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tuvor

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Sun Jan-22-06 09:37 PM
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Assuming it's a PC victory...

...what do we do then?

Hopefully, be more active on this forum, for starters.

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daleo

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Sun Jan-22-06 09:47 PM
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1. We wait for them to implode, among other things.

1 - When people do their tax returns, and find themselves writing cheques to the new Conservative government, due to the Conservative income tax increase.

2 - When whiney Alberta Conservatives find out they only get 3 or 4 Cabinet seats, and don't actually run the show. Give it a year or two and they will be resurrecting the Reform Party.

That's just two I can think of offhand.

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CHIMO

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Sun Jan-22-06 09:55 PM
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2. Get Active

Especially in provincial politics. Blabbing away here like we do is only educational and invigorating.

If they win there will be a resistance to their policies which will be reflected provincially.

Things are different here than down South. The Premiers have a lot more say in how things work out and they will respond accordingly.

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daleo

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Sun Jan-22-06 09:59 PM
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3. That's good advice. n/t

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tuvor

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Sun Jan-22-06 10:26 PM
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4. That's what I'm getting at.

We merely START by being more active here. I wonder if there's some way we can emulate DU's Activist HQ.

Of course, that wouldn't be worth much if we don't have enough interest.

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V. Kid

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Sun Jan-22-06 11:40 PM
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5. Good ideas as long as this site doesn't turn into...

...'liberal underground'. Atrocious place.

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meppie-meppie not

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Mon Jan-23-06 01:09 PM
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8. great reply! Astute and right on the mark, TY!!! :-)

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SeveneightyWhoa

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Mon Jan-23-06 04:38 AM
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6. PC?

I believe the Alliance will win, not the PC's. x(

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daleo

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Mon Jan-23-06 11:42 AM
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7. That's right, there can be no PC victory

Paul Martin was correct when he said the PC party was dead as disco.

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Posteritatis

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Mon Jan-23-06 01:51 PM
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9. Well, if it was a PC victory...

I'd first be really surprised, and then rejoice at the return of moderate conservatives to national politics. But alas, the PCs went down in flames over a dozen years ago, and we've got this thinly-veiled Reform party potentially running the show instead.

I dunno yet, really. What I'll do depends on too many variables at the moment - whether it's a minority or a majority, who my local MP ends up being, what the state of the opposition is, and so on.

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tuvor

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Mon Jan-23-06 02:36 PM
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10. Yes, I get it.

I posted that last night under the influence of nighttime cold medication, and didn't feel like typing out "Conservative".

Thanks for at least answering my question in the spirit with which it was intended. :)

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Posteritatis

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Tue Jan-24-06 01:39 AM
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11. And now that I have more info, my real answer

I'm gonna look at the results, and I'm going to giggle with malign glee, and I'm gonna watch Harper and his 123 buddies get the Lord of the Flies treatment by 184 left-wing members of Parliament.

The only result I'd be happier with at this point would be a Liberal (or, hell, NDP) majority, although things getting screwed up enough to get a BQ minority would probably get better hysterical glee from me. Historically, conservative minorities have been autosolving problems in Canada, though, so for my part I can mostly sit back, keep a closer eye on things than I usually do, and trust my representatives to do the rest in the usual style.

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CanuckAmok

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Tue Jan-24-06 01:43 AM
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12. My prediction is that the Reform/Alliance whack-jobs who were...

...absorbed into the Cons on the condition they keep their mouths shut will get over-confident and start yapping about "homos" and "injuns" and "mud races".

I say, bring it on. I want to see the true nature of Harper's brownshits exposed once and for all. Most Canadians aren't nearly as extremist as these freaks and zealots.

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