Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once.

The above statement says it all as I've always been a strong believer that the most important thing to a man is his word. However, according to Globe and Mail columnist Jeffrey Simpson, it is only good to keep your word to people that will vote for you. In all other cases, it is acceptable to break promises, dodge and lie. Here's his most interesting line in defense of McGuinty's broken promise not to raise taxes:

The granddaddy of photo ops, however, featured Mr. McGuinty signing a written pledge not to raise taxes. The pledge was published by a small but noisy lobby group, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, most of whose members weren't going to vote Liberal anyway.

Let's just say, with statements like that, it's lucky that Mr. Simpson doesn't have to face the electorate. Methinks he wouldn't last very long. (Hat tip Paul Tuns)