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Jacob Story: Mohave County Libertarians clear up some misconceptions – Today’s News-Herald

Posted: June 10, 2017 at 7:31 pm

Editor:A few weeks back, the Mohave County Libertarian Party was meeting on a Thursday night at Kingmans Black Bridge Brewery, and we were talking about the array of misconceptions about the Libertarian Party.

We decided that theres a lot of misinformation out there, so I took it upon myself as the Treasurer of the Mohave County Libertarian Party to write this to get a few things straight.

I believe that theres a lot of misinformation. It has been suggested that we Libertarians are in the same realm as the resistance, also known as the indivisible group. Two groups that, from my understanding, decided the Democratic National Committee was too conservative, and theyre a fringe sect to the left of conventional DNC thinking.

Often people see the word libertarian and think liberal the word libertarian actually derives from the word liberty; not so coincidentally, one of the symbols often used by the Libertarian Party is the Statue of Liberty.

Generally the Libertarian party has a platform of the following: Small or almost nonexistent government; limited, if no taxes whatsoever; unfettered individual rights; people taking individual responsibility; noninterference with foreign nations issues; and open and free markets. This is to name a few of the basic principles of the Libertarian Party. It can be boiled down even further to the following notion: We leave you alone, you leave us alone. The Libertarian Party has also been described as socially liberal, fiscally conservative, which I suppose is fair. Our party is relatively new, formed in 1971, but were growing. The 2016 election saw many new registered Libertarians and although we didnt have any federal wins our win was the fact that we received 4.5 million votes, or in other terms, 3.2 million more votes than our last go during the 2012 general election. That speaks volumes 3.2 million fed-up voters.

We simply want this great Republic to once again be for the people not the select few elected to office. If you want to hear more about what were all about, please come join us for a beer at 6 p.m. on the second Thursday of every month at Black Bridge Brewery in Kingman.

Treasurer, Mohave County Libertarian Party

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Libertarian Party To File Petitions As ‘New Political Party’ For Fourth Time – KUAR

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For the fourth consecutive election cycle, theLibertarian Party of Arkansasplans to deliver petitions to the Arkansas Secretary of States office on Monday to become a new political party for the 2018 election.

Because the party failed to win 3% of the electoral vote in the 2016 presidential race that swept Republican nominee Donald Trump into the White House, Arkansas law requires a new political party to collect 10,000 valid voter signatures during a 90-day period.

Party chairman Michael Pakko, an economist at the University of Arkansas at Little Rocks Institute for Economic Advancement, said the party finds itself in the position again of having to register as a new party when it has participated in the last four presidential elections. Pakko said the performance of the candidate at the top of the ticket should not be the only measuring stick for ballot access. Despite being considered a new party under the law, Libertarians fielded a candidate in all four congressional races, while the Democrats only contested the 2nd District. The party was also the only competition in eight of the 34 contested state House races.

Our performance was definitely improved, Pakko said. We are giving voters a choice and voters are making that choice and voting Libertarian.

According to Pakko, party officials collected more than 15,000 signatures for the 2018 ballot after former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson fell short in the 2016 presidential race with only with 2.63% of the Arkansas vote. Thats an improvement from 2012, when Johnson won 1.52% of the vote. His vote total rose from 16,276 that year to 29,611 this year. If the partys gubernatorial candidate wins 3% in 2018, it wont have to collect signatures in 2020.

By not winning 3% of the vote, the party will again have to qualify for the ballot in 2018, a process Pakko has said required six months of work as well as about $33,000 in costs in the 2016 cycle. Because the primary was moved up to March 1, a state law required the party to select its candidates at the end of 2015. Pakko said the party will try to change the states law defining a political party in the 2017 legislative session while working toward the 2018 election.

During the recent legislative session, the party did not get enough support to change the states law defining a political party ahead of the 2018 election.

And as the nation is riveted with former FBI Director James Comeys testimony before Congress and an obstruction of justice investigation of President Donald Trump by independent counsel Robert Mueller, Pakko said there is a high level of mistrust between American voters and Republican and Democratic parties.

