Courtesy of Paul Wells

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... But here's an ad I'd run this weekend, if I was a Grit and seriously worried I was about to lose big:

BLANK BLACK SCREEN

TYPE APPEARS ACROSS SCREEN AS DEEP, URGENT VOICE READS TEXT:

"Foreign Minister Stockwell Day"

SCREEN DARKENS; RELIGHTS ON LIBERAL LOGO; BRIGHT WOMAN'S VOICE READS:

"On January 23, Vote Liberal."

Comments

[-kissyfur-.livejournal.com]

I often vote NDP for the simple reason that I don't want to vote Liberal or Conservative. I think they get many a vote that way and that is very silly of me.

I just wish they (the NDP) would stop focussing so damn much on Star Wars and the Environment. If I hear Jack Layton try to talk fancy talk about interstellar missiles and global satellite systems one more time! And honestly, yes the environment is an extremely important platform, but the reality it's not winning anyone any elections these days. The general populous just doesn't care about that any more. Where's their tax breaks or refunds in an environmental platform? That's the shit that gets you people's votes, unfortunately.

Jack Layton really needs to focus the NDP on some more current, pertinent issues if he wants to be taken more seriously as a potential Prime Minister.

Granted, he is good at commenting on everyone else's views on the economy, government, etc. But what politician isn't?

I never talk about politics that much, nor read political posts...but for some reason today, I felt the urge.

Bring on the Nat hating/3 page post on the NDP platform! :)

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If I hear Jack Layton try to talk fancy talk about interstellar missiles and global satellite systems one more time!

I don't think I've heard him say anything about this since 2004... maybe I just missed it. Personlly, I find his topics this time around incredibly relevant, and surprisingly realistic. The NDP have a history of pie-in-the-sky wishes, but since the late 90s they seem to recognize the need for tradeoffs.