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My cynicism and disgust with politicians peaked when BC Liberal David Emerson suddenly showed up in Conservative Stephen Harper's cabinet, a mere two weeks after describing Harper as virtually the devil incarnate. This man must be so arrogant and vain to think that this province cannot survive without him at the cabinet table. Perhaps he can't stand the obscurity of Opposition and wants the perks of a Cabinet position. He could have waited a respectable period of time before crossing the floor, but then he wouldn't have received an all expense paid trip (for at least two, no doubt) to Torino as an Olympic VIP.
To those who protest that Mr. Emerson is a respected local businessman: maybe that's precisely the problem. Maybe we should insist that our parliamentary representatives have better ethics and morals than those found in Vancouver businesspeople. (Wasn't BC Premier Gordon Campbell, who refused to resign after being convicted of impaired driving, a City property developer once?)
My German-born spouse says there is a word for people like Emerson: "Wendehals".
And then there's former NDP Premier turned current Liberal Ujjal Dosanjh mounting his sanctimonius high horse and criticising Emerson's flip-flop...spare me!
It is to laugh...or perhaps cry.
