Odd sort of Victory...
From the headlines of The Hill Times today - what's going on on Parliament Hill:
- Conservatives fined for breaking elections laws, but Tories claim outcome a ‘big victory’
The Conservative party and its financial arm pleaded guilty Thursday to a total of four charges of exceeding the party’s campaign expenses for the 2006 federal election and failing to report the proper amount, but in a plea bargain that saw related charges dropped against four top Conservatives who masterminded or approved the so-called 'in and out' advertising scheme at the centre of the case, both the Conservatives and their opponents claimed victory.
How's that for double-speak?
What appalls me is that the country at large doesn't seem to notice or care. The Conservatives break the rules, and break the laws, over and over... And still get elected. Why do people vote for cheaters and liars? Why don't the voters, and the elected officials, have respect for the laws about how the country's legislators must act responsibly?
I shake my head sadly.