Emerson said his children -- a son, 14, and daughter, 12 -- were bearing the brunt of attacks over his defection to the Conservative Party this week.
"My kids are being treated with hostility in school because of what's being said. My kids are crying because of what's being said at school," Emerson told The Province from Ottawa.
Emerson callously uses his children to play the victim and distract from the issue. Are his kids bearing the brunt of hostility? Maybe so, and that makes me feel bad. It is regrettable that his children's lives are adversely affected because their dad is a selfish, political opportunist. What prompted this outburst from Emerson? Questions about returning 96 thousand to his riding association. Ironic that his response to people who feel victimized is too cite an example of victims.
This is the problem with the whole fiasco, there are lots of victims to go around. The people who volunteered to help a Liberal get elected. The voters who cast their votes in good faith, only to be manipulated by the chess master. The true reformers in the Conservative Party, who honestly believed in a new ethical reality for Ottawa. The other Conservative MP's who devoted everything to their party only to be snubbed by Harper in favor of callous politics. So, please give it a rest with the "its so unfair" angle, it detracts from the issue.
Emerson demonstrates the same, keen political sauvy, by deflecting the negative into false sympathies, that he employed when he saw opportunity with Harper. The fact that his kids are suffering is unfortunate, the fact that he played this transparent card is a revealing portrait of his nature. What an ass.
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How will Emerson explain to his family that everything people are saying about dad is really true?
Harper & Emerson: The Theft of Democratic Rights.
Kerry Galloway, who voted for Emerson, was quoted in the press as saying: “I have been robbed of my democratic vote.”
A very good summary of what Messrs. Emerson and Harper cooked up in the days after the election and before Harper’s cabinet was selected. They acted like two highwaymen who waited for unsuspecting voters to come their way, then – political pistols on high – leaped out of hiding and demanded that the hapless voters in the riding of Vancouver Kingsway hand over their choice to the highwaymen, to be used by them rather than as directed by the voters in a democratically held election.
Also troublesome are two other matters: the attitude of these two men to what they have done.
Harper has displayed an incredible arrogance; he is quoted as saying: "I decided to call him and suggest I thought his talents would be best used on the government benches rather than in opposition," said Prime Minister Harper.
Think about that for a second. I decided –says the PM – what was best for a constituency. The fact that 80% of that riding did not vote Conservative? Pshaw! Harper brushes it aside. “I” decided.
An attitude worthy of a king. He might as well have told the voters in that riding: Let them eat cake …
And Emerson? Another supposedly bright man with good political instincts? He is quoted as saying he did not want to attend a rally called in his riding to protest the democratic theft because: “I felt it was a partisan exercise.” Then, to add insult to injury, he says: “I am doing what I think is in the best interests of my riding.” Another royal reply to the peasants …
Harper and Emerson together add up to a wonderful example of political dissynergy.
Come the next election, it will be time to take your vote back.
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