Political Cyncism Reaches New High

So Belinda crossed the floor to a cabinet position for the Liberals. Here are some thoughts on that matter.

1) She voted with her party once on the procedural motion of non-non confidence, and three times to close down the Commons because of the Liberal's refusal to accept the non-non confidence motion in the past week. And suddenly the Liberals are a-ok? WTF? Is she going to still vote against the budget Thursday or is the New and Improved Liberal Democratic Party budget acceptable to her?

2) How long was this in the works? Was Martin smiling to himself as he said "Next Thursday, next Thursday we'll have a real non-confidence vote."

3) I would have more respect for her if she had crossed the floor to be a backbencher, not a flipping Cabinet Minister.

4) I guess long-time Liberals aren't qualified enough to be Cabinet Ministers anymore.

5) If she had such issues with the Conservatives, why did she wait until now to cross the floor? Seems suspect.

6) That sound you heard? That was the sound of a million voters tuning out of the political process because it has become obvious to them there is no real difference between Liberal and Conservative, they are all just politicians.

7) I envy my wife right now and her disinterested view of politics. It must be nice to not be so disappointed at the ethical flimsiness of our politicians.

Egads.