This election is going to be difficult as there are policy decisions fundamentally to be made.
I sometimes support an NDP Candidate if that person is progressive and fiscally conservative.
The problem I have is the political correctness to the absurd, we have to have 50/50 men and
women, (I think we should have qualified people regardless of what sex they are) There are
positive and negatives to voting this way this time. My biggest problem is Jack himself, and
the fact the party seems to be looking for a purpose to exist.
The Liberals on the other hand, well they are the other half of the Conservative program there is
almost no difference. I say this as there is a difference between action and rhetoric. The Liberals
have no purpose under the leadership they have. Iggy is a cut out prop, he his manipulated by
handlers. An intellectual in a plaid shirt, trying to capture the imagination of the working man and
the middle and upper middle class. Of course, Iggy is a great fan of the Bush Administration,
one that was even more conservative than Harper. How the hell can anyone reconcile that?
The Greens, what can I say these are not part of the left wing intellectual circle, they are on the
regressive right actually and more dogmatic than any other party or philosophy. Greens, not a
Political movement, it is actually the new religion and should they become government we would
have more to fear than anything on the Harper agenda, even more than anything the NDP could
come up with, and certainly more complicating than the Federal Liberals.
The Bloc, they are actually the only hope we have. Their separatist position is what unites the rest
of this great country. The Bloc also have enough going for them to prevent anyone from forming a
majority and really screwing us. The Bloc is a movement but it is not a religion, the Bloc is a route
to the dream of a nation on one hand and a reluctance to leave Canada on the other hand.
The Greens are far more concerning to me than the Bloc ever will be.
Then there is Harper himself, yes he is a control freak and he micro manages everything. Actually
this is not about power for Harper, it is in my opinion more about fear, and the fear of not achieving
his ultimate goal. Harper is also moving toward the middle of the Conservative movement, he is
slowly but surely shedding his Reform skin, and the reason is because he knows he cannot win on
the Reform platform, and he could not maintain power if he stayed that far on the right. His problem
is he cannot hold onto power if he does not mold his program to fit the majority view of a center
right government.
Put this into the mix and it really gets interesting. If Iggy loses the next election they will get rid of him
faster than a snake sheds its skin.
Jack is riding on the last train to the political wilderness, his hayride is over and the NDP may even find
its purpose with a new leader.
Duceppe he can stay as long as he likes because he has provided sound leadership in his concentrated
political base. This guy could make a career out being a pain in the backside for everyone and he has the
luxury in that he can enjoy it.
The Greens, the only hope we have is that they will never find a real leader. The Greens are not a
political movement, they are not a political party, they are a Religion and that makes them unpredictable
and concerning. Their policy would get rid of the wealthy, the upper middle, middle and lower middle
classes and provide the world with a new cottage industry, it is called poverty. They would be under huge
pressure from their base to move quickly and this would not allow for transition into a green world as they
believe it will be.
The Conservatives, here is a group the country says we will sort of trust you, but we will not trust you with
ultimate control. We want to keep our social contracts and not turn pensions and medicare over to the
private sector. We want a low key government that is variable, that can adapt like a chameleon and become
Liberal when it is convenient. Harper has in fact done this, he assisted business with bailouts and all the
things that the Liberals would have done. Social Conservatives are already getting restless and fiscal
Conservatives are forced to support him.
In short none of the leaders are safe, the people are becoming restless and in general we don't know what
they are going to do in a polling booth and that is why none of the leaders really want an election despite
what they would have us believe.
After all that I really don't know what I will do at this point in a polling booth.