really?

The good news? Judging by the unimpressive durability of the last Harper government, we'll only have to wait a couple of years before we hit the polls again. Hopefully by then, Dion will have mastered a more comprehensible English syntax or, better yet, he'll have been replaced by the almighty Michael Ignatieff. Layton will stop combing his moustache and compulsively comparing himself to Obama. And, Elizabeth May will finally get that Extreme Makeover the due respect that she deserves.

With Harper diving head first into money troubles with bricks tied to his feet, Canadians can look forward to a sea of debt, a boatload of bullshit, and some signature smug, and highly indefinite orations. Although last night's seat total was a slight improvement compared to his winning minority in 2006, it hardly makes him a victor – it just means he was the best of the worst. The biggest loser.

Mazel Tov.

Now, I'm not implying that I could do it better than any of them. I understand that being a politician 'aint exactly a walk in Queen's Park. Well, actually…

Because, at the end of the day it comes down to the voters. Canada elected to support a man who does not believe in funding the arts, and does believe in replacing the young offenders act with a new approach that will surely stigmatize kid-criminals forever.
So, really, my disappointment isn't in Harper's bad decisions, it's in the really bad decisions of the voters.

Shame shame.