tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post113975545703626549..comments2023-10-22T09:18:16.885-04:00Comments on Far and Wide: Buzz OffSteve Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-1139781666934339442006-02-12T17:01:00.000-05:002006-02-12T17:01:00.000-05:00Mark, the way I see it, Hargrove was not campaigni...Mark, the way I see it, Hargrove was not campaigning AGAINST the NDP. He was campaigning FOR CANADA ... which Layton should have been doing!!! There is a very important nuance.<BR/><BR/>Time will tell whether Hargrove ... and I have been wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-1139781313530855152006-02-12T16:55:00.000-05:002006-02-12T16:55:00.000-05:00james"They'd have another five points if Jack woul...james<BR/><BR/>"They'd have another five points if Jack would shave."<BR/><BR/>I contend the Harper hair negated the Layton stash, translating into a statistical wash.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-1139768941849741952006-02-12T13:29:00.000-05:002006-02-12T13:29:00.000-05:00If they'd had the mox to do this during the electi...If they'd had the mox to do this during the election they'd have had another five points. <BR/><BR/>They'd have another five points if Jack would shave. <BR/><BR/>Martin missed the great opportunity of the campaign when he didn't bood Hargrove from the stage when Hargrove endorsed voting Bloc. <BR/><BR/>Buzz is amazingly unpopular. Any public action to distance him will gain support.James Bowiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08128476102232612633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-1139764002179036752006-02-12T12:06:00.000-05:002006-02-12T12:06:00.000-05:00A long political strategy played in elections by L...A long political strategy played in elections by Liberals has been to tell people to vote for us as voting for the NDP is a waste of your vote. Buzz's fawning of Martin reenforces that belief. Strategic voting in Emerson's riding sure backfired for many voters who said they did so. Now they get a nice blue conservative office in their riding.<BR/>We should all be pushing for proportional representation, therefore getting rid of the distortions in our electoral system.susansmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02573558646874765432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-1139761789132427612006-02-12T11:29:00.000-05:002006-02-12T11:29:00.000-05:00markThat's a fair point, and I don't really disput...mark<BR/><BR/>That's a fair point, and I don't really dispute it. I just think, given the fact that the CAW endorsed Hargrove's approach, it would have been better to imformally shun Hargrove, rather than a public banning.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-1139761486810938702006-02-12T11:24:00.000-05:002006-02-12T11:24:00.000-05:00After Desjarlais we know that Layton intends to su...After Desjarlais we know that <A HREF="http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/09/05/ndpsamesex030905" REL="nofollow">Layton intends to suppress dissent in the NDP.</A> Buzz had it coming - you can't campaign against your own party and expect to stay in it, even in "the national interest".Mark Dowlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01399115211805036553noreply@blogger.com