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Who will be the next Liberal leader?

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Most, IMO, will not even have SSM on their radar, like myself

I see. You were too lazy to find out what it is that you were voting for. Not really something to be proud of.
 
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Observer:

Recent posts on this thread illustrate why I'm glad this vote came up in the House of Commons. It will serve as the determining vote once and for all, unlike the vote rammed through earlier. The issue is now settled. If Harper can say that (no doubt with a sigh of relief), it's surely appropriate now for the rest of us to say it, and move on.

I found that explaination to be bit of stretch, however. The previous vote, slightly whipped, is no less official and valid than say the budget or any other piece of legislation, which are often far more restricted along party lines. To somehow say that only Harper's vote is the only one that counts is falling into his rather Machivellian schema. The public has decided a year plus ago that it is time to move on, the unfortunate thing is that the said politican felt the need to use this issue for his own personal purposes.

Harper isn't an idiot - he knows there is no votes to be gotten from the issue right now. That doesn't mean at a fundamental level he wouldn't want it to resurface if it is politically opportune to do so.

AoD
 
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I meant the Nazis.

September 1930 18.3%
July 1933 37.4%
November 1932 33.1% &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp
March 1933 43.9%

Does it mean the individuals who voted in such a pattern is "right", as you imply?

AoD
 
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Ah, so now over 5 million Conservative voters in 2006, and likely over 6 million voters in 2007 are lazy? Who's the bigot?

Well, they either voted in favour of bigotry, or were too lazy to inquire as to what it was they were supporting. You've admitted to both - why are you so ashamed of what you did?
 
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Yeah, me and the other 5,374,071 Canadians who voted Conservative, equal to 36.3% of the popular vote, with an increase of 6.7% from the previous election. Them's a lot of bigots, and they're growing - just watch 6 million or more voters in 2007.

Not to say that those who voted Conservative are Nazis, but please tell me what percentage of the popular vote the formentioned party attained, and how that has anything to do with right and wrong?

AoD
 
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I see. You were too lazy to find out what it is that you were voting for. Not really something to be proud of.
Ah, so now over 5 million Conservative voters in 2006, and likely over 6 million voters in 2007 are lazy? Who's the bigot?
 
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but please tell me what percentage of the popular vote the formentioned party attained,
I just did, 36.3%.
 
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"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out - because i was not a Jew;
Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me."
 
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Oh boy. A thread about the Liberal Leadership turns into a thread about Nazis.

Godwin's Law, anyone?

Abeja de Almirante's not all bad. Remember, he keeps telling us he voted Liberal at one time.
 
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I meant the Nazis.
I don't know what to say. If Conservatives are not Nazis, why bring up the latter? If Conservatives didn't fix the election that finally brought them into power, like the Nazis did, why bring them up? Why are we talking about Nazis for goodness sake?
 
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Well, they either voted in favour of bigotry, or were too lazy to inquire as to what it was they were supporting. You've admitted to both - why are you so ashamed of what you did?
Damn those 5.5 million lazy, bigotted Canadians! What about the 4 million who voted Liberal, did they vote for four more years of Adscam'esque corruption, theft and cronyism? I think people vote for dozens of different reasons, many of which having more to do with the local candidate than the national position.

No shame here Andrea. I will gladly state that I voted Conservative when Harper wins again in 2007.
 
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^Gotta ask, but are you voting for the face, the politics, the youth factor or what? In your opinion, what would Kennedy have in common with Harper that would enable you to vote for either one? Why would you not vote for Dion if you would vote for Kennedy?

Just curious.
 
In your opinion, what would Kennedy have in common with Harper that would enable you to vote for either one? Why would you not vote for Dion if you would vote for Kennedy?
A fair question. I voted for Harper mostly to get rid of the old Liberal corrupt, adscam'ing machine, and the legacy of Quebecer PMs (let's give someone else a chance, eh?). That's not to say that I don't like Harper, as I like the GST cut, accountability act (if it ever passes) and proposed income splitting. Kennedy, I like because he's got no baggage, seems honest and he's not from Quebec. Most of all, I like him because he represents the new generation of MPs. Dion, on the other hand, reminds of a a poor man's version of Chrieten, with all the foreign accent and poor English, with a history in the last government that stole millions from us.
 
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Abeja de Almirante's not all bad. Remember, he keeps telling us he voted Liberal at one time.
Thanks. Actually, I voted Liberal lots of times. I voted for Jean Chrétien in 2000 (my first vote in Canada, couldn't wait to throw out Mulroney/Campbell), McGuinty in 2003 and Paul Martin in 2004. If Gerald Kennedy (IMO, an honest, youthful and intelligent guy with good leadership potential) had been elected Liberal leader, I might have voted for him in 2007 instead of Harper. As is, Dion is going to get murdered.
 
It isn't a foreign accent it is French, one of our two official languages.
 

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