There remains a low-level of trust in government and the two-party system, Pakko said. We see the constant bickering between the two major parties and I think one thing that Libertarians would like voters to know is there is another choice and another option out there.

Pakko said Arkansas voters should take a closer look at the Libertarian Party in 2018 at all levels.

We have a specific set of principles that we believe and we put emphasis on the rights of individuals, and that individuals should be free to live their lives as they see fit without as little interference from the government as possible, said the Libertarian leader and economic forecaster. Keep the government out of peoples lives and out of their pocketbooks.

After party leaders deliver petitions to the Secretary of States office next week and the signatures are validated within 30 days, Pakko said the party will immediately begin to recruit new candidates for the next major election that is now less than two years away.

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Democrats Commit Suicide by Testimony The Lowdown On Liberty – Being Libertarian (satire)

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On Thursday, ex-FBI Director James Comey took to Capitol Hill to testify before Congress about the ongoing Trump-Russia scandal.

Over 19 million people tuned in as mainstream news outlets such as CNN and NBC streamed it live. It was anticipated to be the moment of confirmation for the lefts allegations that have been swirling around Trump the past six months. On the right, though, it was supposed to be the vindication the Republicans have long been waiting for. Which side ended up being the winner, you ask? Unfortunately, yet unsurprisingly, after all was said and done, both sides came away still clinging to their preconceived biases, regardless of what was said in the testimony. Although tiresome to those of us impartial on the matter, it did provide several notable insights, both good and bad.

Thursdays charade helped solidify the notion from libertarians that the right and left are one in the same. As if watching both parties trip over themselves as they quietly teeter-tottered with their love-hate relationship for Comey during the past few months wasnt enough. Try as they might to deny this sobering reality, though, Comeys testimony provided more than enough evidence.

Unfortunately, the bad comes as the realization that the past is repeating itself. We were forced to endure Republicans mindlessly yammering about Obamas birth certificate and Muslim background for eight years while the left venerated itself as the party of truth, incessantly pointing out the total lack of any shred of evidence. Yet, as of Thursday, we now see the exact same grandstanding from the right as Comeys testimony showed the Russia allegations contain precisely the same amount of evidence as the Obama birther stories. Simultaneously, Democrats are needlessly clinging to a story so baseless and idiotic, its on its way to make the birther movement look mundane. Meanwhile, anyone not caught up in the denigration could have honestly concluded this to be the end of the story, but as history and politics have shown us, no matter how inane an accusation turns out to be, it can be kept alive with repetitive propaganda. We should expect this case to be no different.

With Republicans and Democrats drowning themselves out in a sea of lunacy, however, we can focus on the positive takeaway of the event, which is that, sooner or later, regardless of what either party does, people will wake up to the fact that they are opposite sides of the same, incompetent coin. Both parties cant help but prop up fools time and again, and then shoot themselves in the foot as they attempt to save face for their inadequacies. Whether that be an eloquent speaker whose omnibus healthcare plan sunk faster than the Titanic, or a real-estate mogul who is showing an ability to single-handedly ruin international relations through itchy Twitter-fingers.

For those of us with the ability to objectively deduce the truth in these matters, we see that fact with each new revelation. Obama, as it turns out, was not a foreign-born Muslim bent on selling out Americas interests. Rather, he was simply a dishonest, bungling stooge, who continued the trend of a failing foreign policy, a broken healthcare system, and carelessly added to our overwhelming debt. Likewise, Trump is not a Manchurian candidate for Putin. Rather, he is simply an ill-mannered, inexperienced narcissist, who will further antagonize our broken foreign policy, fail to fix our healthcare system, and continue turning a blind-eye towards our insurmountable debt.

In the end, as much as either side tries to hide it, each time an event like this occurs it further reveals the frail, inefficient characters behind the curtain, fumbling to keep the sham in Oz I mean D.C. alive. And although the testimony failed to materialize as the perceived second coming, as neither the rapture nor salvation for either party, it did prove to be a tiny glimmer of hope for those of us looking for evidence as to why a change independent of the two-party system is not only indispensable, but inevitable, which makes us the real winners in this calamity.

