Comments on: The Federal cabinet and faith bloggers

By: Bene D

Bene D — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:27:35 +0000

I see this as voter trust, my concerns aren’t partisan.

After the caucus meeting yesterday the media cornered several conservative MP’s and asked them about ‘optics.’

I don’t think we need fancy political, marketing, or media language, were the voters of Vancouver Kingsway represented fairly?

Running a campaign on ethics sets expectations high, in Harpers win, perhaps too high.
I don’t think anyone needs a political degree or a party membership to empathise with the voters of Vancouver Kingsway.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:17:23 +0000

I’m leaning more to the “hold another election & see if you win the race as a conservative” point of view. In our electoral system, it is difficult to distinguish between a “vote for the party” and a “vote for the candidate”. Has Emerson betrayed a trust placed in him by those voters who supported him? Were they also voting for the larger platform of the Liberal party? I suspect they were, and the honourable thing would be to resign and run again with Mr Harper’s platform.

I think part of this has to do with a trust that is given to a public official by the voters, and how he honours that trust.

By: Bene D

Bene D — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 04:27:53 +0000

Hi Jordon: You’re off, thanks.:^)
Mark: This isn’t about theology, it’s about voters. You’re on, thanks.

By: Mark Byron

Mark Byron — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 03:12:59 +0000

I did a piece on Emerson and the cabinet yesterday (you even left your C$0.02 on it); I’m not sure if you’re counting non-Canadian faith blogs in your loop.

My thoughts aren’t particuarly theological, either; I talked about Solberg’s E-Free roots in passing, but wasn’t thinking in a particularly scriptural tone.

By: Jordon Cooper

Jordon Cooper — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 01:28:48 +0000

BD, I would prefer if you took my weblog of the list of faith bloggers. My thoughts are not any reflection of my faith or my denomination.

By: Sherm

Sherm — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 18:39:22 +0000

I sent the following email to David Emerson. You are right - he is still showing Liberal on his one site - the other one has been taken offline. Gee - wonder why.

Shame on you.

How can you, in good conscience run on a liberal platform and jump ship because you were offered a position of power?

You have undermined our democratic system and broken trust. It would be different if you were in office for a while and disagreed with your party platform.

You have let down your riding and the Canadian people. A re-election in your riding might be in order. Apparently you are a brilliant businessman. Right now though, many Canadians think your ethics are questionable.