A Sales Pitch for Stephen Harper and the Conservatives?
In a previous post, I suggested that Mr. Harper and Mr. Ignatieff were, from the point-of-view of the average voter, slightly different flavours of vanilla. Someone on Reddit suggested that my post was a sales pitch for the Conservatives.
Considering that I have called for Mr. Harper to be charged with treason due to his obstruction and inaction on the climate crisis, the idea that I am suggesting people vote for the man is almost funny. The poor Redditor failed to understand the difference between analysis, which is what I was doing, and a recommendation, which I most definitely was not.
Just to be crystal clear, I am also extremely unimpressed with the other choices on the political spectrum. Jack Layton and the NDP seem to have forgotten what principles are in their desperate search for votes, any votes.
And while I was a Green Party candidate in the past, I would not be so again, for various reasons. I do think Elizabeth May is by far the best informed when it comes to global warming and greening the economy, and the Green Party has the plan closest to what is needed to deal with it. That said, the Greens are not going to form the government any time soon, and even if they somehow miraculously and accidentally formed a majority government, would be unable to do much on climate change because there will be great resistance from befuddled Canadians. I have had serious disagreements with Ms. May and the direction of the Green Party.
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November 9th, 2009 at 2:42 am
Harper charged with treason for political innaction? Despite your passion you are depserately in need of some formal lecturing in Constitutional Civics. No responsible commentator could say something like this without realizing how much of our current freedoms, structure and political stability would have to be torn down in order to enact that.
November 9th, 2009 at 9:56 am
You didn’t read my other article, did you? Any leader who ignores, conceals, or obstructs action on an imminent threat to the nation and her people is a traitor. That seems quite straightforward, and Mr. Harper is guilty of all three when it comes to climate change.