a letter to stephen harper

first, stephen harper, you broke the law you brought in to call a premature election. second, nobody from the beginning thought anything would change as far as minority/majority/new government goes. you were given a minority 2.5 years ago for a reason. third, you spent 300 million dollars of our money to end up right back where we started. i think you called it "an increased mandate" because you won a few more seats. politicians are so good at spin. you can take crap and make it look like gold. you'll even give it a cool name like 'crold'. an increased mandate would be a majority government.

the reason people gave you a few more seats was because they are tired of elections every two years. they are tired of politicians acting like kindergarten children. they are tired of attack ads. they are tired of broken promises, however trivial you might think they are. they are tired of fighting for something positive and receiving nothing more than petty bickering and plain stupidity from all the parties.

they are just plain tired. we are tired. i am tired.

it's not just you, and i know that. it's our whole system. it's all of the parties. we're broken. and the media wonders why we had our lowest voter turnout, 59%, in our country's history. i wonder... it's not too hard to see. we are tired. and not everyone is tired of you. i am, but not everyone is, or you wouldn't be running the minority government right now. but i'm asking you one favor. make this work. for the good of our country.

minority governments are a good thing. but it was dishonest of you to call an election when no one was willing to topple your government. it was dishonest and manipulative. just because you think it might be an opportune time to possibly get a majority, which few believed you had a possibility of getting. and part of me feels like you knew it, too. part of me feels like you knew you wouldn't get a majority, but simply called one now because you know no other party will have the guts to call an election for at least another 2 years. at least this way you can hold on to this little bit of power you do have. and you knew it. and you wasted our money. and you wasted our time. and for that i am upset with you.

but we are where we are. we can't change the past. i don't believe you would do anything different if you could do it over again, except maybe cater to quebec more. but please make this work. for the sake of our country. for the sake of a new generation of voters coming of age. don't let them get disillusioned the same way we all are now. show them that government can work. show them that this all matters in the big scheme of things. and that people can work together to make our country and world a better place. show them. i believe you can do it. after all, you are running our country, so you are a smart person surrounded by some of the smartest people our country has to offer (although, sometimes i wonder...). make our country worth believing in again. drop the partisanship. be the bigger man. the liberals and ndp won't because they are opposition, and it's their job to attack you. be the bigger man. make this country work. i'm begging you. because i am tired. i'm tired of hoping for better and getting more of the same. i will give you my vote of confidence right now. we are where we are, and i can't change that. so i will help you as a citizen of this country make things right again. you let me know what you need me to do.

but don't split our country more than it is already just because you have a grasp on power for a couple more years. please don't. politics has become a joke, and my hope is that you can make us respect politicians again. make this country a better place. please. for you, me, the rich, the poor, the middle class, and for my kids. thanks for listening. after all, i am assuming you do read my blog everyday.