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Originally Posted by troutman
I think there were grumblings back then too.
Personally, I don't mind it on CP, but perhaps it should be in the Power Ring forum.
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Yeah, I'm reading through them right now.
But, most of the complaints were that First Lady wasn't getting involved enough in actual discussion on here, and was relying on her blog or the website to post what she meant.
I would tend to agree with that. THAT would come across as advertising. But both First Lady and Firefly.....Firefly especially, have been involved in a lot of debates.
I think its awesome. That a political party, be it whatever, would come to CP and be a part of the community.
I wish more of them would do it. The PCs, NDP, Liberals, Green Party....all of them. Because honestly, if someone from the Liberals would be a part of this forum, and we could all pile on him with all our questions and he would try to answer them best he could, my respect for that candidate would go up ten-fold.
So much of politics is public perception. I'm sure most of the not so biased observers here respect First Lady for putting her feet to the flames here and venturing into a very public forum to try and get a gauge on what we as a community think.
It wouldn't help First Lady to talk to me. Or talk to Ford Perfect, peter12, or some of the people on here that have said they will vote WRA is Smith wins. But, it does benefit her to talk to Troutman, Slava, IFF and some of the other not so convinced members and find out what their problems and concerns are.
As someone who has done 180 degree turnarounds on numerous issues, I know for a fact that CP is a community above any other. People here come across as genuine and very convincing. And if someone has a different opinion, we tend to listen. God knows I've done enough of it in the past.
So, excuse me if I defend the right of ANY member of ANY political party to come here and post. I wish more of them would do it.