The other day I happened to see a picture of the CPC bus ... the one that is going to criss-cross Canada and spawn a tsunami of support for the CPC, followed by an election where ordinary Canadians, especially those in the middle, are going to embrace Mr. Harper in such great numbers that the Liberals and socialist NDP will be crushed beneath a conservative wave.
And anchoring it all, will be the rally cry on the side of the CPC Bus:
STAND UP FOR CANADA, it says.
The point being made is ... if you are truly a patriotic Canadian and wish to stand up for your country, don't vote NDP, or LPC ... vote conservative ... that's the way you can show true patriot love.
Really? Let's stop and think about it for a minute.
Stand up for Canada like the CPC have in Afghanistan ... by cutting the Canadian Forces budget and by hardly uttering a word of support for the mission in Afghanistan lest Quebec voters be offended ... leaving Canada in a complete leadership vacuum in the middle of our greatest military effort since Korea.
Stand up for Canada by railing against the BLOC, NDP, and LPC coalition because any association with the BLOC is "un-Canadian" ... yet relying on BLOC votes in the past to prop up a minority government.
Stand up for Canada by relying on your base to launch nationwide protests to save you from the coalition ... then promptly ignoring that very same base by setting up what is a PMO impervious to the opinions of the grass roots?
Stand up for Canada by mouthing full support for Global Warming mania and going as far as to plan the shut down of all coal fire power stations, put in place a carbon offset scheme, and trot the globe parroting whatever AGW "wisdom" is ejaculated from the IPCC ... despite the fact that Natural Gas, Oil, and Coal exports are critical to the Canadian economy; that Canadians have carved out a society on the icy northern fringes of the planet; and despite the fact that the science underpinning the theory has been brought into disrepute.
Stand up for Canada by ushering in one of the greatest, if not the greatest, increases in debt in Canadian history.
Stand up for Canada by willingly joining the NDP and LPC in non-stop parliamentary bickering and procedural wrangling that have made a number of key committees completely impotent and have utterly and totally disgusted Canadians with what is perhaps the most toxic tribalism in a generation.
Stand up for Canada by offering only limp-wristed critique of the HRCs which have victimized so many Canadians.
Stand up for Canada by making yourself indistinguishable from the LPC in rhetoric, decorum, tactics, and yes ... a good dose of policy.
And finally ... Stand up for Canada by suggesting that a majority of Canadians, who did not vote for the CPC, are clearly not patriotic because only by voting CPC, can one "stand up for Canada".
Ok ... perhaps I'm being a trite harsh, and am clearly putting some of the above "out of context", and perhaps the "Stand Up" logo is old news, but let's face it; once a brand has been spoiled, once it's been so watered down you can't tell it from the others, how in the world is a bus tour going to change anything?
So disconnected are the hoi polloi within the CPC, that they've utterly poisoned the brand with action after action that amounts to nothing more than good'ol political tribalism and vote buying at its finest ... actions that have nothing to do with being conservative, nothing to do with rising above the fray, nothing to do with bringing some decorum and dignity to the office; and certainly nothing to do with "standing up for Canada".
Hell, is it possible that anything could scream out the disconnect that abides within CPC HQ more, than splashing on the side of your bus the insulting canard that true patriot love and voting CPC are one and the same.
If there is any consolation to be had, it is that Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition is just as disconnected from Canadians ... for now.
Others weigh in:
Kennedy ... No High Road
MacNair ... Blue Sweater-Vest Tour
Jay ... Liberals in Blue
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