Michael Harris’s latest column is a bizarre and almost personal attack on the Liberal Party. He describes the Liberal leadership race as:
“The lazy, selfish, intellectually empty Liberal leadership race which looks more and more like an exercise in ego liberation for has-beens and wannabes than the leadership selection process of a major political party.”
He provides no evidence that this is true, but instead launches into a forced comparison of the current seletion process to the election of John Kerry as Democratic Party leader in the U.S. and states that electing Michael Ignatieff is no different. His paralell is weak and seems mostly fuelled by a hatred of George Bush rather than any clear thoughts about the Liberals.
It’s unreasonable to expect the Liberal Party to have one unified voice on all the issues while we’re choosing a new leader; deciding our vision for the future is a part of the process. Harris should try to analyze the issues at hand rather than rage that the leadership race doesn’t confirm to his misconceptions of its purpose.
Article: No fight in lazy Liberals
