Pat Martin needs goggles

To stop Stephen Harper and the CPC from putting down roots as a government, Winnipeg Centre MP Pat Martin is advocating "an informal coalition" between New Democrats and left-leaning Liberals.

For those of you scoring at home, Pat Martin is not a suck-up, sell-out sack-o-sh*t like Bob Rae or Ujjal Dosanjh. He was one of the strongest voices for C-257, which would have prohibited the use of scabs during strikes at federally-regulated workplaces (Dosanjh and the rest of the Liberals voted against it). Martin also authoured the Workers First bill, which put employees ahead of creditors or investors when the remains of failed companies are divvied up. When Pat Martin talks about a coalition, he's either seen the NDP take one too many punches at the polls or he's that scared of Stephen Harper. That other Martin, Paul Jr., wasn't scared in 2005 when he equated a Conservative victory to the end of civilization, he just liked the fear-mongering because it helped him steal NDP votes .

Martin says he'd rather "stick pins in my eyes" than work with the Liberals, but this page has the impression that someone must have done something similar already. If the Member for Winnipeg Centre was able to see clearly, he would notice that there are no left-leaning Liberals. Anything resembling a left wing was purged when Paul Martin was anointed as their saviour, and for all the hot air and good intentions wrapped in a green scarf, it's not like Stephane Dion is going to stand up to Bay Street, the banks, the multinationals, or Alberta's oilpatch either.

If anyone's noticed since the change of leaders, people like Sheila Copps still won't be seen anywhere near the Liberals, so it doesn't make much sense that New Democrats should be anywhere near them either.