Prentice's biggest mistake was breaking a cardinal rule of politics: never give people an honest answer to a big problem. Very few voters want to hear the truth, or recognize their own culpability in a bad state of affairs. The job of politicians is to paint earnest, idealistic pictures of how they will govern while vilifying some sinister agent of the community's woes. Internalize all that is good, externalize all that is bad.
Don't expect politicians in this province to make that mistake again. So don't expect the NDP to ever recognize that spending is a problem, don't expect the WR to ever recognize that revenue is a problem, and don't expect anyone to ever again take Alberta voters to task for expecting the highest public spending in the country while paying the lowest taxes.
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Originally Posted by fotze
If this day gets you riled up, you obviously aren't numb to the disappointment yet to be a real fan.
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