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Originally posted by Snakeeye@Apr 23 2005, 11:02 AM
Aside from the fact that we currently have a lame-duck government that is dependant on a party with minimal national support to remain in power and is starting to spend billions of dollars to try and buy it's way out of a scandal of it's own making?
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If the Conservatives get into power after the next election it will almost certainly be as a minority gov't. So who do you see them relying on to prop up their gov't?
The NDP? -- A party which the vast majority of the country doesn't support
The Bloc? -- A party which the vast majority of the country doesn't support
The Liberals? -- The same snakepit of uniform corruption and criminality that isn't worthy of having a place governing Canada
Seems like the future Canservative minority is going to have a hard time gaining legitimacy in your eyes.
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You said it, not me. I can respect people that support another party because they have similar beliefs. I dont respect people who merely support a party because they arent "the other guy."
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The problem is that the majority of those who would still vote Liberal are doing so not just because they're not the Conservatives but because they agree with the Liberal platform.
This whole stance that is so popular around here of simply writing off Liberal supporters as brainwashed, mindless, paranoid idiots is a complete red herring and a lazy way of trying to win a political debate. Conservative supporters are no more educated on the issues or principled than the supporters of any other party.
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The difference is that Harper is willing to stick to his convictions while Martin has none.
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Well it's easy to say a guy would never change policies if he's never been in power. However, didn't Harper run for the Alliance leadership stating that he wasn't for a merger, just as McKay did?
And isn't the CPC made up of a whole bunch of people who had such diverse principles that they were split in 2 parties, but decided to compromise many of those principles solely for the purpose of grabbing power?