The bloody arrogance of John Reynolds

[Minstrel Boy]

"I'm sure a great percentage of the NDP people in his riding are yelling and screaming today. But everybody else is happy," MR. Reynolds said.

Plus some quotes in the link below from unhappy and confused Conservative MPs. (Though that seems the base condition for someone like Myron Thompson.)

And this is interesting:

One MP who tabled a private member's bill {to restrict floor-crossing} in the last Parliament — Ontario's Helena Guergis — told reporters she planned to raise the issue again with colleagues.

Her office was set to issue a press release earlier Tuesday reaffirming her support for anti-crossing legislation.

That was before Mr. Harper made her parliamentary secretary to none other than Mr. Emerson on Tuesday afternoon.

Globe and Mail

[Spazito]

1. My, my, the promise to do business differently lasted only until

Harper was sworn in and then it is same old, same old.

[ClusterFreak]

2. I think these muzzled MPs are about ready to pop....

...and Harper is going to be running around stamping out little grass fires all over the place. I really am stunned just how badly this guy has stumbled out of the gate. We're not talking gaffes here either. This is all about colossal hypocrisy and arrogance. I can't believe he's as stupid as he clearly seems to be. It's actually kinda fun to watch. Well, it would be if he were only our Prime Minister in some bad dream and not in reality.;-)

[V. Kid]

3. Fight and struggle, fight and struggle.

Speaking of un-happy Conservatives, Diane Abolnczy seems to be one. She's been a comptent opposition MP, and critic since 1993. She doesn't come across as particularly scary, but because of the "squeeze", was left out of cabinet.

But before I get to that, I think this is my favourite quote. It's quite honest, and quite true. I really do hope that people don't tune out, because it will only let the corrupt politicians get away with their corruption, thus weakining the system as a whole:

There were concerns about prompting voters to conclude that the Conservatives were just as cynical as the Liberals they replaced.

“I'm quite sure you're going to hear that. Why wouldn't you?” said Ms. (sic) Thompson.

“That wouldn't be a surprising comment coming from anyone that was a voter. . . a lot of comments that come from voters don't surprise me — and a lot of things up here (in Ottawa) do surprise me, even from my own party.”

Speaking of Reynolds though, the man is hugely arrogant. I find him nausateingly annoying. He almost lost in 2004, and when I saw the early results showing him loosing I was really happy, only to wake up finding out that, yes, he was re-elected. Fortunatley he didn't run again, and as a slap in the face to him, his Conservative succssessor didn't hold the riding.

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=c57698d6-cb10-4310-a7d3-b135e89f710e&k=5426

The MP for Calgary-Nose Hill since 1993 gave a wry laugh Monday, referring to the number of people who were surprised by her exclusion.

"Yeah, me too,'' she said in an interview as she watched others bask in the pomp and splendour of a hard-won ascension to power.

Instead, Ablonczy followed the proceedings on TV in Ottawa just a short drive from the opulence of Rideau Hall.

Harper summoned her to the capital more than a week ago to explain that there wasn't room in cabinet for another Calgary-area minister, she said.

The prime minister represents Calgary Southwest while Jim Prentice, whose related experience landed him the Indian Affairs portfolio, is the MP for Calgary North Centre.

"Obviously I'm disappointed,'' Ablonczy said. "But you don't always get everything that you want.

"I've lived long enough to understand and accept that,'' she added, her tone doggedly upbeat if not entirely convincing.

[IntravenousDemilo]

4. Yeah, I thought that was funny, too...

Who the heck is Ms Thompson? Is it that really plain woman from Wild Rose who wears the big cowboy hat?

[V. Kid]

5. Haha, I do think it is...

...I'm tired, didn't get it at first thus requiring ze edit...

[V. Kid]

6. Speaking of getting the scraps...

...James Moore, a relatively popular, young and moderate Conservative incumbent, in the riding of Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, who was widley seen as getting into cabinet, as he was the most qualified member in a relatively near suburb of Vancouver's was probably pushed out of cabinet by David Emerson. But don't cry for him, he's not entirely without a job. He's going to be Michel Fortier's parliamentary secretary, and since Fortier doesn't have a seat in the House of Commons, James Moore gets to answer the oppositions questions for him!

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.