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A secret from a Liberal - Stephen Dame - 11-29-2005
Psst... just between us. I noticed "fear" has been coming up in the other political threads, so I figured I'd put this here.
I'll be working on a Liberal campaign beginning later today. I hope the Liberals win a majority government. I hope a Liberal PM is in place when the next Quebec referendum happens. I think Paul Martin's same-sex legislation, his stance on missle-defence, his action on Aboriginal and Health commitments and his economic stewardship have earned him re-election.
I don't fear Stephen Harper. I have confidence in the Constitution and the Charter. I think Canada's institutions and national ethic, or "values" as the papers say, are stronger than any one man. Harper would only be as radical as Canadians would let him, and that's not very much.
The idea of Jason Kenney and Stockwell Day in government angers me to no end, and I'll work my ass off through countless blizzards to make sure it doesn't happen, but it doesn't scare me.
And here's another secret: If Harper gets away from the "THEY'RE EVIL I TELLS YA!!" and sticks with a message of "I'm like you, I'm middle class, and I want to pay less taxes" he'll probably win. We're not running against Stephen Harper, we're running against "Throw the bums out/Time for a change."
I won't like Stephen Harper as PM, but I won't flee the country either. In fact, a new generation is needed. A new dynamic Liberal leader needs to emerge... and a brief spell in opposition may be just what the doctor ordered for us.
But that's just between you and me.
- chris - 11-29-2005
Dame, when are you running for the leadership of the Liberal Party?
- Stephen Dame - 11-29-2005
chris Wrote:Dame, when are you running for the leadership of the Liberal Party?
Shhhh... Paul might hear you.
Funny you should say that though. I'm tall, I can string two sentences together, I like politics the way most people like sports. More than a few times I've been asked "ever thought of running?"
Let me just say I should not be running anything but KM's. I think you should have something to offer, some life experience, some acheivable method of actually improving things before you put yourself up for election. I don't know if you can get that from newsrooms and University Poli-Sci.
I've got some classmates running this time around (one as a Conservative in Quebec!) and while I admire them, I wonder if at 25 years old you can be an effective representative?
What do you guys think? Has youth ever been a factor when you've voted? Would you think twice about voting for somebody from a party you like if they were really young?
- farmerdan - 11-29-2005
Stephen Dame Wrote:What do you guys think? Has youth ever been a factor when you've voted? Would you think twice about voting for somebody from a party you like if they were really young?
i heard somewhere (may have even been on this site, i'm not too sure) that a city in michigan now has an 18 year old mayor or something....
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- Stephen Dame - 11-29-2005
farmerdan69 Wrote:Stephen Dame Wrote:What do you guys think? Has youth ever been a factor when you've voted? Would you think twice about voting for somebody from a party you like if they were really young?
i heard somewhere (may have even been on this site, i'm not too sure) that a city in michigan now has an 18 year old mayor or something....
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Yeah, he was on Letterman: "So teach, I failed English huh? Guess whose taxes just shot up?"
"Most utterances of the word "dude" in an inagural address since Clinton"
- chancellor - 11-29-2005
if i wasnt in school, i would flee the country if harper was in power
- cferneyh - 11-29-2005
chancellor Wrote:if i wasnt in school, i would flee the country if harper was in power
If he was to win you'd be done school during his tenure, no? So you'd still have a chance to leave.
- tigerthelion - 11-29-2005
chancellor Wrote:if i wasnt in school, i would flee the country if harper was in power
:roll: :roll:
Why?
Perception, perception, perception......... I even heard someone tell me if Harper was PM, Employment Insurance would be done away with for good. I don't know where people hear these things but anyway....
- fingernailsonhull - 11-29-2005
I heard that if Harper was in power they would kill all the people in the hospitals to reduce wait times.
- robert goulet - 11-29-2005
chancellor Wrote:if i wasnt in school, i would flee the country if harper was in power
Good...beat it!! Drop us a line when you settle down wherever that may be...believe it or not, Canada will still go on without ya!!!
Goulet!!!
- Lizard King - 11-29-2005
robert goulet Wrote:Whats the point of leaving anyway, where you going to go? Some magical place where the government doesn't lie and screw its people? Let me know if you find that, Ill be on the next plane there! :lol:chancellor Wrote:if i wasnt in school, i would flee the country if harper was in power
Good...beat it!! Drop us a line when you settle down wherever that may be...believe it or not, Canada will still go on without ya!!!
Goulet!!!
- Lizard King - 11-29-2005
Just hit me, if things do get bad here I have the perfect solution..
Click me!
- Jenna_Bird - 11-29-2005
Link appears to be broken...at least from my end.-Jenna
- chris - 11-29-2005
It's Homer singing "Under the sea, under the sea. There'll be no accusations, just friendly crustaceans, under the sea....."
Good stuff LK!
- Lizard King - 11-29-2005
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-Jenna