This post was written by Thomas J. Eckert.

The views expressed here belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect our views and opinions.

Thomas J. Eckert is college grad with an interest in politics. He studies economics and history and writes in his spare time on political and economic current events.

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The Golden Rule is universal – Montrose Daily Press

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Did you know the Golden Rule is a basic principle in every religion in the world?

Christianitys Golden Rule says, Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you: Do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. (King James Bible, Matt. 7:12) The older Judaic teaching says, What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellowman. This is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary. (Talmud, Shabbat 3id) Both of these religions stress the importance of this basic principle.

Buddhism states, Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful. (Udana-Varga, 5, 1) The Buddhist explanation about not hurting is easy to understand. Hinduism says, When a man sees that the God in himself is the same God in all that is, he hurts himself by hurting others: then he goes to the Highest Path. (Bhagavad Gita,13.28) This Hindu teaching expands on the no hurt principle explaining that right choice brings us to the highest spiritual way.

In Sikhism, the Golden Rule states in a positive way, I am a stranger to no one; and no one is a stranger to me. Indeed, I am a friend to all. (Guru Granth Sahib, pg. 1299) Realizing we can choose to be a friend to all encourages us to act friendlier towards others. Taoism suggests we also use empathy, Regard your neighbors gain as your gain, and your neighbors loss as your own loss. (Tai Shang Kan, 213-218)

Confucianism applies the Golden Rule to social action, One word which sums up the basis of all good conduct is loving kindness. Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no resentment against you, either in the family or in the state. (Analects 15:23) Confucius refers to the basis for all rules and laws as lovingkindness.

Islam teaches the Golden Rule is also a spiritual value, No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself. (Sunnah) To follow the Golden Rule is to follow the deepest spiritual teaching of each faith. Jesus taught this same principle when He talked about the two great commandants to love God with all your heart and soul and your neighbor as yourself.

Expanding the Golden Rule to all of life, Jainism explains, One should treat all creatures in the world as one would like to be treated. (Mahavira, Sutrakritanga) We are only one of a diversity of species on earth who depend on each other for our survival and therefore we should be kind to all of life. Cayuse Chief Young expresses the same sentiment as a Native American, The Great Spirit, in placing men on earth, desired them to take good care of the ground and to do each other no harm.

Because the Golden Rule is found in every religion, we can see that it is a universal principle. Dr. Lawrence Le Shan explains, Do unto othersis not an abstract moral principle, it is a necessary human guideline for our own sakes, our own being. (Alternate Realities)

This universal principle called the Golden Rule is not an abstract thought, it gives us all a powerful guideline to help us live a deeply spiritual life, to express lovingkindness on a daily basis, and to do our part in bringing people together to heal the world.

The Rev. Arlyn McDonald is the senior minister at the Spiritual Awareness Center in Montrose.

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Historic Golden Rule Peace Boat on its way to Noyo Harbor! – Ft. Bragg Advocate-News

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As the representatives of nation states prepare to gather to debate the Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations, Veterans for Peace launched its own campaign for nuclear disarmament. The theme for this 2017 voyage is BAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS! No New Nukes!

In 1958 four Quaker peace activists sailed the Golden Rule toward the Marshall Islands to interfere with U.S. nuclear bomb testing. This bold nonviolent direct action inspired a worldwide movement leading to the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963.

The Golden Rule and its crew is taking on an ambitious schedule sailing down the California Coast from Eureka to San Diego with side trips to Sacramento and Petaluma.

Veterans for Peace have endorsed the Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act introduced by Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass) and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA). The bill would prohibit a first use of nuclear weapons by the United States unless Congress first declares war.

Trinity Church, the Ocean Protection Coalition and Occupy Mendocino are hosting a potluck and presentation, Meet and Eat with the Crew of the Historic Golden Rule, on Monday, June 12. The event starts at 6 p.m. at Trinity Church, 620 E. Redwood Ave. in Fort Bragg.

