grim tributes

I'm writing this in my morning geography class cuz the news just broke, and i'm that angry

Remember back in May when the Conservatives were SO outraged when Belinda Stronach crossed the floor to join the Liberal cabinet?? Remember when they called her a traitor?? Remember when they said she betrayed the constituents who elected her as a Conservative?? Remember when they called her a "dipstick" and a "whore" and a "prostitute"??

Well how times have changed, now that they have a plurality of seats on the Commons...

David Emerson has decided to cross the floor before the House even meets, and is now Harper's Minister of International Trade.... The same David Emerson who was Dithers' Industry Minister... The same David Emerson who was in Liberal election ads with Ujjal Dosanjh telling British Columbians what a great job the Liberals were doing for the province... The same David Emerson who was elected as a LIBERAL by the good people of Vancouver-Kingsway a mere two weeks ago

This absolutely sickens me

You may say that this is exactly what the Liberals did with Belinda, and to a certain extent you're right... However with Stronach she spent SOME time with the caucus she was elected to join, and crossed the floor (at least on the surface) to keep the Liberal budget that brought some benefits to her constituency,,, With Emerson, the only thing that is apparent is that he didn't want to sit as opposition MP because he felt that he was too important to do so... He decided to jump ship before a single piece of legislation was introduced...

If i was a Tory MP, I'd be absolutely outraged right now... A LOT of people who have been around since the Reform days didn't get Cabinet seats. They were told by Harper that he couldn't fit everyone in, which is fair enough... But I'm very sure these MPs didn't think they'd also be competing with turn coat Liberals for Cabinet positions....

Shame on David Emerson for his hubris... But double shame on Stephen Harper... He made lots of noise about how this "new" Conservative era would restore the publics faith in politicians, and then the first thing he does as Prime Minister is something like this.... It makes me fucking sick

PS: I wonder if people will call Emerson a "whore" and "prostitute"....I mean, thats what they called Belinda... And I can only see one difference between the two