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Originally Posted by Thunderball
I understand this, but to me it doesn't make sense. You'd think the Liberals that dislike Dion would be the more right leaning ones, since Dion tends to be pretty left as far as Liberals go. As far as punishing the Liberals, why vote for the party that is most likely to get (back) into bed with them and prop up a Liberal minority government.
Frankly, I think it speaks poorly about the people of Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes if they would rather vote for extreme fringe parties than for a party that reflects their views because the leader is Albertan and they merged with the Reform party. Its pretty petty and ignorant, it smacks of the same kind of deplorable POV that Chretien shouldn't have been elected because he looks funny due to a stroke.
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Are you saying the NDP are a fringe party?
They aren't someone I would vote for, but they have been around an awful long time. And as mentioned more than a few times in the debate thread, Layton has more charisma than a lot of candidates.
A good chunk of the people who may vote for them aren't doing it because they are voting for the NDP policies. They are doing it because they don't trust either the Liberals or the Conservatives.
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