Ruby Dhalla.. poster girl for the Liberal Elite

The current Ruby Dhalla mess, in this bloggers mind, has less to do with the suggestion she mistreated her employees, and more about the disconnect between the Liberal oligarchy and the Canadian people.

Ruby Dhalla, recall, was at one point considered for leadership of the party. She has been a stalwart of the party, given high profile positions under Martin, Dion and now Ignatieff. She is, in many respects, the "face" of the party.

Now - unlike some of my fellow Conservatives, I'm really not overly concerned about the particulars of her little nanny dispute. The accusers may or may not be exaggerating - and Ruby may or may not be unfairly accused in many respects (though I'm slightly irritated with the revelation that her staffer pressured a senior citizen to sign an endorsement on behalf of her seniors organization - which endorsement was later retracted).

No - what I find more interesting is what it says about those at the top of the Liberal party.

We have, King Michael, now known very well as someone who snubbed his own brother for being too short and too fat while they were in school - and as such, wasn't permitted to acknowledge Michael at Upper Canada College. Who loves to drop names and references to his literary past - "Oh, did you know Barack Obama read MY book?".

And now we have Ruby Dhalla - former actress, beauty pageant contestant, Chiropractor, and business women, who was one of those Canadians who has the wherewithal to be able to rely on "the help" to tend to her and her family's homes. Apparently, washing their cars, cleaning their clinics and shining their shoes.

No biggy. If you are busy, and can afford it, why not create a job and hire someone to help you.

The problem, however, is that the Liberal party of Canada has created this facade of some connection with the down-trodden, that they are the saviors of the middle and the lower classes.

The reality - the upper echelon, the policy-makers, of the Liberal party are truly what are described as the "Liberal Elite".

What does that mean? Well, typically, it references the well-healed and well-educated who have the luxury of pontificating on how to "make society better", while having no real risk imposed upon them in the event that their philosophical meanderings turn into mush.

We'll raise taxes for this program or that (can you say gun control) and if it turns out that we're wrong, well, for the most part, we're either so wealthy that OUR tax consequence is easily avoided, or we're esconced in academia, the place where Michael Ignatieff admits, "a bus-driver would know more of what's what" than they do.

In other words, the thinking minds of the Liberal party, truly, are people who admit they really don't have a pulse on what is happening in reality. Who base massive societal changes upon those who know less of "what's what" than the average bus driver.

The people, for example, who propose a national daycare program for everyone. The Liberal party wants to spend literally billions of dollars to make sure that no parent "has to" raise their own child. And not just struggling single mothers.. no, that doesn't go far enough, it doesn't assure that the government can get their mitts on the minds of ALL children - so they're going to pay for daycare for Ruby Dhalla, and Michael Ignatieff.. lawyers, doctors, billionairs. All of them "deserve" to have their children raised by the state, don't you know.

Why should we raise our own children? Why should we tend to our own aged parents?

These are the people who are going to "save" society.

People like Ruby Dhalla.

People like Michael Ignatieff.

Aren't they swell?