So much for that

[elanya]

Well, that turned out pretty much exactly how people were expecting it to, so I'm not surprised. I am pleased to see more NDP in parliament though: good for them! My riding went liberal, of course. I'm also glad to see a relatively high voter turnout. Yay!

Now, I am going to make a long-term prediction. I bet this government will last another two years. We know Paul Martin isn't coming back. I am making a bet that the liberal take this time to clean up,, or at least change their clothes and put on some fresh deodorant, and that Frank McKenna will be back in politics, at the head of the party and as PM of Canada, fresh back from the US with good connections to protect our interests there (or that's how they'll bill it). ten years on, and ten years off... it's like they planned it this way. And then the world will phear the power of... the Hustler!

edit: I'm not alone in my thinking. Frank Frank Frank!

I will say that although I'd vote for Frank again in a second, I'm not sure I would vote Liberal, necessarily. It would depend on a bunch of things. Of course, depending on what happens between now and then, I may or may not even be able to vote. Depends on when it is called, and where I've been living :/

Comments

[toughlovemuse.livejournal.com]

I'm actually sort of hoping the opposite -- that the crazies will go back into their cages, the Conservatives will start resembling more the PC party of old (for real, not just faking it), and we'll actually have a viable right wing alternative in this country -- politically and fiscally conservative, as opposed to morally conservative.

[elanya.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that would also be good, but as you said above, they haven't really been known for their restraint of the crazy :/

[toughlovemuse.livejournal.com]

*sighs* Yeah. I know. I keep my optomism, because the alternative is to find an unclaimed island somewhere and set up a government of one (or, well, two. I'd take my husband. He could be the Official Opposition.)

[elanya.livejournal.com]

Well, no one is going to *want* to call an election, at least. Certainly, no one is going to want to pay for one :p In the best case scenario: the crazies remain well leashed, and we get a full 4-5 years of responsible conservatives balanced by the other parties.

I'm not sure if the worst case would be another election in two years, or that the crazies run rampant but everyone else is too timid of forcing another election to properly reign them in.

Anyway... I am generally satisfied with how things went last nihht, let's just see how they go from here.