Glorified Ape said:
I'll be voting Liberal. Harper's about as attractive to me as a herpetic sore on my eye. The Sponsorship Scandal and everything associated with it stinks, but I'm not going to cut my nose off to spite my face and, lacking any viable alternative, I'll stick with the Libs.
You Sir, should cut off your nose, cause you can't see anything past it. There are 2 viable alternatives. Both the Consv and NDP have ideas how they can run this country better then the past goverments of the last 12 yrs. No wait, the last yr or so the NDP
have been running the country...so the Liberals could hold gov't.
hamiltongs said:
The "scary" thing about the Conservative Party isn't Harper, but that Harper is the brightest light on an otherwise very dim string of bulbs. Christ, the Conservative candidate in my riding owns a scrapyard, and this is an urban riding! It galls me to imagine someone with so little to recommend him cruising to a parliamentary seat on the back of a backlash against the Liberals.
I guess the fact that the Liberal party spent most of its time trying to get some of those dim bulbs to cross the floor has nothing to do with your opinion.
You know what galls my prairie farmboy guts, is that you city folk can't look past the money and the pretty suits to see that our country has been robbed during the last 10-12 yrs in an effort to retain power. That and over taxing the population so that they can say" Oh look how good we are governing, we have another budget surplus. Now look how generous we are by giving that money back to you." Never mind that thats OUR money to start with. Last time I checked, governing wasn't supposed to be a For-Profit endevour. Its supposed to be zero balance budgeting, ie income from taxes etc = out going monies.
And while I am at it...name one intiative, name on flicker of leadership that the Liberal party has provided our country in the last decade. OK now name 2 programs failed miserably, wait thats too easy, name 3.
So other then your Ontario media fed opinion that the Conservative party candidates are dim, give us one good reason...just one, why the Conservative Party can not lead this country better then the past Liberal government has?
And I'll even stretch these comments for you two gentlemen to include the NDP, why can't they lead this country better then the past Liberal government has?
Michael Dorosh said:
I'd welcome a small businessman if it meant one less lawyer in Parliament...
So what should the prerequisite occupation be in order to be elected MP? We know it isn't soldier, sailor or airman.
Well, not in the Liberal party...but atleast the Conservatives will entertain your nomination. Too bad Lew didn't win, and there is this guy who I would like to see as our next MND or Min of Foreign Affairs.
Seventeen months ago, retired military pilot Laurie Hawn came within striking distance of taking Edmonton Centre from Anne McLellan, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and holder of one of only two Liberal seats in Alberta.
Hawn's strong suit is his background -- he retired as a lieutenant-colonel to launch a successful investment career -- and a reputation for integrity at a time when it seems in short supply federally