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Originally posted by transplant99@Jun 24 2005, 03:52 PM
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Uhhh no. That's just how they were/are perceived. Doesn't matter if they ran candidates across the country, people saw the Reform's agenda as being western based. That's just how it was/is. No spinning at all.
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Uhhhh......yes.
They were perceived that way because thats how the Liberals spun them...the whole "hidden agenda" thing once again. Lots of spinning.
As you admit...they ran candidates across the country(sans Quebec for obvious reasons)...but they werent a federal party? Is this what your trying to say? Bottom line...they were a Federal party no different than the Fibs, the PC's or the NDP. They happened to be Western born and bred.
The "perception" as you call it, was a media creation spawned by the left. Nothing new there. They are masters at it. Good for them in doing so as well. Doesn't change the facts however.
IIRC they won 50 seats the first time around in 4 provinces. Sounds like a Federal party to me.
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Gee you think everybody just starts thinking whatever the Liberals spin?
Hell no, people decided for themselves based on a lot of different things.
We're not all sheep who blindly believe everything the Liberals say. And frankly that insinuation by Conservatives is insulting.
I have never denied they were a Federal party. The point I'm trying to make is that most people didn't think that they would represent them, the perception was that they were born out of Western Canada and had an agenda based on that.