The other side...

Tuesday, February 07, 2006 at 03:05 PM

The issue of David Emerson's appointment to Stephen Harper's cabinet has most conservative bloggers furious. A doughty band of brother and sister bloggers have staked out the hill opposite, and on it they've hosted the flag that reads: "Hey, this makes sense!"

A small band, to be sure, but stout of heart. And not a single one a stooge of the Conservative Party, but each of us, based on the facts of the case, convinced that this was a good move, and possibly a brilliant move.

• small dead animals
• Stephen Taylor
• either orr (and here)
• Plattytalk
• M.K. Braaten
• The Phantom Observer
• Just between us girls
• Officially Screwed
• Greater Toronto Area Conservative
• Dark Blue Tory
• Japnaam Singh
• Captain's Quarters
• Black Sheep Press
• Cloud of Idiot Gas
• Strong World
• Blue Blogging Soapbox
• cerdipity
• Canadian Conservative
• Keeping the Liberals on the Outside
• This Canada
• The Potent Pew
• The Raw Life
• Peaktalk
• ChuckerCanuck
• The Hammer of Thor
• IAMalsoCanadian
• Alliance Reformist Conservatrice Canadienne
• Canadianna
• Hatrock's Cave
• ThePolitic
• The Great Pumpkin
• unsolicitedADVICE
• Upper Canada Catholic

I'll add to this list if you are a blogger who has posted a defense of Stephen Harper's cabinet decision on David Emerson.

One thing to note, though, is the civility of the disagreement. The debate has been overwhelmingly polite. Focus on the argument, not on the person. Thankfully, I don't see any reason to remind people of that.

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