President Steve? King Stephen?

I caught the pessimistic musings of Canadian Cynic this morning where  he sees Speaker Milliken as a failure for not having handed down his decision regarding the Afghan Detainee documents to parliament. He is probably right, unfortunately. He is not alone. On yesterday’s Question Period, both Craig Oliver and Jane Taber both agreed that Speaker Milliken will more than likely rule in favor of the government.  So does Dan Gardner of the Ottawa Citizen where he compares Stephen Harper to such leaders as Fidel Castro, Richard Nixon, Michael Corleone  and King Charles I. Gardner makes the case  of MPs staying in lockstep with their master or there would be hell to pay–with their careers.

I hear the jokes of lobbying for William Shatner as Governor General. Know what?  Since this GG will have to be as obedient to Master Steve as Michaelle Jean was, I’m starting to think it won’t matter who the GG is. It will probably end up being Preston Manning, a gool ol’  SOCON from the days of Reform. The GG too will want to keep their plush, expensive figurehead position, so if Steve wants to shut down parliament because the opposition gets too, well, oppositonal, he can. Funny how many say this opposition is ineffective.  I dare say it’s the other way around, Steve is too powerful. It sets a dangerous precedent indeed.

As mentioned before by bloggers like Dr Dawg and myself, as well as John Ibbitson over at the Grope & Fail, speaker Milliken’s ruling no longer has to do with Afghan Detainee documents per se. It has more to do with how government is run; how much power the Prime minister has and should have.  If Milliken rules in favor of the government, as Dan Gardner points out, we might as well send the opposition packing. That ought to make Blogging Tory commenter Mary T and many others happy

Should Milliken rule in favor of Steve, and the blogging tories and conservative pundits and other Harpercon cheerleaders break out in celebration, I never ever want to hear about Iggy being a dictator or ADSCAM or corrupt, un transparent Liberals and their ‘entitlements’ ever again. If lyou think Steve should be allowed to keep secrets and act as a dictator, it cuts both ways. I also don’t want to hear about the Liberal-Packed senate.

I remember someone saying to me that if Steve got his majority, he would never implement all that he wants because he would lose an election four years later. Ha! You’re assuming he will allow elections!

I can never play that video enough. I don’t think anyone can see it enough in order to realize what is really happening.