Tell Scott Brison to Get Stuffed

MP and Liberal party leadership candidate Scott Brison needs to answer one question: is he really a Liberal or is he still a Conservative?

Brison gives opponents flak for not backing presence in Afghanistan: Says Liberals initiated mission and should stand behind Tory resolution to extend it

While calling the vote an irresponsible ploy to divide the House, Mr. Brison told The Globe and Mail's editorial board yesterday that his party colleagues should have risen above the politicking to address a higher issue.

"Two wrongs did not make a right. Those Liberal politicians who voted against [Prime Minister Stephen] Harper simply because he did something wrong [by calling the vote] are just as culpable," Mr. Brison said.

"I don't think Liberals ought to be seeking to differentiate themselves on a mission that we actually started. We initiated the Afghan mission. We did it for the right reasons. Those reasons have not changed.

Wrong, wrong, wrong.

What the Conservatives did was absolutely despicable. They forced a vote on a motion that contained absolutely no specifics on the future of NATO's role in Afghanistan and then expected everybody to fall in line with their 'stay the course' bullshit.

I'd write a long rant about this whole affair - but since I already have, I'll just tell Brison (and Ignatieff) to stick to kissing Harper's butt. Just don't expect to drag the rest of the Liberal party down with you into those ugly nether regions.

Brison and Ignatieff: Canada's versions of Joe Lieberman.