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Originally posted by Cowperson@Oct 8 2005, 01:52 PM
How are those two points hitting the nail on the head?
The author readily admits The Reform Party, er, uh, the Conservative Party, will remain unelectable BECAUSE they are not close enough to the centre, all in spite of a scandalous Liberal government that is easily defeatable, a veritable sitting duck.
If you can't beat 'em now, when are you going to beat them?
The majority of Canadians want a viable alternative to the Liberals but do not appear to want a Conservative Party drifting even further to the right . . . . not then, not now and probably not in the future either.
How many times do you have to be hit on the head to figure that out? The author seems to be saying keep the mallet coming.
The Conservatives will be electable once the last of the Reform Party stench is eradicated at last, not when its influence is strengthened further.
Stockwell Day is a bright guy?
I got up grumpy this morning.
Cowperson
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Why do I think those 2 points hit the nail on the head.
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He is saying is, that the strategy of out centering the Liberals is simply leading to an occasional Conservative win between Liberal dynasties. Which has happened. Why vote conservative if the liberals will do? Is there any difference?
You said yourself that the Conservatives need to go closer to the centre to beat them. Why not just join the Liberals and make a super party? His alternative to your thought, whether right or wrong, is to take the lumps and actually come back with a viable alternative. He uses the Republican example.
I don't think that means going farther to the right. Reforming the system we have doesn't mean they have to out-reform the Reform party.