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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
I see. In other words, the argument requires that we disregard the last 50 years of Alberta political history. Fair enoughsies.
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Oh come now, IFF. We both know you are smarter than that. Nobody said anything about disregarding the last 50 years, but it remains convenient that you chose to disregard the
first 50 years.
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In actuality, it seems that FF and I are working on slightly different definitions of experience, which is also fair enough. But I think you need to look past the raw numbers and to the experience of the people involved--otherwise this is an argument about ideology, not competence.
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As you allude to later, experience and competence are not synonyms. Ed Stelmach and Rob Anders are experienced politicians. How many here do you think would consider either of them competent?
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I was merely commenting on the notion that historically Albertans like to vote for rookies. It simply isn't true. Historically, Albertans like to vote for the guy they voted for last time. When they change their preference, they do it in a hurry, but they still haven't typically chosen complete rookies--unless you think Peter Lougheed was a "rookie." I don't.
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In the end, I think you are both right, just arguing from different angles. Alberta is a province ruled by dynasties, but when it decides to change, it changes in a big hurry, and it doesn't much care how much political experience the MLAs it elects have.