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Ruby, Ruby, Rubyruby SoHo!

Don’t you just love Rancid? Me too. An especially apt name of a band considering my thoughts of the following spam I received from Liberal MP Ruby, Ruby rubyruby Dhalla today:

From: Ruby Dhalla, Liberal
Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008 5:13 pm
Subject: Buying time / Pour gagner du temps
To: Bumf

Dear Robert,

In an unprecedented display of arrogance and a complete abdication of his accountability to Canadians, Stephen Harper has shut down Parliament in order to avoid facing a confidence vote he knew he and his government would lose.

He has bought himself six more weeks to come up with a plan for our damaged economy – a plan that has so far eluded him.

He has also bought six more weeks for his Conservative Party to continue their advertising and PR campaign of half-truths and outright fabrications in order to shore up support in the far-too-likely event that he is unsuccessful in regaining Parliament’s confidence in January.

The Liberal Party must be in a strong position to respond no matter what further machinations the Harper Conservatives introduce. Please make a donation right now of $10, $25, $100 or whatever amount you can afford.

Make sure your voice is heard. Government accountability is something we must all fight for. Please help us ensure Canada has the government we deserve.

Thank you,

Ruby Dhalla
Labour Critic
Liberal Party of Canada

Doesn’t Rubyruby know that in a coalition government, the Ministry of Labour would be handed over to the socialists?

From: Bumf
Date: Thursday, December 5, 2008 8:58 am
Subject: Buying time / Pour gagner du temps
To: Ruby Dhalla, Liberal ,

Dear Ms Dhalla

Thank you for your impassioned plea on behalf of your party’s severely misguided attempt to seize power over the duly elected prime minister. I want to let you know that your efforts have not gone unnoticed.

You know that the results of the 2008 election definitively showed that Canadians do not want to be led by Stephane Dion, as does Michael Ignatieff, whom you supported during the Liberal leadership race. You also know that even though the Westminster parliament allows for dissolution of the House during any confidence vote, you and the rest of the Members have an obligation to refer back to your constituents in times like these, with such a charged and radical political manoeuver that involves a change of leadership.

Do I have to express my distaste in the Liberals who have formed a coalition with the NDP, who have been around for decades yet never gotten close to power, for good reason? And what about forming an alliance with the Bloc Quebecois? Have you no shame?

Do you really believe that Canadians don’t see how disingenuous your entire party has been? Do you really believe that this would not have occured had the prime minister not sought to cut out public funding for political parties? Do you believe that Canadians are too stupid to see that?

Please, give up this awful charade. It’s embarrassing you and your party.

Yours sincerely,

Rob Huck
Saskatoon

P.S. I have informed my local Conservative representative that I will support her with my money and volunteer hours if the GG calls an election in January. Thank you for the motivation.

P.P.S I have also let the governor-general know that I support the prorogation of the House, and that I expect that she call an election if the budget does not pass in January. Again thanks for everything.

Perhaps Ruby ought to be spending less time stumping for a loser of a Liberal leader more of her time gearing up for Ignatieff’s bid.