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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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It is easy to write off most Liberal supporters because their only arguments are "I hate Stockwell Day, therefore I hate all conservatives."
Truth be told, the number of liberal supporters who argue their support becuase they agree with the Liberal agenda is much lower than the number who do so becuase "at least they arent Harper/Day/Anders" or "I dont trust the CPC hidden agenda", etc.
Most Liberal supporters make it easy for us to dismiss them.
And yes, a conservative minority would be very hardpressed at staying in power long, though I doubt there would be much appetite for an election three years in a row. The problem I have with the current situation is that Layton is dictating how things are to be run rather than working with the government.
This isnt a case of one party having to work with another to pass any motions with confidence attached to them. This is a case of a party with 19 MPs ordering the government around.