Liberals snatching NDP votes in Ontario

The Globe and Mail ^ | 12/12/05 | By MICHAEL DEN TANDT AND GLORIA GALLOWAY

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If you go to the Globe and Mail, it is interesting to see the comments of the readers. They are in two camps: 1) the Liberals are corrupot as hell and need to be replaced by a fiscally and socially Conservative government or 2) the Liberals are the best party and were cleared of wrongdoing by the Gromery Inquiry so it is the lying conservatives that you have to be scared of...

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[Ninian Dryhope]

So are the commies taking votes away from the extreme commies in an effort by the extreme commies to keep the socialists from taking power?

[philsfan24]

glad i dont live in canada

[hispanichoosier]

If you go to the Globe and Mail, it is interesting to see the comments of the readers. They are in two camps: 1) the Liberals are corrupot as hell and need to be replaced by a fiscally and socially Conservative government

LOL! The so-called "Conservative" party in Canada is neither fiscally or socially conservative. I just wish that Quebec would secede...that would be far more interesting than a political race between far-left and farther-left.

[fanfan]

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[kanawa]

The so-called "Conservative" party in Canada is neither fiscally or socially conservative.

Yes, unlike the Republican party.

[hispanichoosier]

Yes, unlike the Republican party.

Speaking of which, do you guys actually have a true conservative party of any sort?

[kanawa]

Speaking of which, do you guys actually have a true conservative party of any sort?

Name a true conservative party and I'll see if we have anything that matchs.

[Sam Gamgee]

Damn. You'd think we'd finally get some decent leftist vote splitting, but it is not panning out that way. Even the Greens can't get traction.

It also appears that Atlantic Canadians aren't as insulted about being bribed the way Quebecers were.

[Sam Gamgee]

I think he was being sarcastic about the Republican Party - which these days is inhabited by RINOS. No, the CPC is not perfect, but is a vast improvement over the Old Tory party helmed by Joe Clark in the 1990s.

The MPs of the CPC are probably far more conservative than their party's policy - a policy platform which is really in its infancy.

[Sam Gamgee]

Have you guys noticed that very few of Martin's promises involve any provinces west of Ontario. The only one I found was softwood lumber bailouts. I think Martin insults us in the west with such nonsense. We don't like handouts - unlike Atlantic Canadians who can't live without them. (53% Liberal support is proof in the pudding - I guess that offshore oil deal did the trick).

[Canadian Outrage]

There are many TRUE fiscal and social conservatives in the Conservative Party including it's leader. What we have here imo is a completely BRAIN WASHED people in the most populated area of the land and it's going to be incredibly hard to unseat the CRIMINALS. Corruption does NOT appear to matter to these people. Very sad for the country indeed. The entire country needs to split up. I'm SICK of being at the mercy of these idiots.

[rasblue]

Like my tag says, everyone has a price. Ontarians just happen to be statists. BTW, I've noticed in the chatter here in Ontario that the infamous "beer and popcorn" comment isn't having the effect that Conservatives thought it would. In fact many Ontarians agree with the "beer and popcorn" statement. What do you expect from a province where you can't even buy a beer in a regular store (for the public good) and where the suffocating nanny state in loved so dearly.

[beaver fever]

I saw this coming when Layton pulled the plug.

The Tories and the Bloc put a gun in Layton's hand and made him pull the trigger.

Net effect NDP flight to the Liberals.

A classic sucker play.

[goldstategop]

NDP voters are deserting the socialists for the Liberals. If those figures hold up, we could see a Liberal majority government in Ottawa next year.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[Torie]

Sounds like NDP voters are rather strategic in Ontario, and want to stop the aspirations of the Conservatives. Rather smart of them, really, given their ideology.

[goldstategop]

Yep. 70% of Canadians vote for the Left. There's barely a party on the right to speak of. In Canada, choose your poison.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[Torie]

My guess, is that Ontario voters don't trust anyone but the Liberals to keep Canada together. Ontario views Ontario as of the essence of Canada, and the Conservatives all about the estranged plains.

[goldstategop]

They're punishing Layton for misreading the mood in Ontario. Nothing seems to disturb the equanamity of Canadians - certainly not Liberal briefcases bulging with cash. The general attitude is "every one does it" and people are scared to death of Stephen Harper and what the Conservatives could do to ON.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")