Yikes - how did we get to this point?

It looks more and more like we're heading towards a Conservative minority government. There is speculation about a possible 'majority' government, but I don't think they'll swing that. As much as everyone is disillusioned with the Liberal party at the moment - with one scandal after another - Stephen Harper is just very hard to warm up to. Plus, this guy is actually from the Canadian Alliance party that merged with the Conservative party. The Canadian Alliance being spawned from the Reform party. He is as extreme right as one can get and I don't believe most Canadians are ok with that.

The liberals now are saying that a Conservative Government will import the U.S. right wing sect. Seeing as how Stephen Harper is their leader - this isn't a big stretch. He's already announced that the SSM issue will be brought up again in a parliamentary vote. If it passes so what? He can't strike it down unless he uses the not-withstanding clause. Even though he has said he WON'T use that - he will. His justification for using it will be 'I was elected by the majority of Canadians and they don't want same sex marriage'. However, what the megalomaniac doesn't realize is that he is ONLY getting voted in because we Canadians are sick of the corruption that the Liberals have been responsible for.

And here we go again with the missile defense. As much as I'm appalled by the corruption of the Liberals - let's face it, they have balanced the budget for the last 8.. 9 years. We have been running a surplus. The money is not there for the Conversative plan and I'm always leery when a politician comes in promising tax cuts - specifically Stephen Harper's plan to cut the GST to 5%, and yet, talks about revisiting issues such as the missile defense and spend spend spend. Oy, i hope something happens in this last week to change the mood of the country.