The Art of Floor Crossing

This commentary will discuss the intricacies of how to rise to power while pissing off the entire electorate of a riding. Who knows, perhaps we can all learn how to be true cowards from this.

David Emerson is another federal politician from the ever federalist province of Quebec. As a child he was likely beaten repeatedly for switching between teams after they were already picked. After surviving many painful years of flip-flop pond puck he moved on to university to study economics receiving a B.A, and M.A. and a Ph. D.

After this it gets boring….click the Wiki link if you want to know more.

Now things start to get interesting. Emerson, the current MP of Vancouver-Kingsway was elected as Liberal in both 2004 and 2006, and his predecessor in the 2004 was also a Liberal, and before that a Liberal. In fact the last time the Conservatives won the seat was way back in 1958. Days shortly after his election in the 2006 he cowardly defects to the Conservatives so he can have a cabinet position and ‘forward the interests of his riding’. And to top it all off… he refuses to run in a by election (at least he’s smart enough to know that the people who elected him only vote liberal).

During the election campaign he referred to Jack Layton (leader of the NDP Party) as having a ‘boiled dog’s head smile’. Wow!....Wow! I couldn’t even think of something like that….I mean…this guy is a genius.

But then again Emerson is known to be full of shit which is evidenced by a comment he made on election night (Jan 23, 06). "I'm going to be Stephen Harper's worst enemy,"..."We're going to stir the pot and you better believe we are going to make a heck of a lot of noise."

Mr. Emerson (not that you will ever see this) I am disgusted that you are an elected member of our country. Your post-election switch to the Conservative Party is the equivalent of a military-coo in Canada. Your electorate are held hostage by your pigheaded-cowardly-selfish ways. As a horribly disgraced Canadian, who doesn’t deserve to live below the 60^th parallel, much less in Vancouver, I suggest that you exile yourself to a small piece of land I call…….Alert. Bon voyage Mr. Emerson…I hope your ass sticks to the seat of your dingy.