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Filibuster Cartoons
Title: Proud company (click to view)
Date: October 23, 2008
Well, Stephane Dion has agreed to step down as leader of the Liberal Party, and understandably so. In this recent election the Libs only got 26% of the popular vote — their worst showing since Canada's modern founding in 1867. Stephane Dion will also go down in history as only the second Liberal leader who never got a chance to serve as prime minister for at least a brief period; the other guy was Edward Blake back in the late 1800's.

Of course, the Liberals still won 76 seats, which ain't that bad. Their worst ever showing in that regard was in 1984, when they only won 40 seats under the unpopular John Turner (Prime Minister, July-September).

[Zipperfish]

The short and undistinguished career of Dion and Liberal leader. I was hoping for Dion during the liberal leadership not too long ago. Boy, was I ever wrong. He really was a poor communicator. But it wasn't all Dion's fault. The Liberals were demoralized after a divisive leadership battle, were disorganized during the campaing, were short of money and--most crticial, I think--didn't even very sure of their message.

But let's not lay it all on Dion's doorstep. Harper and the Conservatvies had just as much to do wiht this. Harper has governed more than competenetly, has, for the most part, resisted the ideological urges that made leftisis adn centrists cringe, outplayed the Opposition in Parliament like an old pro. Give credit where it's due--the victory was at least as much of a Harper win than a Liebral defeat.

[Malkara]

I'm confused, is it Burke or Blake?

Edit: K, Dr. Wik E. Pedia tells me it's Blake. Comic typo ftl. :/

[ridenrain]

You know in you're guts that something is seriously wrong in the party when the leader that everybody was calling the savior last month is now so toxic that he must be removed as soon as possible. Do Liberals not have memory like the rest of us.. or is it somehow wrapped in newspeak.
I'm guessing that the next magical pied piper isn't going to be the chosen one either.

[CanadianJeff]

um riden I don't know who's calling him a savior a month ago but it sure wasn't the liberal party. Everyone's been keen to get rid of him for a long while now. Seriously no one has been calling him a savior. That and don't try to equate the liberal party with Big Brother of 1984. That's just not at all true or accurate in anyway.

[CKASlacker]

CanadianJeff wrote:

um riden I don't know who's calling him a savior a month ago but it sure wasn't the liberal party. Everyone's been keen to get rid of him for a long while now.

Heh - sorry about the obvious brown-nosing, but I couldn't help being reminded of a previous Filibuster cartoon:

http://www.filibustercartoons.com/index ... -buy-this/

I'm not a liberal, nor a Harper supporter - but that one was really good. One of my favourite Filibusters.

[ridenrain]

CanadianJeff wrote:

um riden I don't know who's calling him a savior a month ago but it sure wasn't the liberal party. Everyone's been keen to get rid of him for a long while now. Seriously no one has been calling him a savior. That and don't try to equate the liberal party with Big Brother of 1984. That's just not at all true or accurate in anyway.

I need to introduce you to a friend of mine, and a member here who I've been calling Dion-Derby. I'm sure of you do a search of Derby and Dion, you'll find a number of gushy articals telling us how wonderful and brilliant Dion was.

[CanadianJeff]

And to that man Riden I would give a giant slap. But don't label an entire party based on one idiot's views.

[DerbyX]

CanadianJeff wrote:

And to that man Riden I would give a giant slap. But don't label an entire party based on one idiot's views.

Except that riden is streching the truth. I posted articles attesting to Dions education and intelligence all of which is verified. I never said he was a saviour of the Liberals and I posted that because he stuck to his guns about how he wanted the election to be run against the advice of his advisors he was responsible for the loss.

[CanadianJeff]

and I'm a man of my word.

/slap

One could point to the background of George W. Bush as well to argue that the man is not stupid. IQ tests and his education would both point to a non stupid man if one went by that only.

One problem...actions speak louder then words. And when you look at the actions of men like Cheney and Bush it becomes obvious that credentials do not make a man more intelligent. They only make it more likely for the person to have intelligence.

[DerbyX]

Right back at you. Bushs intelligence was and is questionable. Dions wasn't. He had the bonafides. Of course being intelligent and a great politician aren't mutually exclusive but when your education reaches Dions level give us a call. Until then your criticism is based not on objective fact but on opposition to the mans politics.