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Originally Posted by Jacks
Lame.
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I agree, it is lame that there are still so people who don't look at the policies but only the names of the party and where they traditionally might fall on the economic spectrum 50 years ago!
That was kinda my point, which you proved when you said, 'toxic brand, they shoulda changed their name 10 years ago.' People just look at names.
Fair enough, it probably would be a smart political move to rebrand the provincial liberals, but yeah, people are still in the false mindset that left = tax and spend and right = balance budgets. This hasn't been the case for 40-50 years, not just provincially, but federally (The Chretian government reduced government and Harper increased it) and even in the States (Clinton balanced budgets, Bush spent more than anyone in the history of the nation, well before Obama I guess, though the wars were still from Bush)!
Looking at policies, the Liberals (at least last election, haven't looked too closely since then) looked to have some of the best ideas, for me anyway. But like you said, the brand is toxic in this province. So yeah, too many people looking at names, it is lame.