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mariners_fever · 10-01-2012, 09:14 AM

Funny enough, the day the 2011 election was called several of my friends who are staffers on the Hill had mentioned that Layton actually had little to no appetite to bring down the House when they did. Apparently Mr Layton did not feel as though his health would allow him to fight as strongly as he could otherwise. A few had suggested that it was indeed Mr Mulcair who had pushed hard within caucus to prod Mr Layton into voting to bring down the house. Even some of my NDP friends feared that the election would hasten Mr Layton's death.

It isn't completely out there to suggest that the rigors of fighting an election in poor health detrimented a man who was recovering from cancer and had just discovered he had it a second time. Sure enough, the circumstances led to Mr Layton having the campaign of his life and the untimely end thereafter.

I'm no Anders supporter, I just find it funny how hysterical everyone gets whenever his name is mentioned. I didn't see anything overly outrageous in this article. Nothing I hadn't heard before from numerous people with different accounts. If people not named Anders had made these observations, I bet the discussion level would be much different.

I don't see how it makes him a disgusting human to suggest that people's ambitions drive events in politics. It's been that way since the dawn of time.

10-01-2012, 09:14 AM	#5
mariners_fever Crash and Bang Winger Join Date: Apr 2008 Exp:	Funny enough, the day the 2011 election was called several of my friends who are staffers on the Hill had mentioned that Layton actually had little to no appetite to bring down the House when they did. Apparently Mr Layton did not feel as though his health would allow him to fight as strongly as he could otherwise. A few had suggested that it was indeed Mr Mulcair who had pushed hard within caucus to prod Mr Layton into voting to bring down the house. Even some of my NDP friends feared that the election would hasten Mr Layton's death. It isn't completely out there to suggest that the rigors of fighting an election in poor health detrimented a man who was recovering from cancer and had just discovered he had it a second time. Sure enough, the circumstances led to Mr Layton having the campaign of his life and the untimely end thereafter. I'm no Anders supporter, I just find it funny how hysterical everyone gets whenever his name is mentioned. I didn't see anything overly outrageous in this article. Nothing I hadn't heard before from numerous people with different accounts. If people not named Anders had made these observations, I bet the discussion level would be much different. I don't see how it makes him a disgusting human to suggest that people's ambitions drive events in politics. It's been that way since the dawn of time. Last edited by mariners_fever; 10-01-2012 at 09:17 AM. Reason: Forgot sentence.