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Originally Posted by Fuzz
O'Toole was fine until he showed willingness to bow to the social fringe of his party. As soon as he did that, it was a sign that he would act differently in office than he had been campaigning. It was like a light switch. I know some liked McKay, I wouldn't trust him at all after he sold out the PC's to the Reform party. Not a chance. Give me a Joe Clark and we can talk.
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That’s why O’Toole lost the election, but he lost the leadership after he basically stood his ground and laid out (accurately) what was wrong with the Conservative Party, which was in line with how he spoke when he ran for leadership the first time. The Conservatives basically bullied him into catering to the far right, and then claimed his problem was being “wishy-washy” as soon as he stood up after the loss and told them he wouldn’t keep being a pushover.
O’Toole was the best of what they’ve had since Harper by far and even he couldn’t completely silence the hysterical screaming of the far right losers in that party.