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In response to "I have a voting conundrum for the first time in a while" by Reagen

I just find it hilarious that there's still an ability to play the "wacko" right wing gov't card in Canada.

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Apr 19 '12, 20:47

People tend to *like* governing once they get in. That tends to lend itself to less Rob Fords and more Stephen Harpers.

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A more serious answer would be, "41 years is too long for any one party to ride over the government. Flush it out from time to time." - Name Withheld By Request Apr 19, 20:49 10
- Your IM: the Federal Liberals have been out of power for what, six years? And look nowhere near getting their act together by 2013. -- nm - Roger More Apr 19, 20:51 8
  - took the federal tories/reform somewhere between 10 and 15, and even then a big part of it was liberal implosion. -- nm - mafic Apr 19, 21:05
  - Yeah, but they had a collapse of epic proportions. If the PC's lose the provincial election, they will still be a *strong* opposition. - Subversive Apr 19, 20:54 4
    - Three governments over something like 100 years. It would make dictatorships blush, you oil barons, you. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 19, 20:56 3
      - Like I said, I agree with the principle of change. Just that this time, wishing for change is like not reading the fine print on the Monkey's Paw. -- nm - Reagen Apr 19, 20:59 2
        
        I think you used the same line on me in 2004. :-) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 19, 21:03 1
        
        Might have. :) - Reagen Apr 19, 21:06
  - Different scenario than AB. The NDP federally managed to retain its core throughout Chretien's run AND had provincial successes to build on. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 19, 20:54 1
    - You are closer to these things than me, but my take is that the Liberals see themselves as the natural party of government. - Roger More Apr 19, 21:02
- I agree in principle but not in practice. -- nm - Reagen Apr 19, 20:51
But occasionally they are Rob Fords. -- nm - Reagen Apr 19, 20:49 1
- Right. Just as there's Bob Rae's Ontario. These outlier governments don't tend to last long. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 19, 20:52

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I just find it hilarious that there's still an ability to play the "wacko" right wing gov't card in Canada.

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