Buzz Off Buzz

So First Off, Let me Apologize for Being away so long. I have been working like a madman on my thesis and have found that when I get into work, I have difficulty multi-tasking. This may explain why I haven't been to the gym in something like three months.

Anyway, back to basics. The fall out from the election campaign is underway. My predictions were dead wrong, as i was predicting a Liberal minority, I predicted that Martin would stay on if the Liberals did lose and I predicted that Michael Ignatieff would lose his seat. Wrong on all counts. No wonder I don't get the big bucks. So for what it is worth (not much) if Ignatieff decides to run, I think he may be the next Liberal leader. Read about this debate here.

The Tories, however, have shown that once in power, they will drop their morals at the first sign of a potential majority government. Thus Harper is willing to appoint a turncoat and a non-elected party hack to Cabinet. I think the Conservative party in general are a group of hypocrites for the whole thing, as they were always claiming to be true blue populists and were calling for Belinda Stronach's head when she crossed the floor.

But some more election related news hit today as the Ontario NDP has kicked out promient CAW union head Buzz Hargrove. You can read about it here.

I'm not sure this is the best move for the NDP, but it will sure make the true dippers happy, as they have wanted to punish Buzz ever since the whole strategic voting message was put forward during the 1999 Ontario provincial election. While I have no idea what this does for growing the party, it does send a strong message: that the NDP will not take criticism or critique from its own supporters. Democratic indeed.