Worst of both worlds

Selley on the government's mistake in keeping abortion off the order paper by any means necessary:

All the muzzling and machinations haven’t stopped the hysterics from accusing Mr. Harper of a theocratic agenda to keep Canadian women barefoot and pregnant; meanwhile, they have quite rightly bolstered his reputation as an abuser of democracy. Surely this government’s thuggish reputation is a bigger problem at this point than the “social-conservative conspiracy” burden it has always successfully shouldered.

Not exactly astute, and I say that as one who usually votes Tory for lack of any better choice (uh-oh, that word again).