Overheard on the bus: "There's a rat in the Liberal house or should I say a Rae"
Has Bob Rae been playing games again?
Curious, I checked the wikipedia on Bob Rae's antics in the mid 80s when as the NDP leader he formed a coalition with the Liberals to bring down the
Ontario Conservative government.
Rae nonetheless played a pivotal role in bringing the Progressive Conservative Party's 42-year dynasty to an end. The 1985 election resulted in a
minority parliament, in which the Tories held four more seats than David Peterson's Liberals, but were eleven seats short of a majority. After a
series of negotiations, begun by a phone call from Rae to Peterson shortly after election day, Rae and Peterson signed a "Liberal-NDP Accord" in
which the NDP agreed to support a Liberal government in office for two years. The Liberals, in turn, agreed to implement some policies favoured by the
NDP. Rae had personally supported a full coalition, but did not strongly argue this case with other members of his party. Peterson later indicated
that he would not have accepted a coalition in any event.
Did Bob Rae whisper in Mr Dion's ear, flatter him, appeal to his bruised vanity and convince him to garner NDP and Bloc support just to buy himself
time for his own leadership aspirations? The jig is up Mr Rae you've been uncovered. you've likely lost any chance of leading the Liberals and this
will bring down the next liberal leader as well. Nice trick, now you can jump ship back to the NDP party and take over from discredited Jack Layton.
One might say masterfully played except someone's on to you and getting the word around. How will you explain this to your new "Liberal" friends".
