This isn't so much about the Province giving more ...

2007-08-02T10:40:00.000-04:00

This isn't so much about the Province giving more cash to the OPP, or even the debacle of the slush fund buying junk like Cobourg's proposed fountain/rink, but more about the politicians' efforts in general to buy themselves a mandate in October.

As disgusted as I am by the wanton cash give-aways and the Liberals doing it, I worry more about the kind of government we will get if people are dumb enough to bring the Tories back.

So many of the desperate problems the Province is dealing with are legacies of the Tories, and now we have the irony of the current Tory regime promising to fix them all.

Will people forget that it was the Tories who caused the problems in the first place?

The only difference I can see between the old Harris/Eves crowd and the new guy is that the new guy is more urban, more sophisticated, and more likely to be sympathetic to the problems of our cities. But while the spin may be a bit different, the basic conservative philosophy is still the same, and we will be even more screwed if he becomes premier.

It's a matter of degree, but I guess I'd rather get screwed by Liberals than Conservatives. At least you can talk to the Liberals, the Tories are so sure they are right they won't even listen to people who don't wear their tory blue membership card on their sleeve.

The NDP is just dead in the water as far as I am concerned. They abandoned their base years ago, and now can't even bring themselves to acknowledge the injustices perpetrated against the have-nots, let alone campaign to bring justice to that rather large chunk of Ontarians left out in the cold.

Is Howard Hamptom leader for life or what? Do they even bother to hold leadership reviews anymore?

This might just be the election that I ignore. There's no one to vote for anyway.
DJO

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This isn't so much about the Province giving more ...