Rock and Roll Conservative

Sure sure

So Michael Ignatieff today promised Canadians that he wouldn't enter into a coalition government with the NDP and Bloc Quebecois, not quite a year after he planned to do just that. Why should you believe him?

"I have a certain credibility on the coalition issue. I could be standing here as the prime minister of Canada (but) I turned it down," said Ignatieff.

Whoa there pardner. Yes, it's true that Ignatieff ultimately turned down a deal for a coalition government and did support the Conservative budget which precipitated our crisis (I covered the run-up to the budget vote for The American Spectator here if you need a refresher), but the real reason was simple: The attempted "coup" was massively unpopular with Canadians and Ignatieff knew that the Liberals would be punished during any future election or a non-confidence vote could trigger an election which he would likely lose.

So yes, technically Ignatieff was telling the truth, but only if you ignore the fact that he engaged in some political calculus before he did the right thing.

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