Give Me Some Tongue

Well, crap.  I was going to talk about sex.  I did not intend for politics to become an ongoing theme of this blog but since it seems to be wall-to-wall elections around here, politics has kinda taken over.

Today's news is that Green Party leader, Elizabeth May will be barred from the upcoming federal leaders' debates despite the fact that there is a sitting Green MP in Parliament.  Now, I know in my last post I sounded a clarion call of support for the local Green candidate in my riding, Zoran Markovski - God, he sounds like a second-tier 007 villain . . . and now, Mr. Bond, you will compost - but frankly this fucking pisses me off.  It should piss you off too, if you care one iota for democratic ideals.

According to the networks, three parties indicated that their leaders would not participate if May had been allowed in.  Oh, really?

First off, if true, then network TV in this country is run by a bunch of pussies.

Second, call their bluff.  Set up the stage with five podiums and double-dog-dare the Tories, NDP and Bloc to not show.  Give a national stage, in English and French, to Stephane Dion and Elizabeth May.  How could the Tories or the NDP sit out and allow their opponents the chance to wreck them in prime-time without the opportunity to rebut?  

It would be a big eco-love-in.  You could put three plants on the empty podiums for the no-show leaders . . . say, a ficus for Duceppe, some kind of moss for Layton and how about a great big freaky tongue orchid for Harper.  That would be great.  I can see it now -

Dion: And that's why we must reduce our commitment in Afghanistan.

Ficus: . . .

May: Don't forget that the Green Party is most credible on the environment.

Moss: . . .

Tongue Orchid: . . .

Dion: Mr. Harper fucking stinks up here.  Can I get some more water?

Wow.  Gardening humour.  Two weeks in and this blog jumps the shark.

As an aside, a big fuck you very much to Jack Layton, who never misses an opportunity to show that someone on the left can be just as big a prick as someone on the right.  Refusing to support the Greens in this matter may be a smart strategic move but it undermines the party's commitment to the very democratic ideals that are supposed to be the heart and soul of the NDP.

Third, I seem to recall a time when the PCs were reduced to two seats in the House of Commons and Jean Charest wasn't excluded from the debates.

There is no good reason for May to be excluded from the debate other than the other parties stifling the democratic process and the networks rolling over like dogs.

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