Alrighty, let's not do THAT again! On to.. politics!
So after yesterday's adventure, I think it's smarter if I avoid certain topics up here entirely until they simmer a bit. Again, I know I unintentionally freaked people out and I'm sorry about the misinterpretations. Let's move on, shall we?
So Sara touched on election time recently.. I always find fed elections a blow to my faith in the system (whatever faith I have left!) . Mostly around two factors: No real candidates I feel comfortable with and the fact that everyone during their campaigns would rather tell you why you shouldn't vote for the other guy and not tell you why they should vote for you.
Let's look at the first point. So we have 4 major parties:
Conservatives - Harper scares the bejebus out of me, he'd have us in bed with the states for everything. I'm not saying we shouldn't be economic (and sometimes) political partners with the old USA, but we shouldn't accept their foreign policy just because we're neighbours. Right now, Canada is under zero risk of any sort of threat. Want to create a risk and get a bunch of our soldiers killed? Let's go into Iraq! Woohoo!
Liberals - You have to admit, the mismanagement of money stinks. There's nothing that turns me off more than government waste. It doesn't matter what party is in power - they'll all do it. But my conscience would hurt if I voted Red. And I know it's how politics works, but it was painful to see a party bend their agenda because they're a minority and need more votes. If liberals do win again, it'll be another minority government. To their credit, Martin is the only of the 4 leaders I really see as a P.M.
NDP - Riight. Cause Jack Layton would make such a credible P.M. NDP spends and spends and spends. Look at the last time they had Ontario. Not the direction we want to head.
PQ - Don't get me started.
So part 2, why is it that no party feels they can win an election based on their own platform, and not have to resort bashing the other guy to make themselves look better? It looks to me like a battle between grade school kids and it insults my intelligence. I guess they feel Joe Canadian can't make a decision on who's ideas they like better and has to resort on "They all suck, but this guy sucks the least!"
So, once again, the Green party is getting my vote this year. Their campaign isn't muddled at all.
So Sara touched on election time recently.. I always find fed elections a blow to my faith in the system (whatever faith I have left!) . Mostly around two factors: No real candidates I feel comfortable with and the fact that everyone during their campaigns would rather tell you why you shouldn't vote for the other guy and not tell you why they should vote for you.
Let's look at the first point. So we have 4 major parties:
Conservatives - Harper scares the bejebus out of me, he'd have us in bed with the states for everything. I'm not saying we shouldn't be economic (and sometimes) political partners with the old USA, but we shouldn't accept their foreign policy just because we're neighbours. Right now, Canada is under zero risk of any sort of threat. Want to create a risk and get a bunch of our soldiers killed? Let's go into Iraq! Woohoo!
Liberals - You have to admit, the mismanagement of money stinks. There's nothing that turns me off more than government waste. It doesn't matter what party is in power - they'll all do it. But my conscience would hurt if I voted Red. And I know it's how politics works, but it was painful to see a party bend their agenda because they're a minority and need more votes. If liberals do win again, it'll be another minority government. To their credit, Martin is the only of the 4 leaders I really see as a P.M.
NDP - Riight. Cause Jack Layton would make such a credible P.M. NDP spends and spends and spends. Look at the last time they had Ontario. Not the direction we want to head.
PQ - Don't get me started.
So part 2, why is it that no party feels they can win an election based on their own platform, and not have to resort bashing the other guy to make themselves look better? It looks to me like a battle between grade school kids and it insults my intelligence. I guess they feel Joe Canadian can't make a decision on who's ideas they like better and has to resort on "They all suck, but this guy sucks the least!"
So, once again, the Green party is getting my vote this year. Their campaign isn't muddled at all.
2 Comments:
Nice Henly, throw away your vote to a party that can't possibly win......good strategy. Atleast vote Liberal to keep Steven flippin HARPER out of power!!
Well, it's not a complete throwaway. Apparently the party you vote for gets money (75 cents or something) for every vote cast for them. So the more votes the Green party gets this year, the more credible they'll become with increased funding.
But yeah, they have no shot of winning a single seat, I admit.
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