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Originally Posted by Regorium
Why is changing your tune once you get into government seen as a bad thing?
I think that once a party gets into power, and starts understanding what they can and can't do, and who they are affecting, implementation of policies are far more centrist. We saw this with Harper (closed the book on abortion) and Trudeau ("approved" a pipeline) federally, and of course Notley provincially.
I definitely would expect Kenney to move towards the center on his policies, but his rhetoric is so toxic that it bothers me on a personal level. I wouldn't see the change in policy as a bad thing though.
The only guy that hasn't really compromised is Trump. Everyone expected him to act "presidential" and act responsibly for all the citizens of the USA once he became president, but he has basically doubled down on his childish persona.
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It isnt. And that was never my point.
She changed her tune, but far, far too late.
I've mentioned this many times, over the past year or so I have been thoroughly impressed with Notley's competence and abilities to fight for this Province, the sad part is that she used those abilities to fight against us for so long that by the time she realized that she was tying her own noose it was already around her neck.
Notley is an intelligent and capable individual who allowed herself to be blinded by her ideology until it was too late so, unfortunately thats a major negative.
And again, did she really change her tune? Or did she realize that without compromise she'd be out on the street?
I'm thinking more the latter than the former.
We're staring at Jason Kenney likely being our new Premier despite the fact that I dont think most of us really want that but Notley screwed up so hard that he hardly even needs a platform.
Its not the UCP winning, its just everyone else 'losing more.'
And they wholeheartedly brought it on themselves.
