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Originally Posted by Bigtime
^^^ True, but electing Turner only gives the Greens two seats, so all of that boogeyman stuff (I don't follow them at all as a party) will not come to fruition should he get in. I think Turner would be that true moderate who just happens to have some excellent ideas on how to grow the sustainable resource industry in our province.
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Its not just "boogeyman" stuff though. I guess I just find it hard to believe that people would vote against their own best interests just to prove a point of some sort.
Its not a comment on Turner either; I would be thrilled if either he or Locke wins! I just think that when there are two progressives with a chance that the more moderate would get my backing. When I look at the GPC platform though its not only sparse on details, but you can see that many of the points in it are simply platitudes and not fleshed out policies at all.
I know that Turner supporters are fond to point to similarities to the Turner campaign and the Nenshi campaign. They might end in the same victory from behind, I have no idea. The major difference though is that Nenshi had a full slate of ideas and policies; he ran on a very specific platform with fleshed out ideas and how they would be implemented. Like it or not though, federal politics is still about party politics and the GPC platform isn't nearly as fleshed out as the Nenshi campaign was.