Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[Puppet Guy]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

I would give Nenshi the Same Advice I would give Notley.

Drink fracking cum on live TV. Albertans want a leader who is 100% behind Oil and Gas. He can't talk from both sides of his mouth. Yeah support green initiatives, yeah invest in renewables, but Albertans will not vote for a leader who would not die to keep O and G strong.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

If you voted for Danielle Smith you are an idiot and dumb.

We should take away their driver's licenses.

I wont argue that, Daniells Smith...you can see the crazy wafting off of her from miles away.

But Notley didnt do herself a ton of favours during her tenure either.

A new option is exactly what this Province needs.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Curious where Nenshi stands on the NDP's issues. For example Ganley is touting a minimum wage increase to $17, raise the min provincial income tax bracket to $26K, overhauling the AER, etc...

Can he win on name recognition alone?

Considering the voting doesn’t start for 2.5 months you could probably give him… like… more than 45 minutes.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Locke

I get tired of this narrative.

We voted Nenshi in as Mayor for over a decade.

Sometimes candidates have to take responsibility for their own shortcomings.

Well, you either have to believe they are dumb and easily led astray by misinformation, or the more scary thought, they actually think Smith, someone who...well, I'm not going to go through the list...is actually a good competent leader. It's more comforting to believe they are just dumb. The alternative is terrifying.


My point is it doesn't matter if it is Nenshi, who ya, Calgary voted for. The Blue Blinders are incredibly powerful in this province, and the opposition could run Superman against team blue, the outcome will be the same.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Considering the voting doesn’t start for 2.5 months you could probably give him… like… more than 45 minutes.

of course, that's where I'm curious. Does he run a similarly left campaign. Does he move awayfrom the traditional ANDP, more towards the middle? Or does he just run on his name?

[Johnny Makarov]

https://act.albertandp.ca/donate/join?source=hp_menu

Here is the link to the NDP membership signup.

and like Canadianman said you have to do it by April 22.

[Johnny Makarov]

Ummm how about we drop the Orange all together. So it doesn't come out turd colour.

[powderjunkie]

Membership bought. Was planning to do it whether he ran or not, but I'm glad to signal my preference to the party early and hopefully discourage petty infighting counter to the greater goal.

Originally Posted by GirlySports

of course, that's where I'm curious. Does he run a similarly left campaign. Does he move awayfrom the traditional ANDP, more towards the middle? Or does he just run on his name?

I bet he borrows a plank from each of his competitors to demonstrate team play* and his commitment to building a united team. Of course this could also be spun as lazy "stealing", but I would support the approach.

[Sr. Mints]

Yeah, as a gradient, orange and purple really do look like garbage.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

wut

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

Need to quote this before the edit!

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

In before having hear Bitumen B****** is the recommended strategy for a a candidate to win an election in Alberta

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper went to unusually great lengths to learn firsthand the strides the oil and gas industry has made to minimize environmental harm from fracking.

The first-term Democrat and former Denver mayor told a Senate committee on Tuesday that he actually drank a glass of fracking fluid produced by oilfield services giant Halliburton.

The fluid is made entirely "of ingredients sourced from the food industry," the company says, making it safe for Mr. Hickenlooper and others to imbibe.

"You can drink it. We did drink it around the table, almost rituallike, in a funny way," he told the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. "It was a demonstration. … they've invested millions of dollars in what is a benign fluid in every sense."

https://www.coloradopols.com/diary/3...fracking-fluid

[Ozy_Flame]

Yeah but why did you have to use that word

[Nyah]

This lifelong conservative voter (except in the last provincial election) and O&G worker just bought my first ever party membership, and it feels good, man.

**** Danielle Smith and her party of idiots.

[Flames0910]

Originally Posted by Sr. Mints

Yeah, as a gradient, orange and purple really do look like garbage.

they look OK on his FB page.

https://www.facebook.com/NaheedNenshi

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Yeah but why did you have to use that word

[Ozy_Flame]

This doesn't make things better for you lol

[KelVarnsen]

Talking about fracking cum.

What a time to be alive.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

What the frack.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

This doesn't make things better for you lol

Obviously I am being facetious, but the point holds. If someone wants to be the premier they have to whole heartedly support oil and gas. I am not saying that's a good thing, I am saying it is a political reality.

[Flames0910]

OK let's move on from the grossness.

More "I bought an NDP membership" posts, please!

[GGG]

I think this race is won and lost in the next 5 weeks. Nenshi will need to sell enough memberships to offset the group that wants the NDP to move back left after Notley.

Nenshi has the social justice side that lines up well. I’m interested to where he ends up on labour issues and economic issues. Economicly he’s much more conservative than the typical NDP is.