Dumping Dave: how bad does Kingsway want it?

Despite Sunday's 'Walk for Democracy' and yesterday's airplane banner over Parliament Hill, neither the ground troops nor the air forces of the Kingsway Rebellion could shake David Emerson out of his seat at the Conservative cabinet table.

After Emerscum was cleared by the Ethics Commissioner (with a little bullying from the PMO) Those who want to see Emerscum resign are framing this issue in terms of right and wrong rather than legalities. What the Kingsway Rebellion doesn't appear to realize is that using legal means (like petitions, letters to the editor, marches) in a fundamental battle between right and wrong is yet another case of bringing a knife to a gun fight. Actually, it's more like bringing kindergarten safety scissors.

As this page sees it, Emerscum's opponents have two real choices: Go after him the way anti-poverty activists went after Lorne Mayencourt, and be willing to go to jail. Handcuff each other to the doors of Emerscum's constituency office and keep a perpetual vigil out front like Falun Gong does at the Chinese consulate. Don't be afraid to get in the Minister's face whenever he pokes his head out in public, even if it means trying to get past that nice policeman. Scream, yell, use as many expletives as possible, clog up the courts with arrests, and Emerson may decide he doesn't need the constant grief and waddle his way back to Canfor.

The other option is to start buying memberships in the Conservative Party of Canada. Give them a call, bullsh*t them about how you want to 'Stand Up for Canada' (tm), and get everyone else who wants to flush Emerscum to do the same thing. Sooner or later, you'll have enough votes to control the next nomination meeting, and Emerson's future candidacy (or Kanman Wong's, who stepped aside for Emerscum) in the riding is as good as blocked.

This page realizes that going to prison and taking out Conservative memberships are two huge lemons. However, if enough Kingsway voters are willing, that's a hell of a lot of lemonade to be squeezed.