When Paul Martin hit the tube last week, I half expected him to turn to the camera, shaking a finger denying he had sex with someone.
Bill Clinton’s apology accompanied by denial turned out to be the decline of the Democrat machine. Martin’s speech to the nation signifies the death of the Liberal Empire.
Canada’s primary problem is not Liberal greed alone, but Canadian imbalance. Since 1900, the Conservatives have been in power for 31 years and the Liberals for more than 70.
I recently interviewed Senator Anne Cools who left the Liberals last June.
Cools was appointed by Trudeau many Liberal moons ago. As an independent thinker she explains how the Liberal caucus today can be a mean-spirited place to work—if you don’t march to the current politically correct drummer.
Having worked both sides of the House, Cools philosophically proclaims the Liberals to be “… in descendancy, no matter how you cut it.”
Cools also explained how people associate lust with sex, but the lust for power and dominion is just as powerful:
“It makes people act in pretty strange ways,” she said.
“When any political organization reaches a stage where its primary drive is ambition and the need for and the holding on to power—it is most unhealthy. It means the primary drive is no longer actuated by principles of governance. The opinion of the people and caucus are no longer heeded.”
And the signs of Liberal deterioration go beyond the revelations at the Gomery inquiry.
Such as the obvious physical aging of the no-longer-needed-Liberal-pit-bull Warren Kinsella, who recently testified at a sidebar inquiry investigating further Liberal PR firm improprieties. At his zenith, Kinsella was the anti-conservative “hidden-agenda” flag waver who took Stockwell Day down by mocking his religion on Canada AM with a purple dinosaur. Kinsella now seems a pathetically frail shell of his old self-aggrandizing self.
Paul Martin flirts with the NDP speculating he can hold power with their help by eliminating corporate tax breaks.
NDP policy is not the only thing Martin is borrowing from Jack Layton. Martin’s choice of headgear at a recent Khalsa Day celebration was a bright orange babushka. Layton also sported an orange scarf monogrammed “Jack,” making me wonder if Paul Martin borrowed Layton’s and flipped it over.
Covering your head at a Sikh celebration is a sign of respect, but Martin disrespects the Sikh faith by pushing same-sex marriage.
To retain power Paul Martin and the Liberals continue to be all things to all people. They have lost touch with their principles, and, in so doing, lost their very soul.
Certain national papers continue their relativist Liberal apologetic gymnastics claiming Paul Martin is “99.9% pure” while Stephen Harper is coming on “… like an attack dog, not a statesman.”
Harper needs to keep it coming.
It is time for the Conservatives to stand tall for alternative Canadian values. Stand tall for tax cuts for businesses—to stimulate the economy. Stand tall for tax cuts for the middle class so they can spend more money directly on their own families. Stand tall for marriage and no longer allow the Liberals to cover a litany of sins with “rights” rhetoric.
Liberal lite is not the answer: Canada is finally ready for real reform. Hopefully it will come in the form of the Conservatives.
Copyright ? 2005 Janet L. Jackson.
Columnist for the Calgary Sun, Janet L. Jackson is also Executive Director of the Canadian Conservative Union. Through her work with conservative political action committees, Jackson has been an effective and prominent voice for preserving traditional marriage, religious freedom and free speech.
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