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[grav_ity]

I understand how the Conservatives got elected as a majority.

They got elected as a majority, because our electoral system is broken. And stupid. And unfair. And beyond that, we have three(ish) parties on the left and only one on the right. Obviously, the math is not hard.

I do not, DO NOT, understand how anyone voted for the Conservative Party of Canada today.

Leaving aside all the bullshit of tax breaks and tax cuts, of the complete insanity and ineffectiveness of their so-called childcare program, of their complete disrespect for the other parties and how this country works, of their intolerance and shortsightedness, of their fear mongering, war mongering and slander - leaving that aside:

THEY WERE FOUND IN CONTEMPT OF PARLIAMENT.

They lied. A LOT.

ETA: And Harper cheated. He campaigned on election day. This is illegal.

And 40% of us were dumb enough to vote for them again.

(ETA: Also, 40% of us were dumb enough not to show up AT ALL, which means that 40% of 60% (which is what, 25%?) of the country was enough to hand the man A DECADE OF POWER.)

I've moved past the point where I was rational enough to focus on the three great things that happened this election (the meteoric rise of the NDP, the complete and utter dissolution of the Bloc, and the fact that Elizabeth May might finally win her own seat and knock out a cabinet minister to do it), and now I'm just devastated.

What if the youth never show up again? What if Quebec never shows up again? What the hell is Layton supposed to do? What the hell are the Liberals supposed to do? How are we supposed to get electoral reform now? HOW WERE FORTY PERCENT OF US THIS DUMB?

I'm going to bed.

Comments

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

It's a tricky question. Our Conservatives used to be about as far left as your Democrats, but under Harper, who is a Conservative in name only; his party before the merge in 2005 was the Reform party, whose life ambition is pretty much to become Republicans, they've moved further left. It makes me very sad.

I imagine this is what it felt like when Bush got his second term. Hopefully this means we get our version of Obama next time around.

[samjohnsson.livejournal.com]

his party before the merge in 2005 was the Reform party, whose life ambition is pretty much to become Republicans, they've moved further left.

bwuh? Are we driving on opposite sides of the road? (Down here, the liberals are 'left'.)

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

I meant right. I should never try to explain intra-party politics when I'm angry. :)

[samjohnsson.livejournal.com]

Yeesh, I've done more reading since. I have a couch, a recliner, and an air matress, if needed.