RoyBrown wrote:QUOTE (RoyBrown @ May 3 2011, 08:11 PM) The basics of it are the Layton speaks French well, he's upbeat, friendly, and supportive of French issues.
He panders to the separatists and socialists in the same breath. He has some great ideas for improving Canada's government socialist programs, but doesn't seem to have thought through how they will be financed with the current tax structure. Also, the Conservatives can't ignore the official opposition if they are a national party (NDP). They can ignore the Bloc, because they are a one-issue (separatist) party and Quebec doesn't vote conservative.
QUOTE The people that voted for the NDs in Quebec aren't federalists all, and the BQ will be back though I doubt it'll get back to it's former "glory" anytime soon. The Conservatives primarily gained a small majority by having the vote split in certain ridings and that maininly in Ontario, having said that they are slightly more popular- or are they, many people that are small L liberals voted Conservative in a bizzare attempt to top the NDs from gaining too much ground.[/quote]
I'm more worried about the BQ support shifting to the provincial separatist party, resulting in a surge in separatist MPPs in the next provincial election.
QUOTE The Greens mainly lost support for two reasons, being blocked from the national debates by scum sucking network pigs that deserve to be rapped by diseased camels, and that much of their support went to the NDs to catch the wave- in fairness most of the Green vote that switch over is probably in ridings where it didn't matter (much), and probably will switch back unless there is an ND incombant.[/quote]
Bitter much? In the current FPTP system, voting Green is a waste of your vote, outside of May's riding. Although she still should have been in the leader's debate.
QUOTE ... Dion had some very good ideas but frankly was a total lame duck that spoke worse then Cretin-head, and then there was ignat- who while probably is a really great Canadian that just came across as if he wasn't Canadian. Plus of course the Conservative attack ads, being mean works and I blame you Americans for infecting mr.cuddly harper (hah!).[/quote]
Dion had great ideas? Did you even read
the Green Shift? Even if (in the unlikely possibility) that the tax structure was modified so that no increased tax was paid by citizens, there would be a net government revenue loss in increased tax administration costs during the transition.
There's no such thing as a "no new tax" tax modification. Taxes are increased, every time, always. Except for pork tax cuts, which are inefficient and rarely effective.
As far as supporting Dion's environmental policies, there are better ways of reducing pollution than carbon tax with a consumer rebate. But that debate belongs in the climate change thread buried around here somewhere.
Every party runs attack ads, and pulling out the "They made him look like a meany!" argument makes you look like a fool. Every election comes with attack ads on all sides, and blaming the attack ads for your loss means you are blaming your own party's advertising staff for your loss.
The Liberals have spent too long riding on the "Natural Governing Party" line, which btw, originated with
William Lyon Mackenzie King who spent 22 years as Prime Minister. I'm not against the Liberals on any basis other than ineptness in this last election, but they really need to reorganize, stop relying on past results as a reason to vote for them, and put forward a simplified platform which can be accepted by most of the country.
