Comments on: When the political party matters!

By: Irate Pirate

Irate Pirate — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:27:11 +0000

^^ We voted, but it looks like the signs around town were indeed indicative of how the vote would turn out. Oh well, I suppose it could have been worse. The Conservatives could have gotten the majority. I watched the final debate between Obama and McCain when it came on TV recently. I’m not a big fan of America, especially it’s politics, but nevertheless did find the debate interesting (and nothing better was on lol). It wasn’t hard to see that voting for McCain is like saying you want Bush for another term. The guy look and sounds like he is some kind of clone. I pray people in the US will vote smarter this time around because the world needs more of Bush like I need a hole in the head. Being influentially close neighbors, this is actually important for Canada too, especially with Stephen Harper’s continued reign on Parliament Hill.

By: Russell McOrmond

Russell McOrmond — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:46:33 +0000

Please vote. Do not presume that just because a party is a well financed party and is able to get a lot of lawn signs that this automatically translated into votes. In fact, which party is able to get their supporters to actually show up at the polls is often the party that will win.

If the Conservatives believe they are going to win and get lazy, then this gives room for a different candidate to win. The same in the reverse — if supporters of other parties already believe they have lost, then that becomes self-fulfilling.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:37:36 +0000

^^ Where do you live?

Cheers!

By: Irate Pirate

Irate Pirate — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:50:56 +0000

A drive around the city in which I live (it’s not very big) shows there is overwhelming support for the Conservatives. It’s hard to miss. There are only a handful of signs here and there for the Liberals as well as the Green Party, and I’ve only seen one single sign for the NDP. I’m not 100% sure who I should be voting for anymore, or if it is even going to matter in the end. I’m pretty sure the Conservatives are NOT the best choice for Canadians, particularly those interested in not only copyright law in the digital age, but other things such as consumer rights, privacy, net neutrality and the environment. Of especial concern is the fact that the Conservatives seem far more interested in pandering to both corporate and American interests (the war in Iraq for instance) than acting in the best interests of the Canadian people. The wife and I are not very happy with the way the future is looking to turn out at all.

By: an Arse

an Arse — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:38:28 +0000

I wouldn’t say that having only 2 political parties is necessarily a good thing. In the US, the Republican party is awful, but the Libertarian party is actually well thought out. The Libertarians and the Democrats need to flush out the Conservatives that screwed over America. Granted, vote splitting does tend to be bad, but people often vote for someone as “anti-someone else”, whereas in the 3 party system, the people voting actually have to look at the other two candidates and look at what they voted.

Because the Libertarian Party is so small, Republicans only vote Republican because they are imbred idiots, and Democrats vote Democrate because they are afraid of the imbreds screwing over America again. With a 3rd party, the 3rd person can still keep intelligent debate topics going, which the US has sadly lacked…

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:03:53 +0000

We also need those who don’t care tell that they don’t care: come to the election and spoil your ballot so that your “don’t care” is counted too.