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Originally Posted by photon

Well in Leech's case Leech is the one that got the ball rolling, but in both cases I think being aghast at it is one thing, saying it was a Liberal and PC message "that a vote for the Wildrose was basically a vote for Homophobia and racism" is another, I haven't seen anything indicating the latter.

I don't think they need to, the media coverage and guaranteed public response does that by itself.

That's why I asked, I didn't see that message from either the PCs or Liberals.

Agreed on Leech.

Here's one of Raj Sherman's tweets:

Dr. Raj Sherman ‏ @RajShermanMLA Alberta: Want MLAs who are Homophobic,Climate Change Deniers,Bigots and Health/Education Privatizers? Vote #wrp #abvote #yyc #yeg

In his defence though, he was trying to paint BOTH Wildrose and PC as scary.

Lol. If only the leftists would wake up and become conservatives then there'd be no more polarizing?

Not quite what I meant, but sure!

I call shenanigans, this election was exhibit A, the right polarized between the right and the far right all by them selves without any help from the left.

I spent more time reading twitter than I ever have during an election, and between people seeing a hidden social agenda in the WR and other people saying voting for PCs was like voting for Obama, the right was plenty polarized by itself.

Though I do agree that it is becoming more like American politics, but I think the reasons are a lot more complicated than "hardcore leftist supporters" (whatever that means).

I think that if you want to see where Canadian politics went off the rails, go back to when the federal Liberals began running attack ads against the mysterious hidden agenda of the federal Conservatives. They changed their focus from attacking policy and record to attacking hidden demons that only they could see. And that has continued almost with out break for many years now. Soldiers... with guns... in our streets.

For some, it has gotten to the point of zealotry - e.g.: Bridget Depape. People who are so utterly convinced that the problem with the federal Conservatives, and now Wildrose, isn't that their policy is bad, but that they are, simply, evil. That, frankly, is ridiculous and damaging to Canadian politics.

Not that people like Hunsperger or Leech help, mind you, but the valid criticism made against them for their comments and valid criticism for Smith's handling of it became invalid attacks made against anyone who supports the same party. e.g.: Sherman's comments above. Strategic voting wasn't argued to ensure a better platform won. It was argued to ensure the evil party lost.