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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I’m not saying the UCP are an evil empire, how can you advocate for non-partisan discussion while throwing stuff like that out there and painting CP as “ABC”? I would think that while advocating for treating MLAs as individuals and not as party stand-ins, you would be more inclined to treat posters as individuals and avoid painting CP with a broad brush, no?
What I am saying is that the UCP has done enough damage that voting for someone running under the UCP banner because they’re a good person and the damage could have been even worse without them is… not a compelling argument to me. The UCP have been awful from a financial side of things. They blow money as bad or worse than any provincial government I’ve seen, they replaced an unlikeable but competent leader with an unlikeable and incompetent leader, they’ve made changes to education I disagree with and I fundamentally disagree with their views on healthcare and taxation. For the things they’ve done that I could, in theory, agree with, I feel they’ve done them poorly (provincial park fees) or been forced to do them by the federal government and created worse programs instead of better ones (childcare subsidy, carbon tax).
I liked Prentice, I was hopeful for Kenney. I‘ve even gone to bat for Jean. I am not a conservative but I have tried to see the best in every Conservative politician, preferring they have to prove me wrong than prove me right. But Smith is terrible, the UCP have an awful track record, and nothing about them gives me hope that the future will be different, so why do I owe a UCP MLA a chance at my vote? Why should i have to ignore everything to give them a chance when they’re already in government and have done SFA to change the negative direction of the UCP?
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Knowing both these people, from dealing with them personally in politics, you had bad judgement there. Jean particularly is a pretty gross politician.
But I can understand your point.
But this party isn't going anywhere, regardless of how the upcoming election goes.
The party will only change from the inside and that is done by electing the right candidates for that party, if they represent and will listen to their constituents.
Which just all comes down to electing the right Candidates regardless of party.
I know this is a pie in the sky idea for someone who is currently mired in it. And I am sure in the future i will be completely jaded and worn down. But for now, I wanna believe!
Edit: Maybe I'll have to change my name to Wastedmidlife soon.