The Politics Ugly

[plonq]

The Reformers Alliance Conservatives are doing their best to try and bring down the current government.  While I find it hard to sympathize with the Liberals, given the sleaze and rot that is festering inside their crooked little clan, I also find it very hard to side with Harper's lot.  He's joining forces with the Bloc.  Of course the Bloc are helping him out here - they are probably nigh orgasmic at the chaos they are helping to foment at the federal level.

As much as I dislike the Libs, I'm really leery of the current incarnation of the Tories.  At their core I see them as a party of hardliner fundamentalists who would love nothing better than to turn us into Jesusland North.  What's worse, they've shown that they are quite willing to bend over and spread for the Bloc in order to get their way.  I have serious concerns about a party that will so quickly crawl into bed with a group whose sole mandate is to destroy our country.

I can almost respect the NDP.  They're throwing their support behind the Libs just long enough to have their way with the federal budget, then they'll jump in with the Tories and Bloc.

I hate them all.  At the moment I'd be hard-pressed to name a single MP who isn't the moral equivalent of a fetid puddle of mucus in my books.  It's almost enough to turn a guy cynical.  Maybe I'll pound the pavement and campaign for the Libertarians in this next election.

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[orleans.livejournal.com]

I haven't been this disenchanted with federal politics in a long time. I have a long tradition of voting Liberal, but I'm really fed up with them over the sponsorship scandal. I won't vote Tory, as I don't like what they stand for. People say it's in my interest to vote for them as they will lower taxes. But I personally don't feel that voting for a party that will take rights away from my gay and lesbian friends is in my best interest at all!

That sort of leaves the NDP, so I will vote for them due to their ongoing support of environmental concerns. But it'll be a rather unenthusiastic vote. :/

[plonq.livejournal.com]

I accidentally voted for the NDP in the last election. There was a pretty serious split vote between the Lib and NDP candidates, and as a result the Conservative candidate slipping in by a margin of about 200 votes.

I expect she'll get in easily next time around - which is a shame. Party affiliation aside, she's a total dork. =/