This is leadership at its weakest as poor leader’s tend to blame underlings for their faults.
Just ask Clark mentor Stockwell Day.
You recall as a leader of the Canadian Alliance he threw one of his staffers under the bus for the research gaffe on which way the Niagara river flowed.
Repeatedly BC Conservative Party Leader John Cummins has stated that the party has no intention to marge with the failing BC Liberal Government.
For one thing a lot of people in the BC Conservative Party are not just disaffected Federal Conservatives looking for a home but the party is also made up of people who have had enough with the current political system.
The BC Liberals ( We are not Liberals folks) would like to think that the Conservatives are the sole reason for their defeat in the by-elections and are the main reason the corrupt governing party will lose the next election.
If the truth be known,if the BC Conservatives did not exist and there was no other alternative, the BC Liberals would still get wiped out in the May 2013 election.
The only vote splitting that will happen will be by the downward trending BC Liberals and that issue was addressed recently by Rick Peterson in an excellent op=ed piece in the Vancouver Sun and redistributed on this blog.
Today the inept BC Liberals and their supporters attempted to once again ” Reach Out” board members and supporters via a letter from the desk of Peter Brown :
This letter insults all Conservative people under the BC Conservative Umbrella. It as if it is our fault that the supposed coalition has split apart.
Mr. Brown, Inept Premier Clark and the BC Liberal Crew need to take a good solid look in the mirror.
What the will see is their former leader hammered on a Hawaiian vacation, their new inept leader tee heeing her way through photo ops the whole time up to her arm pits in BC Rail,sleazily introducing and dragging out the HST and other assorted and sundry bull shit too numerous to name in this blog piece.
The BC Liberals had 11 years in government and they blew it. They will go out in infamy,their legacy will be corruption and sleaze.
They had a wonderful opportunity when first elected in 2001 and they have flushed it down the toilet.
The BC Conservatives on the other hand stand for honesty, integrity and accountability.They stand for reduced taxes and increased employment.
Why on earth would any BC Conservative in his or her right mind want to join a party like the BC Liberals?
You wish now you hadn’t kick me out so soon don’t ya. I was the straw that stirred the LIberal drink! Now look what you are left with!
Think about that for a moment.
In a new poll released today 67% of British Columbians polled do not trust their Provincial Government. ( Where on gods green earth did the pollsters find anybody that trusted them, it must have been Liberal family member day to answer the phone)
By that very number the Clark BC Liberals are toast!
Clark has not figured out that in the upcoming election the main issue has already been defined for her.
It will not be about the economy nor will it be directly about the HST.
Thinking the election will be about the economy shows Clark’s disconnect with the voters and explains why she is so far behind in the polls.
THIS ELECTION WILL BE ABOUT HONESTY AND INTEGRITY something her party is lacking severely .
It will be a referendum on a combination of things including but not limited to HST, BC Rail, Leadership etc. ( Probably by then you can throw in the sale of the Liquor Distribution branch as a sleazy way to balance the budget).
Going into an election with Clark as your leader would be akin to going into the battle of Little Big Horn and putting all your money on General George Armstrong Custer.
We all know how that turned out.
Seems the MSM is also starting to think a leadership change may occur as evidenced in the Times Colonist yesterday.
Make no mistake about it, With Clark as leader the Liberals will get trounced at the ballot box.
You know it, I know it and more importantly the BC Liberals know it!
Even Dalton McGuinty is more politically astute than Clark.
Last year in an election campaign that was very close he took advantage of the Goderich tornado to give that area some badly needed help.He went on to win the election,the optics of this were that good.
You would have thought Christy ( Miss Photo-Op) Clark would have been front and center outside the Science Center renewing the contract or at least in a canoe in the Okanogan region offering help.
You would have thought these two would have been no-brainers for the family first agenda.
Not only that but since this is not due to finish until late 2013 they are leaving a hand grenade without the pin for the NDP to deal with.( The dippers are on record as being against this issue which will put them on course for a head on collision with the Harper government should the proposal get “green lighted”)
Before you think I feel bad for the NDP I don’t.
I just think the Clark Government who claims to have a families first agenda,should have at least had some reports or queries to file by the January deadline.
Let’s face it, the Premier is on record saying she will sit squarely on the fence until she sees the results of the study before going one way or another on the issue.
So why not take advantage of the opportunity and at least ask the questions that concern YOU?
Why miss the deadlines Premier?
Better yet if you care so much about the result why not be a government participant in the study?
To me the answer is obvious: The results of the proposal hearing will be released after the election and they know they are going to lose so they don’t care!
In light of the damning memo revealed on the blog of Alex G.Tsakumis, my experience in politics tells me that although the Liberals are putting on a brave face, discussions have to have started within the BC Liberal Party with respect to Clark and her leadership.
I believe and have seen this before that the time for pussy footing around is long past.
The BC Liberal Executive would have at the very least discussed this issue over the phone and if they haven’t met in person will do so shortly.
As well I am sure the cabinet or members of the BC Liberal Cabinet would have or will start discussing Clark’s leadership too!
For these people it is a matter of survival especially for the elected MLA’s for who this is their job.
You will soon see that the family first agenda applies to their families.
I am sure that the Executive will ( if they have not already) reach out too a trusted colleague like a Shirley Bond .
They would probably want her as a senior cabinet minister to approach the Premier and ask her to step down.
That person would meet with cabinet and discuss the best approach.
This happens only when the party is serious about cleaning up its act in the short term as surely the Liberals would be now.
Just when you thought the wacky world of Premier Christy Clark couldn’t get any stupider, she stands on her her soap box , attempts to exonerate incompetent Cabinet Minister Stephanie Cadieux and then blames the whole sordid CLBC screw up on the NDP.
Unless Adrian Dix is a ventriloquist and projected Stephanie to say and do the dumb things she has done since she got the file, how on earth do you hold the NDP accountable for yet another BC Liberal gaffe?
What does she not get?
The Liberals had one of their worst weeks ever and it was largely once again due to the fact that they never take ownership/ leadership of their mistakes.
Their worst weeks ever that is, until this week.
Today,damning evidence came to light showing clearly Premier Clark has lied about her involvement in the BC Rail fiasco.
Tsakumis nails her and confirms beyond the shadow of a doubt the PREMIER IS THE CHARLATAN WE ALL KNEW HER TO BE! ( Charlatan is probably to week a word, liar,cheat and sleaze would be more appropriate)
How on earth do we expect people to vote or get involved with politics with a Premier who tells one lie after another?
She even lied to get the bloody job! In the real world that in itself is cause for dismissal.
In the name of restoring honesty and integrity to the Premier’s office, Clark Must Go!
This is not the first time Kevin Falcon has been front and center rapping the Premier over the Financial knuckles and the “leaked” memo is more than likely directed towards Premier Christy Clark and all her photo-optic financial announcements.
This might also explain Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom not wanting to discuss tolling costs for the Port Mann Bridge.
But make no mistake about it, this is yet another shot across the bow of the lame duck leadership of Premier Christy Clark.
Combine that with recent poll results showing Clark no longer out performs her party and you gotta wonder how long before things get really ugly!
How much longer before Christy Clark is shown the door?
What do you think, will the caucus get rid of her or will it be the electorate in May 2013?
