Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Ignatieff Cries Help: Will Jack Rescue Liberals?

Jack Layton on the 5th anniversary of his lead...
Dear Jack Layton,
Help, I need somebody,
Help, not just anybody,
Help, you know I need someone, help.
1996
When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way.
But now these days are gone, I'm not so self assured,
Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors.
Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me?
And now my life has changed in oh so many ways,
My independence seems to vanish in the haze.
But every now and then I feel so insecure,
I know that I just need you like I've never done before.
 
Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me.
When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way.
But now these days are gone, I'm not so self assured,
Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors.
Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me, help me, help me, oh.
Yours truly,
Michael Ignatieff
Liberals are in trouble and they need help. Here is the original.

NDP Leader, Jack Layton, claims to have blessed Canadians with a "compromise" solution to retain the gun registry. Can he seriously believe that firearms owners are sufficiently naive to acquiesce to this latest attempt to justify the existence of this bloated, wasteful, and ineffective program? ... In an attempt to make the onerous laws authorizing the registry's existence appear to be more friendly, the Leader of the NDP is offering to create a "non-criminal, ticketable" offence for first-time offenders who fail to register their long-guns. It's a nice thought but impossible without re-writing the Criminal Code. ... So even if you could be issued a ticket, payable with a fine, you would still have a CRIMINAL RECORD!
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