On Tuesday, June 13, at 6 p.m., Silvers at the Wharf will be the site for a no-host drinks, dinner and conversation with the crew followed by a presentation and discussion featuring guest speaker physicist Lynda Williams. Her expertise is in nuclear power, weapons and missile defense. Williams is a board member of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space and is an ally to Veterans For Peace. For information on meal prices call 707-964-4283.

The Golden Rule Boat tour schedule is set for Monday, June 12, 12 to 4 p.m.; Tuesday, June 13, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Wednesday, June 14, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The Golden Rule is a national project of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization Veterans For Peace, For more information, call Ann Rennacker at 707-964-1420 (Trinity Church event), and Helen Jaccard, VFP Golden Rule project manager at 206-992-6364.

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Theresa May must stand up for gay rights, reproductive rights and liberal values – The Independent

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The last time this country had a hung parliament, David Cameron and Nick Clegg made brave decisions that, somewhat surprisingly, delivered strong and stable government for five years. We should not be fooled into thinking that this hung parliament is comparable. This time, the 1970s offer a better, and less auspicious, precedent.

We mean no disrespect to the voters of Northern Ireland when we point out that most of the population of the United Kingdom have reservations about some of the policies of the Democratic Unionist Party.

We can accept the logic of support for Brexit providing the glue that would keep a deal together between the Conservatives and the DUP. Although it should be pointed out that in Northern Ireland the majority voted to remain in the EU, and that the DUP is just as opposed to the imposition of a hard border between the North and the Republic as any other party. How Northern Ireland can leave the EU and keep an open border with the EU is one of those you should have thought of that earlier questions.

However, it seems that Theresa May has in mind something more than an arms-length deal intended to protect her Governments business in the House of Commons. She has sent Gavin Williamson, her Chief Whip, to Belfast to try to negotiate a full coalition, including, as we report today, a seat or seats for the DUP at the Cabinet table.

This reflects the weakness of her position after losing her majority. The DUP is the only party to which she can turn. The Liberal Democrats oppose Brexit, commendably. They thought they could secure some of their policies in 2010 and indeed they did secure significant gains for liberalism and social justice but now the gulf between them and Ms May is too wide. The only other party that could deliver a Conservative government, the Scottish National Party, has made its implacable opposition to Ms Mays party well known.

The DUP knows what a strong position it is in. Its leaders remember how unionist parties used their leverage in the dying days of John Majors government (which lost its majority through deaths and by-elections in December 1996) and more significantly after the breakdown of the Lib-Lab pact in 1978. James Callaghans minority Labour government needed unionist votes to survive. It was a complete coincidence, of course, that the number of Northern Ireland seats was subsequently increased from 12 to 17.

This is a test, then, of Ms Mays integrity. If she deals with the DUP, she must do so without compromising her Governments support for gay rights, reproductive rightsand liberal values. She must stand by the assurances she gave to Ruth Davidson, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives on Friday. I was fairly straightforward with her and I told her that there were a number of things that count to me more than party. One of them is country, one of the others is LGBTI rights, Ms Davidson said. She said that Ms May agreed to try to use her influence to advance LGBTI rights in Northern Ireland.

At that stage, however, Ms Davidson was under the impression that the Prime Minister has already made it clear that it is not going to be a formal coalition. Ms Mays position as Prime Minister is already precarious enough. If she fails to stand up for equal rights, reproductive rightsand liberal values, she will find it unsustainable.

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Religious Liberals Sat Out of Politics for 40 Years. Now They Want in the Game. – New York Times

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Religious Liberals Sat Out of Politics for 40 Years. Now They Want in the Game.
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Frustrated by Christian conservatives' focus on reversing liberal successes in legalizing abortion and same-sex marriage, those on the religious left want to turn instead to what they see as truly fundamental biblical imperatives caring for the poor ...

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Lopez wins duel, lifts Larks to win over Liberal – Hays Daily News

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The series opener between the Hays Larks and Liberal Bee Jays on Friday night was the textbook definition of a pitchers duel.

