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A group had arrived at the Red Deer gathering with the expressed intent to “teach me a lesson for walking in the Gay Pride parade,” Smith said.
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If this is the case, and the real, honest to god truth as to why she couldn't stay on as leader of WRP as a result, then I think she could have handled this better. Both for herself and from a PR point of view.
Instead of saying "I now support the PC government" she should have simply stepped down, sat as an independent and declared exactly this "My views on gay/lesbian rights no longer align with the WRP. I believe I was forced out for participating in the gay pride parade, and the mess of Bill-10 cemented my resolve that I just could not continue to be a member of that group."
Go on a media tour touting those sound bites, cast herself as a true social liberal and then join the PC's at a later date. At least in that scenario we don't get the **** eating grin press conference and the firm kick in the crouch of the democratic system.
But hey, I'm not a politician, I just build websites.