squander another few million on an election to change the government again, in the hopes the next party in power will make all things right, is illogical if not incredibly naive.

Randy O. Welch
London

We will see the mainstream media like the CBC play to these sentiments once the election is called. And now that the money taps have opened with the Liberal /NDP backroom deal we can expect more goodies to go to Atlantic Canada just like in the last election.

"Parties do this because they know historically that this stuff works," said David Johnson, a professor at the University College of Cape Breton in Sydney, N.S.

"It may seem transparent to us and to many voters but by-and-large, it works. Local MPs are petrified to not have big announcements with a cheque coming down the pipe. It works because who doesn't want to see money coming down to your local economy? Who turns down a gift?"