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Old 04-17-2011, 09:00 PM   #1858
The Goon
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Originally Posted by Ashartus View Post
With some of these candidates it doesn't even look like some of the parties are trying. The NDP candidate in Calgary West lives in Edmonton, her only experience is as a Safeway clerk (which is still more real-world experience than Rob Anders), and when asked what she thought the big issues in the ward are she replied that she wasn't really familiar but presumed they're the same as other wards. Yeah I know the NDP aren't likely to win, but you'd think they could at least pretend to field a credible candidate.
Geez, if I had known it was that bad, I would have put myself up as the NDP candidate for Calgary West. I would lose badly, but at least I live in the riding and I might have gotten a cool autographed picture of Jack Layton.
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