Liberal Election?

All this yak yak yak about an upcoming election, and from the Liberals on whether they should force an election or not. Dion being whipsawed by the lib bloggers and the media and apparently his own caucus.

Taking a step back - why should they bring down the government. It seems the last few years Liberals have gone from the idealism of power to simply power for power's sake. Liberals seem to believe they have a god-given right to form the national government. But surprisingly the Tories have provided competent government, not the barbarous neo-con disaster Liberals expected and probably hoped for.

It is time for the Liberals to present ideas and programs that will allow the electorate to dream and hope. Trudeau was able to excite the nation with a 'Just Society' until his inept managerial skills led to just a society but those were heady days. Pearson with his minorities gave us marvelous legislation and government.

It all seemed to disappear with Chretien who had no vision but great electoral success. Even today his faithful syncophants praise his time in office while still remaining devoid of any ideas or ideals other than winning against a divided opposition.

So come on Liberals - give us a reason to be proud, hopeful for the future, and eager to pitch in. This will not come by pandering to all sorts of different groups but a message for everyone.

If you can't do this, you deserve to sit on the sidelines and abdicate your responsibilies to the Tories or NDP or Rhinos.