The Zombie Party: A Continuing Story

The shiny pony fails to do the trick:

Figures obtained by QMI Agency show 11,000 new members and supporters have signed up with the Liberal Party of Canada since Nov. 14 when the race started.

Membership at that time stood at 85,000 and as of Jan. 29 had reached 96,000.

And of the 11,000 new recruits, only 3,000 had come from any of the nine contenders criss-crossing the country drumming up interest.

Recall that to become a member of the Liberal Party you need to cough up $10.00. That's just under two venti lattes at your local Starbucks. Having lived and worked in the GTA for more than thirty years I can attest that there are far more than 100,000 Liberals in this city. I don't mean mere Liberal voters, but people who believe the Liberal Party is the bulwark of civilization holding back the Tory and Dipper hordes. They prattle on about the glories of Pierre Trudeau and the prudence of Paul Martin. The overwhelming majority drop $50.00 buying lunch and don't even wince.

So why don't they support the Liberal Party with some cold hard cash? 

Why can't the Liberal Party even get people to sign up for its entirely free Supporter class?

This is how bad it's gotten for the Natural Governing Party, they can't even give themselves away.

The problem with the Liberal Party, ultimately, is that it's full of Liberals and appeals to liberals. The latter are smug, self-satisfied elitist snobs who delight in telling other people how to live their lives. If you're looking for a mental image, think of Toronto Councillor Adam Vaughan, though his politics actually leans toward the NDP. Last year the good and wise councillor came up with the clever notion of banning the sale of bullets within the city limits. When it was pointed out in a press conference that people could still buy bullets way out in Mississauga, the councillor flew into a rage.

These people exist in a strange bubble that is very easily pierced. That is why they are terrified of dissenting opinions, like those expressed by the Sun News Network.

Beyond official card carrying Liberals there are the wider category of Liberal Party supporters, who can't be bothered to even sign up as supporters and join the party's spam list. There is a very simple reason for this: They're full of it. The world view of Leftists is of emotion and intention. They feel sorry for the poor, yet do very little to help actual poor people. They talk endless about innovation yet mostly work in government or in law firms. They speak of tolerance while persecuting gun owners and rural Canadians. Activism for them means collecting a government grant. The effort to pay some of their own money to keep the Liberal Party going is too much.

What's left? Well there are the dead enders too old to leave the party they grew up in. There are the Justin Teenyboopers, who apparently are not so numerous as we imagined. In the upper echelons of the party are the traditional political operators keen on regaining their former influence, or for the younger generation the power they dream of having. The Liberal Party is a rusty machine hoping that Justin and his Courtiers can keep it going for another generation.

Let's everyone remember our tetanus shots.

Comments

[nomdeblog]

“That's just under two venti lattes at your local Starbucks”

What’s a venti latte?

“Liberal voters.....people who believe the Liberal Party is the bulwark of civilization”

Yes, for example, almost all of beautifully treed Bessborough, which is a very wide boulevard in Leeside (home of the Leeside rink where young PMSH used to play hockey) houses Liberals and their Volvos.

Having canvassed there, many have told me that we need to raise taxes. When asked why? They explain that the 25,000 PhD’d immigrants living in Flemington Park (which they can see off in the distance and they want to keep that distance) are driving taxies and they need the money.

You see kind hearted Liberals want to help by simply giving them the fish whereas the cold Conservatives would only give them a fishing pole. Liberals “feel sorry for the poor, yet do very little to actually help poor people” rise up and take risk to grab the opportunities.

Liberals just want equal outcomes by more redistribution and thus these elitists feel good about themselves; moreover that keeps “the other” in Flemington Park from spilling over onto Bessborough Drive.

[John Chittick]

"What’s a venti latte?"

That's a hit of caffeine in the form of hot coffee with steamed milk at four times the price (and "Hog Town prestige") of a cup at Tim Horton's.

A weakened Liberal Party is always a mixed blessing and could mean either a more enervated NDP or a more center-left Conservative Party.

[Cytotoxic]

"weakened"

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/08/liberals-under-justin-trudeau-could-clinch-a-majority-new-poll-shows/

"If a federal election were held in Canada today and Justin Trudeau were at the helm of the Liberal Party, they’d win a strong majority in the House of Commons, says a Forum Poll for the National Post."

At this point we may as well surrender. The CPC isn't taking us anywhere and a strong Liberal party means a suppressed NDP.