Belinda bolts into an uncertain future!

Well I must have been one of the last conservatives in Canada today to learn about Belinda Stronach's jump to the federal Liberals.

All the same, after the initial shock wore off, I was not that surprised. Most of us should have seen this coming weeks ago. Her trip to Washington to hobnob with Bill Clinton (A democrat, the american equivalent of a Liberal in Canada), her criticisms aimed at Stephen Harper and her general RED Tory disposition. That Stronach is aligned with ex-offico's of Mike Harris and Brian Mulroney, globalist Red Tories - makes it perfectly clear what is happening now; the gloves are off, fake conservatives and liberals are the enemy.

That the 'mason boys' are pulling out all stops to keep control of Canada and insure its leftward march towards socialism is now apparent. But there is obviously division in the ranks and there are opposing sides lining up for the right to take us into the endposts for any glory or rewards as the case may be.

But back to Belinda. Not a bad person but one of questionable background all the same. A person that has been called one of the most powerful women in the world but like many women at the lofty heights of the business and political world these days, she cannot claim to be self-made. That aside, I cannot say that I have been impressed with her in the few times that I have heard her speak or present herself to the public. Many question the depth of committment and the strength of will, or the quality of ability that she may possess for any high level job. Myself I don't want to go down roads that I cannot return from. But in either case whether she be talented or barely above average there are other aspects to consider here as more important.

What is obvious and going around the conservative blogging world is that Mr. Martin in his wisdom (or his apparent sleaze which is most abundant), has offered Belinda a lot for the sole purpose of potentially propping up his corrupt government. That Belinda walks in with a lower-tiered cabinet position will likely piss-off a lot of the liberal backbench. But the bigger concerns for Belinda in the longer term in this dramatic move is whether she will position herself to be Paul Martin's heir apparent in the case that he crashes and burns. Many liberals are saying publicly that Paulie is finished in the longer term no matter what happens because he is being seen now as detrimental to the constant quest for liberal power - his own personal credibility. That Liberals believe they should always maintain power in a democracy is truly scary but that is annother story for annother day to be addressed by me.

The next problem that Belinda has is winning her Aurora riding again which she barely carried last election. Although, I have known a number of people that live up that way, I'm not sure how this move will be interpreted by the local burgers up there. Myself, I wouldn't be impressed if I was a resident (I generally don't like defectors), but I'm assuming that she is polling like mad using the resources that only Belinda Rich can muster. She would have been nervous going into any election and maybe now she believes she can win being a liberal shill. I'm hoping that the conservatives work hard to take her down in the coming election either way and maybe I'm try to get up there to help them out. It would be worth it to just see the fear in her eyes come election night.

Well how does this affect the conservative party? Not sure, but I expect it will blow over in a week or two. Either an election will begin or we will end up hearing about Gomery again, and the sooner the better I say. In regards the vote in the house in two days, I have to assume that it will be very close now and I don't have enought insights to tell who is going to win unfortunately. There is talk afoot that the liberals did not lock up the independents for the vote as they had hoped they would, so I assume the liberals have been making a lot of telephone calls. Either way, an election is coming and we as conservatives have to drive ahead to win no matter what. Maybe without the backstabbing of Belinda now we can move ahead more unified than ever.

Two other issues at hand is the following: Peter McKay's apparent relationship with Belinda and her owing the conservative party money for the failed leadership campaign. One begins to wonder if her sole purpose in dating McKay was to act as a spy or to have him as some boytoy. Peter you are a good guy and I knew that when I met you, but don't despair there is better out there for you than her. I'm hoping that she was not shown all the treasures in the secret cove that is CPC headquarters. If she had, I'm sure she is doing a lot of talking now. In terms of Belinda owing the party money, a reputed $380,000 I believe: all I can say is this, further evidence that the rich don't pay their bills and they always expect special treatment over everybody else. This might be the most offensive issue in this whole story frankly, the attitude that I don't have to pay my bills.

I'm sure that you will find a good home in the liberal party Belinda because it is so obvious that your values line up so well with them. This is assuming that daddy due to his threats of retirement at Magna, didn't demand that you become PM within the next 12 months or give up on your political ambitions and come back home.

Only time will tell how this will affect you Beinda, I expect that your future in politics is to be short as you obviously have no patience and since you have a good job to go to at anytime, you will in fact leave the liberals in due course. Have you hurt the conservative party of Canada, yes but only in the short-term, for I expect that your leaving will only make us stronger in the long-run.