Doin' The Coalition Rant

[dramaqueen_23]

The reaction in the face of a looming coalition government has put me on the rant path.

Rant The First Over the past several days, I've heard and seen the words "undemocratic", "unconstitutional" and "coup" bandied about with vigor. NO, IT ISN'T! People aren't obligated to like the idea of a coalition. And if I actually liked our prime minister

Comments

[pauliatchy]

Something can be legal. It can be constitutional. It can be a part of the system that we've got. All of those things can and may be true. In fact I think that they are. That doesn't make it a good idea at this time

[rpriske]

Socially left and fiscally right sounds like this coalition to a T.

Creating the coalition took guts. It could make the public turn on them. However, how could ANYONE in good conscience not try to stop the crap that Harper put in his mini-budget?

Limiting the right to sue for PAY EQUITY?
Refusing the rights of public servants to freely negotiate their contracts?
Cut party funding to guarantee that only the rich and big business (redundancy there) get a say?

And, of course, the arts funding cuts, but as important as that is to me, I recognize that the prior three points are a LOT bigger.

Limiting the right to sue for PAY EQUITY?

[starfishchick]

I know, right?

WTF was he thinking, and who in his party thought it was a good idea?

[th3k1d]

I so agree. Especially about Dion. Oh dear.

[gingerale_kitty]

I agree about Dion. I am a total policy geek, and I am all for this coalition and I even like Dion as a person, but seriously, he was making even me fall asleep.

[starfishchick]

I am so disappointed in the GG right now...