Larks starter Alex Lopez won the individual battle with Liberal starter Darin Cook. Lopez picked up his second win of the season with seven shutout innings, scattering five hits in the outing.

Through two starts, Lopez has a pair of wins and is yet to give up a run.

It feels pretty good right now, the Texas Wesleyan product said. Coming back out to Hays is always a great time. It was really good to start off this year with some good games.

Hays manager Frank Leo has come to expect nothing but quality from the second-year Lark.

It helps when youve seen a guy for a year. Its a guy you ran out in the championship game of the (NBC) World Series, Leo said. That tells you we have confidence in him.

Lopez retired the Bee Jays in order in the top of the first before the Larks plated the games only run.

Catcher Nick Jones ripped a one-out double before Jacob Boston plated him with a single for the games only run.

Lopez worked around a two-out single in the second before another 1-2-3 inning in the third. After the Larks stranded two in the bottom half, Lopez had to get himself out of a jam in the fourth.

An error, the only one of the game, put a man on before a single and a walk loaded the bases with two outs. Lopez made one of his better pitches on the night, catching Liberals Zac Cook looking on a 3-2 pitch to get out of the inning unharmed.

Hes an experienced guy that isnt going to get shook out there, Leo said. If he gets himself in a jam, he can step back and make pitches when he needs to.

Hays second baseman Johnathan Soberanes started a 4-6-3 double play to end the Liberal half of the fifth before the Bee Jays had their best opportunity in the sixth.

Jaron Robinson opened the top of the sixth with a double to the gap before Cale ODonnell singled, putting runners on first and third with no outs. Lopez got a strikeout before getting he got Bee Jay catcher Garrett Scott to ground into a double play.

It makes things really easy, said Lopez of pitching in front of a defense he trusts. You can just fill up the zone, and you know theyre going to have your back no matter what happens.

Hays outfielder Trevor Boone smacked a one-out double in the bottom of the sixth but stayed there after a pair of fly outs.

Lopez returned for his final inning in the seventh and sat down the Bee Jays in order, getting a ground out and his sixth and seventh batters.

Alex was really good, Leo said. He made pitches when he had to. Thats a sign of an experienced guy.

The seventh was the pitchers 12th consecutive scoreless inning to open the season. In Fridays seven innings, he said he rarely used his offspeed pitches.

Really working the fastball in on both sides of the plate was really good for me tonight, Lopez said.

Lopez handed it off to Ryan Kotulek for the eighth. After a leadoff single, Boston snagged a liner at short and threw to first for a double play. After playing third and short last year, Boston started the year handling most of the action in right field. With Trey Ochoa gone for the weekend, Leo was comfortable sliding Boston back into one of the most important defensive spots.

Hes a great utility guy, Leo said. Hes a very good athlete. He can handle a lot of spots for us.

Boston led off the bottom half with a walk and moved to second on a Boone single with one out. That ended Cooks night after 7.1 innings. The Liberal starter worked around 10 hits and struck out two with a walk. Derek Craft came on and got a fielders choice that moved Boston to third for Hays third baseman Alex Weiss. Weiss flared a pitch to right but saw it snagged by the Liberal outfielder.

It was far from the only time the Larks sent hard-hit balls right to Liberal fielders.

He barreled too hard, Leo said of Weiss. We did that several times during the night. Im encouraged by what were seeing.

Tyler Starks took the mound in a save situation in the ninth. After a lead off single, the Hays closer got Scott to ground out to Larks first baseman Jace Selsor. Selsor was able to step on first and throw to Boston at short, who tagged ODonnell for the second out of the inning. Starks recorded the save with a called third strike.

The Stephen F. Austin product appears to be in line to hold down the closer role this summer.

Hes the guy, Leo said. He wants the baseball. Hes used to that. Hes a competitor. Hes got the right demeanor for that situation.

The Larks looked to take the series in Saturdays Game 2.

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Cost is one question but partisan politics may undo Liberal defence plan – CBC.ca

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There was a very instructive moment this week amid all of the political messaging, applause and back-slapping involved in the arrival of the long-awaited Liberal foreign policy statement and defence review.

