Canada is a country blessed in so many ways that it would be difficult, without recourse to much time and reflection, to enumerate them all. Of course it is not perfect, nor are its' politicians but Canada as a country does pay great heed to the concept of "civil" democracy.It is for this reason that I take exeption to the manner in which we so cavalierly brand our aspiring leaders with "labels" such as idiocy, tediouness, lacking charisma, and all around moral slackness. This kind of scurrilous political "analysis" does not good and much harm.It indicates a set reaction to national dialogue rather than a reasoned weighing of the issues and the facts at hand.
Mr. Harper may be called diabolical and Mr. Dion as dreary, but neither is true. These accusation are merely the result of lazy thinking or, worse still, no thinking at all.
Dreariness and imagined diabolic intent are not the national issues and if we persist in this adolescent assesment of things we will be shortchange ourselves and diminish our democratic process.
   If Canada is to have an election, let's insist on issues rather than glib insults and malignant generalizations on Politicians.