Harper the Machiavelli wannabe......Reality meets brickwall.

Defunding the parties. Anyone not seeing the rationale behind it yet?
Except for the blogging tories and the knuckledragging slavering NOT WITH MY TAX dollars crowd?

Nuance and nimblefootedness are not a Harpercon strong point. Obviously. They keep trying, and they keep getting busted for the silliest things.
So what will the opposition parties do? They don't have the same support from corporate Canada as the Cons do, mostly because they don't do their bidding with such an unfailing removal from reality and facts and the public good and other icky stuff like that.

The Libs are not doing well with contributions from the rich folks it seems, nor the NDP, nor the Bloc, nor the greens. That should be a pretty glaring indicator right there. The Republicans in the States were always the ones who managed to garner the contributions from the rich too. How good have they been over the last 8 years for the common American? Without the word "corporation" behind their name they are pretty much just background noise to the GOP.

Obama did an amazing thing in the US, he managed a campaign of monumental size, all on private funds. Kudos for him.

Let's look at a couple of the biggest differences between the two countries when it comes to campaign funding:

US population: 305,756,396
Canada: 33,212,696'

Bit of a difference, wouldn't you say?

Now this is especially apparent because the US is running what is considered to be a two party system. (The Ron Paul and Nader fanatics don't make much of a dent) One either funds the Republicans, or the Democrats.

Canada, has the left/centre split, (as many of us have labouriously said so many times) so that the 66% who do not vote Con, are supporting 4 parties.

The Cons will not notice much of a difference in their coffers if they cut the per vote funding, they have all that money coming in from companies who wish to support whomever will do their bidding. Simple stuff.

Those of us who exist in the reality based world, can see this ploy for exactly what it is.
I think the Liberals have it, I think that most members of the NDP have it. Jack is a wildcard, he doesn't always do what many of us consider is in the best interests of Canada. The Greens and the Bloc? I think they see it too.

So, dudes? Get your shit together. You will have to play nice at some point if you want to get anything done, or reflect the true values of Canadians. Canada is not a right wing country.

Don't sell us all down the river because of party lines.
I have a feeling that there are many like me, who know what is going on, and will not respect or support any party, if they cannot put the knives away and do what is best.

(pale is not affiliated with any party. So THERE!.)