08-09-2014, 04:17 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Fort McMurray, AB
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The Last Good Politician
I am admittedly hard on and pessimistic of politics and politicians as a whole. I generally don't even vote as I find it hard to favour one over the other taking the view that they're all liars anyway so it really doesn't matter.
We have had so many terrible examples lately, and of course I'm a hard-to-convince skeptic so I'm interested to hear:
Who is a great, and recent, politician? Who stands out as someone who hasn't fallen into the trappings of "the game"? Are there really any?
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08-09-2014, 04:18 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Behind Nikkor Glass
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Nenshi.
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08-09-2014, 04:18 PM
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Not Taylor
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Calgary SW
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Naheed Nenshi
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08-09-2014, 04:20 PM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Purple Reign
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08-09-2014, 04:36 PM
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Ben
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: God's Country (aka Cape Breton Island)
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There are lots of good politicians. The problem is, being a good politican generally goes unnoticed as they're just doing their jobs.
You're probably asking for the last great politican. One who stands out above the rest.
I'd agree with Nenshi above. Jim Flaherty is considered to be the good ones , admittedly I'm not that familiar with his overall work.
The thing is, people will confuse a great politician with their own ideological beliefs.
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08-09-2014, 04:44 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Fort McMurray, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fotze
Why wouldn't the OP just name the thread "Nenshi, let's argue about him"
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Not at all. I belong to this forum as a Flames fan, I don't live in Calgary. Nenshi does seem like "a good one" but not living there I don't know as much about him as the Calgary residents here.
I really just wonder, again likely due to my terribly pessimistic view of politics and politicians, how many people vote for a candidate that they truly like and believe in, or at least think they will just do the best job possible vs. voting for the least crummy of the crummy picks.
Who was the last politician that actually inspired anything in you? Who you actually believed could make a difference for the better?
I'm aware that Calgarians are pretty in to Nenshi.
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08-09-2014, 04:48 PM
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Yep, Nenshi for us.
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08-09-2014, 04:52 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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I'm sure there are a lot of politicians who start out as good people with good intentions, and then that all gets eroded by the machine as they work their way up. I doubt anyone who's at the top of the pyramid has any sort of real integrity left.
In the US, it's probably 10x as bad considering the amount of power (and money) lobby groups have over there.
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08-09-2014, 06:02 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fotze
I don't think they are bad people by and large, just full of crap. People who's biggest skill is saying a lot of words that mean nothing.
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I guess that's the eroding integrity part. The higher up you go, the more people you have to please, and the less of an honest opinion you can have. Actual opinions tend to piss a lot of people off, so they just slowly learn to not really say anything of consequence. I'm sure term 2 Nenshi is a little less honest and open than term 1 Nenshi was.
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08-09-2014, 06:03 PM
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Self Imposed Exile
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Calgary
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Joe Clark.
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08-09-2014, 06:21 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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I liked Joe but my pick would be Tommy Douglas.
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08-09-2014, 06:43 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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I am a solid NDPer, so I'll skip Jack, Ed and Tommy...
I liked Joe. But I'm going to go with Conservative Hugh Segal who ran against Joe for party leadership. I think Hugh got into politics for the right reasons - to improve Canada and help people. I have heard him do many interviews and I never got the impression that he was in it for himself or the power; he just wanted to make this a better country.
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08-09-2014, 06:44 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Judea
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Quote:
Originally Posted by schteve_d
Not at all. I belong to this forum as a Flames fan, I don't live in Calgary. Nenshi does seem like "a good one" but not living there I don't know as much about him as the Calgary residents here.
I really just wonder, again likely due to my terribly pessimistic view of politics and politicians, how many people vote for a candidate that they truly like and believe in, or at least think they will just do the best job possible vs. voting for the least crummy of the crummy picks.
Who was the last politician that actually inspired anything in you? Who you actually believed could make a difference for the better?
I'm aware that Calgarians are pretty in to Nenshi.
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Your Mayor, Melissa Blake, is pretty awesome. She's had a pretty stellar run and after three and a half terms she's still massively popular up there.
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08-09-2014, 08:27 PM
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CP's Resident DJ
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Ron Paul.
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08-09-2014, 08:51 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Al Gore
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08-09-2014, 10:10 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by flameswin
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I have nothing against Nenshi anymore. I am ultra impressed with his leadership. We are lucky to have him.
I just wish he wouldn't close his eyes so much when he talked.
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08-09-2014, 10:38 PM
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Franchise Player
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Alison Redford
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08-09-2014, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Table 5
I guess that's the eroding integrity part. The higher up you go, the more people you have to please, and the less of an honest opinion you can have. Actual opinions tend to piss a lot of people off, so they just slowly learn to not really say anything of consequence. I'm sure term 2 Nenshi is a little less honest and open than term 1 Nenshi was.
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I don't see any evidence of that, but then again I'm in the bubble.
I do think that operating outside a party system is a massive advantage in this regard.
I'd also add that despite Edmontion being no good, they do have a stellar Mayor in Don Iveson. He's new and very young, but proving himself effective.
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Last edited by Bunk; 08-09-2014 at 10:45 PM.
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08-10-2014, 09:52 AM
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God of Hating Twitter
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Bernie Sanders or Jón Gnarr former mayor of Reykjavik
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