It happened when Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan was asked, in front of a sea of uniforms, to guarantee his exhaustive, occasionally thoughtful piece of policy homeworkwould survive beyond the life of the current government.

The report, after all,is supposed to be a 20-year document.

His response was somewhat awkward: "We as a government and future governments owe it to the Canadian Armed Forces that we fully fund the Canadian Armed Forces on a long-term footing."

Much of the post-policy coverage has, justifiably, focused on fiscal skepticism.

Do the Liberals have the money? If so, where is it? Will it add to the deficit? If so, by how much?

The answers were: Yes. Stay tuned. No. And see the previous answer.

The skepticism, however, has deep and tangled roots, some of them fresh in terms of the string of broken Liberal campaign promises; others stretch back decades where history is littered with well-crafted and some not-so-well-crafted defence policy plans.

The Trudeau government may have given Canadianssome crisp, well-honed ideas and fact-based conclusions in the report about a world in turmoil, many of which run contrary to what they campaigned on.

But what Sajjan's rather tentative call to arms indirectly exposed is perhaps the biggest failing of this latest endeavour and maybe even the ones that preceded it: The absence of clear, unambiguous, long-term political support.

So, forget about the budget for a minute. Think Parliament.

"Unless you do get a consensus, some kind of bipartisan consensus, which I think is possible, then this policy is going to be very short-lived," said Richard Cohen, a retired military officer who servedin the Canadian Forces and the British Army.

He should know.

A member of the military looks on as Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan unveils the Liberal government's long-awaited vision for expanding the Canadian Armed Forces Wednesday. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

As an adviser to former defence minister Peter MacKay, Cohen was one of the people who helped craft the ephemeral 2008 Conservative defence strategy document.

That 20-year plan survived a little less than 20 months from the time it was introduced, said Dave Perry, of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

TheConservative planwas sacrificed in a bid for abalanced budget, but in light of the toxic politics of the day succeeding governments, regardless of their political stripe, would have had a tough time swallowing even the more palatable portions.

The survival of this plan will depend on "whether there is cross-parliamentary and cross-partisan support," Perrysaid.

The two major overseas deployments in recent years have been either politically divisivethink Afghanistanor languished in misunderstood obscurity, such as Iraq.

The defence minister wasn't the only one in the spotlight this week.

Behind Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland's measured, sometimes chirpy, delivery of a major policy speech on Tuesdaywere some stark words and reality.

"To put it plainly: Canadian diplomacy and development sometimes require the backing of hard power," she saidin her speech.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland delivering a speech on Canada's foreign policy future in the House of Commons Tuesday. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)

The notion that Canada can no longer be entirely comfortable under the U.S. security umbrella is remarkable in its sobriety and significance.

Yet, it was politics as usual in the House of Commons after Sajjan delivered his plan.

"The previous government announced a lot of things, didn't put the kind of money forward in stable, long-term predictable ways,and that's what we've done," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said answering opposition criticism.

What the Liberals haven't done is the kind of painful, political bridge-building that may be necessary in times that they themselves acknowledge are extraordinary, said Cohen.

"Neither [opposition]party is very supportive of the end result it seems to me," he said.

The Liberals would argue that both the Conservatives and NDP had their chance during the months of public consultations held during development of the policy.

And, in fairness, neither opposition party has shown any inclination towards ratcheting back the partisan rhetoric.

But Cohen argues the government has an extraordinary opportunity to take politics out of national defence and build some kind of long-term consensus in the implementation of its policy.

"I think this is a time when parties are moreor lessaligned on what they see in terms of our national goals. It is the means they are arguing about," he said. "I think it's possible to come to a consensus, but who knows, maybe it's too late."

Cohen said an overhaul of the House of Commons and senate defence committees,or creating some other kind of body,might provide a venue for bipartisan co-operation.

The almost-established parliamentary oversight committee on national security promised by the Liberals during the election could have provided such a bipartisan forum.

But defence is not included within its already sprawling mandate.

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Election night offers little cheer for the Liberal Democrats – The Economist (blog)

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