Comments on: Raitt’s fake http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/06/11/lisa-raitt-apology/ Can you think of a better name? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:19:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jonnyboy http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/06/11/lisa-raitt-apology/comment-page-1/#comment-81446 Jonnyboy Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:35:00 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=5825#comment-81446 Although I completely agree that this whole debacle reveals the paradigm of self-preservation, power hungriness, and selfishness that exists in political life, i would stop short of generalizing all politicians as being these heartless asses. As someone who works in Parliament, and as someone who is quick to point out the discouraging - and quite honestly - obscene culture that in many ways encompasses Ottawa political life, there are still MANY members of Parliament whose hearts are in the right places, and make difficult decision not for their own personal gain, but for the greater good. There are many of us who are here because we care about our neighbors, our fellow Canadians, and our fellow men and woman around the world. We hear more often about the cases of corruption and political partisanship bologna than we do about the fight to combat human trafficking, the fight to fix an economy, and the fight for human rights, among many others. Although Canadian politics can be a complete joke sometimes (as in the case of Lisa Raitt), generalizing this behavior to all the righteous mp's is not only an insult to the often amazing work they do, but also makes us, the people, the hindrance to a future where government is more honest and more representative. Although I completely agree that this whole debacle reveals the paradigm of self-preservation, power hungriness, and selfishness that exists in political life, i would stop short of generalizing all politicians as being these heartless asses. As someone who works in Parliament, and as someone who is quick to point out the discouraging - and quite honestly - obscene culture that in many ways encompasses Ottawa political life, there are still MANY members of Parliament whose hearts are in the right places, and make difficult decision not for their own personal gain, but for the greater good. There are many of us who are here because we care about our neighbors, our fellow Canadians, and our fellow men and woman around the world.

We hear more often about the cases of corruption and political partisanship bologna than we do about the fight to combat human trafficking, the fight to fix an economy, and the fight for human rights, among many others. Although Canadian politics can be a complete joke sometimes (as in the case of Lisa Raitt), generalizing this behavior to all the righteous mp's is not only an insult to the often amazing work they do, but also makes us, the people, the hindrance to a future where government is more honest and more representative.

]]> By: steve81 http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/06/11/lisa-raitt-apology/comment-page-1/#comment-81338 steve81 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:00:50 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=5825#comment-81338 Now that she got caught doing this, can she at least get fired? Otherwise, it sends the message that it's OK. No, it's not OK because everyone does it. It's still totally wrong. Now that she got caught doing this, can she at least get fired? Otherwise, it sends the message that it's OK. No, it's not OK because everyone does it. It's still totally wrong.

]]> By: Guillaume Theoret http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/06/11/lisa-raitt-apology/comment-page-1/#comment-81324 Guillaume Theoret Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:38:09 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=5825#comment-81324 Not so sure we're a minority. I think we're just a silent majority. Not so sure we're a minority. I think we're just a silent majority.

]]> By: Horonymous http://blog.fagstein.com/2009/06/11/lisa-raitt-apology/comment-page-1/#comment-81303 Horonymous Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:37:38 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=5825#comment-81303 Very crafted "apology". Very crafted "apology".

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