Hello Kevin.

13 Jan 06 16:02, you wrote to All:

 KF> Oh well.  What bothers me most is the way the Canadian voter works.
 KF> Reactionary.  Canadians vote against that which pisses them off the
 KF> most. No history, no "learning what the issues are", no
trying to see
 KF> what the people they are voting for are REALLY about--just
 KF> reactionary, spur of the moment anger.

Sitting here in the middle of Toryland, it really astounds me how blatently
ignorant some voters are. I try to tell someone that I think Martin is the
only one who will not royally screw up the economy, and I am instantly
labelled a Liberal. Yet when I point out that when Chretien was running, I
voted for the Reform Party, then they are baffled. They can't grasp the
concept of someone who doesn't blindly follow party lines, and actually
carefully examines the issues and party policies.

When I point out that the Reform Party had far different policies than the
current Conservatives do, and were far more fiscally responsible, their
heads start spinning like the girl from "The Exorcist". They see
only Tory blue, and they think that all Tories are "Good
Tories"...

 KF> Look at Ontario.  Oh yeah we were angry at Peterson, the bloody
 KF> Mulroney lickspittle.  Who's on the opposite side of the fence?
 KF> VOTE
 KF> FOR HIM!  Enter Rae.  4 years later:  "Oh that incompetant Rae!  Let's
 KF> vote for the opposite...HARRIS!"  And so it goes, over and over again.

Harris was a Mulroney clone. Harper is a Mulroney clone as well. Their
priorities are large corporate tax cuts, closer ties and integration with
the USA, and huge program cuts. They have no qualms whatsoever over running
huge deficits and racking up an enormous national debt, so long as their
supporters are taken care of.

Change just for change's sake is always a bad thing to do. Better the devil
you know than the one you don't, because most voters simply don't see the
true nature of the beast until it's far too late.

Yet when the interest rates go through the roof and the economy goes into
the toilet, oh how they will whine...

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