I'm not a fan of Bob Rae, few are, though many have mixed feelings about him. As many of us know he is running for the Liberal Leadership. Now the link I'm posting is not what I got most of my info from today as the document I read was in the Toronto star and I could not find the same one online, but one which is close enough to get down to the point.
Bob Rae as we know was the only Democrat to be PM of Ontario ever. Many on the right and left just don't like him because during his time in office he seemed to shift from hard left to the right and then just not full fill his promises and the whole government itself seemed to be confused and always over reacted to anything happening. He started in Ontario as an old guard socialist and left as a fiscal conservative who totally bought into Mike Harris Common sence revolution, and the NDP platform during that election was a softer version of that platform actually. One of the reason (among many) why many unions shift their support to the liberals during that election).
Now I am not a Fan of Bob Rae but what he has been saying about Social Democracy has echoed what I have said myself in the past. He himself though he is running for the Liberal leadership says he is still a social democrat. But he adds that socialists and social democrats like the NDP have to wake up and come into the 21 centry. He said he learned from his mistakes and said the old ways of socialism just don't anymore. Their is no real black and white complete right and wrong. As a social democrat (and even socialists) we should be embracing the free market economy (though by doing so we should make it fair and look after the workers too) and we should control the unions to a certain degree and even make cut backs in area's where services are merely burocratic and what not.
Wow Bob Rae almost converts me to want to join the Liberal party and even vote for him if he were to win. But really from the first day to the last day of his government, his government was running ontario as if they had no clue what they were doing. I don't think Bob Rae should be the PM of Canada as I do not think he has the B@lls to actually push for things the left or the right may not want. He seems to waver a lot back and forth and I really can't see him even winning the leadership race. But I must give him credit, he is totally right on what hesaid about social democrats and socialist. By in large most of these groups around the world are moving away from the absolute, but many members I'd say in the Democrats tend to still think of things as completely right or completely wrong. Though at the same time, so do conservatives. *shrugs*
I'll be voting NDP even if Bob Rae is the Liberal leader. But their are a few Liberal leaders who might have a chance in getting my support.
Bob Rae as we know was the only Democrat to be PM of Ontario ever. Many on the right and left just don't like him because during his time in office he seemed to shift from hard left to the right and then just not full fill his promises and the whole government itself seemed to be confused and always over reacted to anything happening. He started in Ontario as an old guard socialist and left as a fiscal conservative who totally bought into Mike Harris Common sence revolution, and the NDP platform during that election was a softer version of that platform actually. One of the reason (among many) why many unions shift their support to the liberals during that election).
Now I am not a Fan of Bob Rae but what he has been saying about Social Democracy has echoed what I have said myself in the past. He himself though he is running for the Liberal leadership says he is still a social democrat. But he adds that socialists and social democrats like the NDP have to wake up and come into the 21 centry. He said he learned from his mistakes and said the old ways of socialism just don't anymore. Their is no real black and white complete right and wrong. As a social democrat (and even socialists) we should be embracing the free market economy (though by doing so we should make it fair and look after the workers too) and we should control the unions to a certain degree and even make cut backs in area's where services are merely burocratic and what not.
Wow Bob Rae almost converts me to want to join the Liberal party and even vote for him if he were to win. But really from the first day to the last day of his government, his government was running ontario as if they had no clue what they were doing. I don't think Bob Rae should be the PM of Canada as I do not think he has the B@lls to actually push for things the left or the right may not want. He seems to waver a lot back and forth and I really can't see him even winning the leadership race. But I must give him credit, he is totally right on what hesaid about social democrats and socialist. By in large most of these groups around the world are moving away from the absolute, but many members I'd say in the Democrats tend to still think of things as completely right or completely wrong. Though at the same time, so do conservatives. *shrugs*
I'll be voting NDP even if Bob Rae is the Liberal leader. But their are a few Liberal leaders who might have a chance in getting my support.
