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Originally posted by JohnnyTitan@May 17 2005, 08:43 PM
To add to your point, why can't we have more MPs from Alberta that share these ideals and don't make us all look like Red-Neck / Religious wing-nuts.
Prentice is great. You're lucky to have him!! There are a few other good ones too, but White and Thompson and Anders and Stinson get all the press.
And of course Harper.
90% of Calgarians / Albertans have something great to offer each other and this country, but it gets lost when we're represented by a bunch of yahoos.
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I completely agree with this. This has been a consistent theme when, for example, Jan Brown left the Reform Party. Moderate conservatives don't seem welcome in the fold. While I think Stronauch is more of a case of opportunism, there are elements such as Thompson, Stinson, Anders, White and Day, that I am completely uncomfortable with and gives the party a bad image. I don't think Harper falls into this camp. Any social conservative speeches he gives are more of a bone to that segment of supporters; he'd probably throw that away quickly if he could.
Alberta is its own world, however. Taking a look at other political forums from around the country proves this.