After seeing the poll you printed April 23 (“Liberal lead over Tories widens,” Bryan Passifiume), I realize that Forrest Gump was right: “Stupid is as stupid does.” We’ve had 11 years of Liberal rule with declining economic results. Yet we rinse and repeat the cycle again. I think people by now need to remember the pendulum principle: If the pendulum stays too long on one side, it upsets the balance. It seems when you leave the same party in power too long, there is a complacency that sets in with tired ideology that’s difficult to steer away from. If the past is any predictor of the future, this majority may be a blessing in disguise that may wake up the electorate when they digest these next four years. Read More
