Premier Campbell Quits

[Pinner]

Politics suck, he's been doing the right thing but everyone HATES the HST.

The best preforming Premier in Canada

http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/...205/story.html

[Frank MetaMusil]

Originally Posted by Pinner

Politics suck, he's been doing the right thing but everyone HATES the HST.

The best preforming Premier in Canada

[Resolute 14]

Knowing how BC premiers tend to be, when does the criminal investigation start, and what will it be for?

[Pinner]

Old news Frank it was 7 yr's ago...It' not like Ralph was squeaky clean.

[burn_this_city]

Campbell is a clown, thanks for the ridiculous carbon taxes on fuel that flows into general revenue. Its not like it wasnt already a complete ripoff for gas in that province.

[J pold]

People in B.C. are dumb, I was at the play in Victoria this time last year and at the beginning of the show some ass-hat comes out and tells how hard life has been since the evil Gordon Campbell (Everyone begins to wildly boo) has made cuts to arts funding. Starts telling the audience how much better the show would have been, had the evildoer (his words) had not cut funding.

Zip it hippy! Who gives a sh*t about arts funding?

[Pinner]

Best premier we've had since the 70's ? I can't remember that far back.

[Frank MetaMusil]

Originally Posted by Pinner

Old news Frank it was 7 yr's ago...It' not like Ralph was squeaky clean.

I did it just to rile you up man.

[ken0042]

Did I miss the part in that link where it says he is quitting?

[Pinner]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Campbell is a clown, thanks for the ridiculous carbon taxes on fuel that flows into general revenue. Its not like it wasnt already a complete ripoff for gas in that province.

Biggest tax cuts in BC history under his leadership... Good research

[Pinner]

Originally Posted by ken0042

Did I miss the part in that link where it says he is quitting?

Give the press a minute to get on the net

[ken0042]

Found another link- http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/can...106630018.html

[d_phaneuf]

Best news for the Liberal Party and for people who want absolutely nothing to do with the NDP getting in power in a few years

I think Campbell was a great Premier (in 10 years he will have a great legacy) and I don't have a problem with the HST, but the general uninformed public (and I'm not saying anyone who dislikes the HST is uninformed) just thinks of him as a liar after the HST fiasco, which also effectively killed Colin Hansen's career as he was probably next in line and now he likely has no chance.

But good for Campbell getting out early enough that the Liberals can rebuild with a new leader to keep Carole James, who I wouldn't trust to run a bake sale let alone a province, out of power

[Sylvanfan]

I think he's a brutal person, who was a total hypocrite. Deficits are illegal....than he changes it. I can drink and drive, but will make the penalties in BC uber stiff, and give the Police way too much power to enforce traffic laws. He more or less lived this long as BC Premier because he wasn't the NDP. He dropped the ball against the NDP in the 1996 election and should have been ousted than as leader of the BC Liberals. He should have been forced out after the Drinking and Driving in Hawaii, but somehow survived. His party overall did do decent things for the province, but in my opinion he's always been a terrible leader.

This is just a political ploy for the Liberals to get a new face in so that the NDP can't run a we're not Gordon Campbell campaign, and the Liberals can keep up their we're not the NDP mantra. Which wouldn't be so bad for BC because the last thing they need is to go back to the NDP.

[mykalberta]

I always thought he did a good job but I dont live their or have to deal with the HST.

[Pinner]

Good post diane

Campbell made a pretty good speech, the NDP was a nightmare, Noooo !

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by Pinner

Biggest tax cuts in BC history under his leadership... Good research

I only mentioned the carbon tax, I fail to see how what I said was incorrect. Sorry to rain on your Gordon Campbell parade.

[Pinner]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

I only mentioned the carbon tax, I fail to see how what I said was incorrect. Sorry to rain on your Gordon Campbell parade.

You called him a clown, but he has been a very good Premier.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

(and I'm not saying anyone who dislikes the HST is uninformed)

There isn't really any other conclusion that can be drawn.

I suppose it's also possible that the HST objectors have researched the issue, and are just intellectually deficient, but I think uninformed is more likely.

I had someone try to explain to me that it was hurting their business, since they had to pay HST on inputs now. But they were paying PST on inputs before, and now they're going to get the HST on inputs refunded to them on their HST return. They're better off but are too uninformed or too stupid to get it.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by Pinner

You called him a clown, but he has been a very good Premier.

All 9% of British Columbians who support him agree!

But then, your approval rating will drop faster than the Oilers in the standings when it takes less than two months for all of your major campaign platforms to be revealed as lies.