Liberals agree not to run candidate against Green leader
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no, they just want to see McKay kicked out of his riding, and by not running in his riding, it gives a better chance to May.
What the heck though, is all this talks about running, and election.
FYI: No election has been called!
What the heck though, is all this talks about running, and election.
FYI: No election has been called!
Mackay will have no trouble against May and another Green party leader will go down for the count.
Now if the Liberal Party would make the same announcement for the other 300 ridings.,,
lol, right on Toro.
Your obviously Canadian if your on CanCon, can you vote in our elections from Florida?
Your obviously Canadian if your on CanCon, can you vote in our elections from Florida?
May and the Greens have less substance than Stephen Harper. If the Dips bring their A game they can split loose votes and send Peter packing.
May just proves that she and the entire Green party are not serious about representation in the house of commons.
She could have camapigned in a half dozen ridings in BC and won, making her the first green party candidate in Canada but instead she teams up with Dion which deminishes her credibility.
Mackay will win handily as he always does in his riding (his family has very deep ties in the community) and May along with her Green party will dissolve into obscurity yet again.
What an absolute joke.
Dion is no better for going along with this hair brained scheme.
She could have camapigned in a half dozen ridings in BC and won, making her the first green party candidate in Canada but instead she teams up with Dion which deminishes her credibility.
Mackay will win handily as he always does in his riding (his family has very deep ties in the community) and May along with her Green party will dissolve into obscurity yet again.
What an absolute joke.
Dion is no better for going along with this hair brained scheme.
Dion has just decided two things:
One, he is lord and emperor of the Liberal Party, and the local riding associations are meaningless.
Two, the Liberal Party is no longer the Liberal Party of Canada, since they have decided to not represent all of the country.
One, he is lord and emperor of the Liberal Party, and the local riding associations are meaningless.
Two, the Liberal Party is no longer the Liberal Party of Canada, since they have decided to not represent all of the country.
I believe that there will be some backlash due to this.
I can't wait to see the spin the other party's will put on this.
Dion is making sure May doesn't get a seat.
MacKay won by 3273 votes last time. The Greens got 671. There's 10349 votes up for grabs. If it was New Brunswick maybe MacKay wouldn't have to worry since its got a lot of military with interests in Afghanistan to rationalize, but we're talking Nova Scotia. They're still reeling from the Highland Clearances.
MacKay won by 3273 votes last time. The Greens got 671. There's 10349 votes up for grabs. If it was New Brunswick maybe MacKay wouldn't have to worry since its got a lot of military with interests in Afghanistan to rationalize, but we're talking Nova Scotia. They're still reeling from the Highland Clearances.
That's funny, because I think dropping a dark horse for an odds-on at giving Harper's successor the boot and looking like a gentleman in the process is fricking brilliant.
Let's see:
Odds-on? Mackay is likely to win unless his father runs for the Liberals. May has pretty much no chance of winning.
Harper's successor? Mackay is unlikely to be Harper's successor
A gentleman? Dion looks like a dicatorial twit instead of a gentleman
Brilliant? If you want to lose credibility, sure.
I admit, when I found out Dion was selected as the new leader of the liberals, I was impressed. I thought it was great that someone who seemed so keen on environmental issues would be leading that party. But now he seems like a one trick pony only. His leadership is haphazard and lacks the cohesion needed for that party to do anything. Increasingly he's moving away from the juicy center of politics and that's no good for his party.
check the numbers, TP. MacKay won by 3k in a three way race that gave him less than a majority of the votes. Now 10k are up for grabs. You might want to figure in the likelihood that the CPC-Lib swing already played out in the last election.
I hope he's as complacent about it as you are but I doubt very much the old PC backbenchers are going to let him ride this out without finding out how much juice he has left in the glass.
You're just spinning the numbers.
Yes, there are 10,000 votes up for grab but only half of them vote which brings the number down to 5,000. Which makes his 3,000 much more formidable. The Liberal candidate was a distant third in that riding. This time May will be the distant third behind the C's and the NDP.
Thus ensuring the greens will not be in a position to win a seat for another 5 years. May and Dion have single handedly landed a huge blow to the environmental movement in Canada. Ahhhh, the irony.
How much time have you spent in the riding? How many of those Liberal votes do you think will go to Elizabeth May?
:roll:
the pot calls the kettle black.
Peter G. MacKay CON 17134 40.66% X
Alexis MacDonald NDP 13861 32.89%
Dan Walsh LIB 10349 24.56%
David Orton GRN 671 1.59%
Allan H. Bezanson ML 124 0.29%
anything else you want to pull out of your ass while everyone's watching?
It would be historic for the greens to win just as the PQ seems to be in decline, and conservatives may be gaining token support.
Although it seems not very likely that such a merger would happen as between the PC and Alliance, if people voted for a consolidated Green Liberal Party, and both groups voters voted for them, The Christmas Party? Throw the Marijuana party in too and legalize pot why don't ja?
The conservatives do appear to be a growing force and only such tactics, that didn't loose party supports, in a 'major party' akinness, would likely be possible.
It doesn't seem likely but it's what they need to do to promote their agenda. It'd be nice if the NDP jumped on the bandwagon, but McKay loosing his seat would be a pretty big blow for the Conservatives none the less. It would be a historic BiElection. If they pulled it off, I think McKay may end up in a riding in the upcoming Quebec BiElections.. but no idea..
The analysts say its an imposibility. Too bad party funds couldn't move a few thousand people to that community in time for the BiElection. Thats what the greens need to do though, set up a hippy village to get a seat.
Although it seems not very likely that such a merger would happen as between the PC and Alliance, if people voted for a consolidated Green Liberal Party, and both groups voters voted for them, The Christmas Party? Throw the Marijuana party in too and legalize pot why don't ja?
The conservatives do appear to be a growing force and only such tactics, that didn't loose party supports, in a 'major party' akinness, would likely be possible.
It doesn't seem likely but it's what they need to do to promote their agenda. It'd be nice if the NDP jumped on the bandwagon, but McKay loosing his seat would be a pretty big blow for the Conservatives none the less. It would be a historic BiElection. If they pulled it off, I think McKay may end up in a riding in the upcoming Quebec BiElections.. but no idea..
The analysts say its an imposibility. Too bad party funds couldn't move a few thousand people to that community in time for the BiElection. Thats what the greens need to do though, set up a hippy village to get a seat.