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One thing I love is conservative hypocrisy. It's so freakin' blatant! You know the kind of thing I'm talking about, that if a liberal talks about a conservative in the same tone that conservatives talk about liberals, they start whining about where's the liberal tolerance? Crikey, it can be entertaining.
Anyway, I was reading the paper today and read one of the most lovely pieces of conservative hypocrisy I've ever had the fortune to see in print.
On the subject of today's vote on same-sex marriage in Parliament, Stephen Harper, the esteemed leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, said, "Because it's being passed with the support of the Bloc, I think it will lack legitimacy with most Canadians. Truth is, most federalist MPs oppose it."
The "Bloc" he refers to is the Bloc Quebecois, a separatist party out of Quebec that is a pretty large number of votes in Parliament, and are the majority of seats out of that province.
Now this is where the hypocrisy creeps in... Harper had no problems working with the Bloc to try and topple the minority Liberal government. He had no problems getting their help to vote against the government on confidence issues to try and force an election. By his own reasoning, if this had worked, it would have lacked legitimacy with most Canadians, as most federalist MPs voted for the budget and against the non-confidence issue.
So what is it, Stephen Harper, are Bloc Quebecois votes legitimate or not? You can't have it both ways depending on whether or not they are with you or against you. Not that I expect any different. You are a conservative, so hypocrisy is your lifeblood.

posted by Tabby at 6/28/2005 09:17:00 a.m.

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