Fucking Liberals!!!!

Arrgh,

Had I known joining the Glendon Liberals would be such a hassle, I never would have bothered in the first place. I kinda stopped attending meetings at whatnot soon after Ken stepped down as prez, just because it started getting hella disorganized, and insanely clicky and whatnot. Its frustrating, because I think part of my slide into apathy this year was do to the fact that I wasnt in an enviornment that was politically volatile. Im the first to admit that I turn into a complete jackass the moment I engage someone in a political discussion, but at the same time, Id like to have let that jackass out at least once this year.

Anyways, Im talking about this because I keep getting fucking emails from the Liberal Leadership Cantidates. First it was Ignatieff, then Rae, then Kennedy, then someone named Martha Hall Findlay, whom Ive never heard of before. The ones from Ken Dryden started last week.

My main issue is this, I dont think any of these leaders speak to ideologies that I beleive in, MAYBE Dryden, but honestly I think its the whole "whoo, hockeyplayer" thing more than anything else. The two people I could have supported, Ashliegh McIssac and Brian Tobin, arent running. These other leaders seem to want to bring the Liberal party closer to center than the Chretien-era liberals. While I understand the logic of this - the conservatives are as far right as ever - Im also disheartened by it. To me, a centralist liberal party defeats the purpose of a "liberal" title. While I love the NDP, I dont think their ideologies will ever reach the point where a majority of canadians can support them. I need a liberal party that is going to be liberal, not one whose leader thinks the Iraqi war and "Torture-Like" interrogations are a good thing.

Grrr,

In other news, I worked at OP for 2 days straight, on a horribly bruised and swollen ankle. On top of it, I took a Market Square shift today, which meant I was out in the lovely sun/intermittent wind, as opposed to the relative shelter of the Cinesphere. As a result, I am now sunburned. Fun fun. I think I was correct in my declaration of "Give me Cinesphere, or Give me Death!!!"