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Originally Posted by WilsonFourTwo
That's certainly a valid observation (as supported by the rest of your post).
My point goes a little more towards credibility though. In all these years, I've never doubted Duceppe's goal to tear Canada in half, or Layton's commitment to a hippy, utopian paradise). I've never questioned whether there's alternative motives in play, or if they're lining their pockets with my cash, etc, etc. They don't bounce around on issues (even when unpopular) and seem to be very consistent in their approach to representation.
They both know (without a doubt) that they have ZERO chance of ever forming government, yet they continue to press on. Oddly enough, I think that this willingness to lose (because of a commitment to their ideals) shows them to be better leaders.....I sincerely believe that they're in it for what they believe in, not for the necessarily for the glory of being PM.
My knock on them is WHAT they're representing, but I'm continually impressed by the way they go about representing it. Crap, if one of them magically turned into a Federalist that is (truly) socially liberal and fiscally conservative, they'd be virtually unbeatable.
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to me it would be tougher playing basketball for the Harlem Globetrotters then the New Jersey Generals.
As a General, you show up, run any play that you want, and act like a dofus when the other guy hides the ball up his shirt.
When your a globetrotter you have to practice harder sink baskets and if you play poorly your probably traded to the Generals for a bucket full of confetti.
The Bloc and the NDP are the generals. They can say what they want with no real rammifications, at the end of the day nobody cares if your performing or not, your going to get paid. And you have a tiny minority of the fan base that hopes you fricken win a game for once.
The Libs and the Cons are the globetrotters. They have to be careful about what they say, they have to balance their statements against cause and effect. Everyone watches them with a glinted eye. You have a large fan base who will abandon you if you screw up.