Rev, I don't make posts just for your pleasure.
No shit?
I know you're voting NDP but you have no problem advising other NDP supporters to vote Liberal in their riding if it will get them elected.
Apparently you are comprehension-challenged in your reading ability. I know a lady who teaches adult literacy...perhaps I could put you in touch with her.
I've repeatedly said that if people are considering voting strategically that they check to see who the race is really between so they don't split the vote by casting a ballot for a Liberal who is destined to be an also-ran no matter what. I've also said that I don't agree with strategic voting, but understand why some people do it.
Really? Do you have any proof of that? Or are you going to post something that was said 18 years ago, or really has nothing to do with the Conservatives party. The fact is the Liberals are FAR worse at mud slinging than the Conservatives could ever hope to be.
Like I've said several times, Conservative supporters were pushing this bit of racist slander about Olivia Chow during the last election. If you want, I'll point you in the general direction in a PM, but I have no intention of posting links to the sites that I'm referring to and I'm not likely to dig up exact posts from over a year ago.
Following the plumbers' creed, "Shit flows down, payday's on Friday," and noting the fact that most of these people aren't bright enough to come up with such a thing by themselves, it becomes pretty clear that it started someplace within the Conservative party.
That's rather rich don't you think? This is like the third time this election alone that the Liberals have been caught making defamatory racist or bigoted remarks. You look at it as par for the course but I look at it as unprecidented arrogance. They actually believe that it's their right to govern and they should be able to say "anything" and "steal" as much money as they want.
It's no more arrogant than Stephen Harper bringing up his bigoted stance on same-sex marriage or refusing to endorse the deal that Martin swung with natives.
The Conservatives, including sitting MPs, have a documented history of racist statements.
That doesn't make the Liberals right when they do the same thing, but it does make the Conservatives hypocrites when they yak about it.
Still pushing that, are you? Vic Toews broke election laws. Stockwell "Doris" Day tried to illegally influence a court case. Stephen Harper sued the government in an attempt to allow his rich buddies to corrupt our democratic process.
I'll trust Svend with my jewellry. I don't trust any of those three with our democracy though. They haven't sought treatment and are far too likely to re-offend.
Apparently, the left can make political hay on hearsay and baseless accustaions of a "hidden agenda" but god forbid anyone else makes politcal hay over facts. Read your own article that you posted Rev. It appears that the NDP are making "political hay" over this. How dare they participate in "corrupt politicking."
The slur was a direct attack on the NDP and it's members. We have every right to talk about it.
Oh God. Where do dig up this stuff?
The dictatorial part from listening to what Conservative Party insiders say. The chair part from watching the Conservative convention on TV.
It was Martin that forced his members to vote in favour of SSM and other issues as well. Funny how the only NDP member to vote against SSM, is no longer welcome on Laytons team.
Martin allowed all non-cabinet ministers to vote as they pleased. Bev Desjarlais was allowed to run for nomination but she lost in a democratic vote. Niki Ashton won the candidacy. So much for Desjarlais' claim that she was reflecting the view of her constituents.
Unlike Stephen Harper, Jack Layton doesn't refuse to sign the nomination papers of candidates who disagree with him.
Rev, you keep accusing me of trying to get people to vote Conservative even though I have never said such a thing once.
Pedantry is just another way of hiding from the truth, Breakthrough. The fact is that you've taken every opportunity to support the Conservatives and denigrate the other parties. That is, whether you say it outright or not, trying to convince others to vote Conservative.
On the other hand you have openly asked many members including myself to vote NDP.
And I'll continue to. Honestly. Without hiding behind pedantry.
Strategic voting doesn't work and it was proven during the last election. Personally, I hope the left does vote strategically, because that will ensure more Conservatives win.
Considering some of the races in BC and Saskatchewan, the NDP are as likely to take seats from the Conservatives as the Liberals. Where strategic voting hurt us was as much in ridings where the fight was between NDP and Conservative candidates as anyplace else.
I'm asking people to vote for the party that they believe in. Which in this case would be ANY party but the Liberals. Vote NDP, Conservative, Green, Marijuana party. I couldn't care less, but I'm tired of hearing the same old story that the Liberals are somehow our best option. That's not only ridiculous, it's pathetic.
Two things. If your precious Conservatives would have supported PR the last time around, you wouldn't be having this problem now. If Harper wasn't so scary, the Liberals wouldn't have such success in painting him as such.
