"No longer will the key to Ottawa be who do you know. We are going to condemn to history the practice and the politics of cronyism."

That was from a speech given by our Prime Minister in 2004. And how does Paul Martin show us that he has indeed vanquished the scourge of cronyism from the Canadian political scene? Well, with those brave words still ringing in our ears, he promptly appoints to the senate, well, more of his political cronies.

If I look in the dictionary for the word “hypocrite” is it true I will see a picture of Paul Martin? Or would that picture be beside rottenlyingshitswallowingbastard?

I mean, come on. Is appointing to the senate people who worked on your leadership campaign really the way to signal to the Canadian public that you have “condemned to history the practice and politics of cronyism”? Does Paulie not realize that words and actions are, indeed, connected, and that when he makes pious sounding promises like this that his actions when in office should actually reflect these ideals?

Another thing that PM & company have blathered about is reducing the level of cynicism in the Canadian electorate - what with every election producing a lower voter turnout than the last - especially among the younger crowd. Well, do you think that actions like this might have something to do with it?? Can you blame people for being cynical and thinking that politicians are nothing more than bloated windbags whose every breath is used to utter the lies they think the public wants to hear in order to get elected – especially when their actions once in office are so blatantly at odds with those lies?

At this point, if I got a call from Paul Martin telling me that it was all blue skies today, I’d be packing my umbrella.