Comments on: Being a Dipper: Not really about the NDP

By: Idealistic Pragmatist

Idealistic Pragmatist — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 15:58:31 +0000

I won't speak for anyone else, but this is why I won't vote Green.

By: chrisale

chrisale — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 04:44:32 +0000

Declan.

I have considered that… if NDP wasn’t in such a pivotal position, I probably would. In the current climate the Green party just isn’t, can’t be, a factor. Not yet. I wish them all the best, but they need to work on their platform and candidates before I consider voting for them. I do hope they get enough votes to again get funding from Elections Canada, that was an amazing coup for them last year and they, and any other party, deserve all the support they can get.

For now though I have to go for the NDP. They have a chance to gain the 2 seats that they needed last time to hold the balance of power. My riding nearly provided one of those seats.

jane-m: Ya, poor RC seems to think that politicians come in different varieties… unfortunately they all come in one box.

By: jane m

jane m — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 02:59:06 +0000

Chris, just a guess, but it would appear that RC doesn’t like Jack Layton who’s apparently according to RC an opportunistic suck-up (aren’t they all?)

By: Gretchen

Gretchen — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:41:44 +0000

I feel the same as you. For me it’s not about party and I am a card carrying member of nothing.

By: Declan

Declan — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:20:16 +0000

Did you consider voting green? Not proselytizing, just curious, since they seem to meet your stated criteria.