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Old 05-04-2011, 11:52 AM   #4607
Starfishy
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction View Post
If the NDP bartender girl ran as a Conservative in almost any riding in Alberta, she would have been elected there too.

Quebec isn't the only place that people pick the party over the candidate.
This point is invalid given that she would never get picked to run in any CPC riding in Alberta. In fact, I will follow this up by saying that even in ridings that the CPC does not expect to win they run far more qualified "placeholders" or "sacrificial lambs" than this (ie. Trottier).
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