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Originally Posted by Rerun
The truth is that these are isolated incidents. Every party attracts the occasional nutter candidate. Unfortunately as a result of the nomination process these people get nominated as a party rep without being properly screened and its like this with every party. No way a party has time to do a thorough background check on every person who is vying for nomination in every riding.
Mistakes happen and ridings elect the wrong candidate to represent their party without knowing all the facts.... and sometime they keep on electing them (ie Rob Anders) for what ever god knows misguided reason.
Anyways, just because a party has the occasional kook doesn't mean the whole party is nuts.... just like if you have the occasional idiot on Cp it doesn't mean all CP'ers are idiots.
I take these nutjobs with a grain of salt knowing that no way in hell will they ever close to the reins of power.
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I would say there is an inverse bell curve. The nut-bars are largely found on the far-left and far-right.