tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post1744431949068839324..comments2023-09-03T02:48:49.315-06:00Comments on Alberta Ardvark: A strange thing happened in Alberta on the way to that Conservative majority in Ottawa.Ardvarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08500944437649023719noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-7354539298898166582012-02-09T12:39:42.305-07:002012-02-09T12:39:42.305-07:00Redford's claim that she and PC's are &quo...Redford's claim that she and PC's are "listening" to Albertans is a sham.<br /><br />Reminds me of the old saying "Don't judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes."<br /><br />AB PC's take-away: That way you'll have his shoes and be a mile away from him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-7110446928462098072012-02-09T10:42:55.572-07:002012-02-09T10:42:55.572-07:00It's not that Albertans can't understand w...It's not that Albertans can't understand what's happening - they just don't want to.<br /><br />IMHO the PC's new MO is that of a spousal abuser "I wouldn't hurt you if I didn't love you."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-71569045875034653362012-02-08T21:00:59.940-07:002012-02-08T21:00:59.940-07:00Wildrose may not win the next election, but once p...Wildrose may not win the next election, but once people take some time from their busy lives to see what's really going on, I don't see why the WA can't win the next election after that. Vote splitting? Possibly. But it's short term pain for long term gain. If there's any province where a small-c conservative party can win, it's Alberta. I'm in Ontario but if I were an Albertan I would definitely vote WA in the next election.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-37589622404444219592012-02-08T20:16:52.855-07:002012-02-08T20:16:52.855-07:00This just goes to show how important it is to clea...This just goes to show how important it is to clean house. Progressives taking over the party is one thing, but you also need to contend with the Bureaucracy, Academia and the Legacy Media in Alberta.<br /><br />Electing Wildrose party candidates will be a good first step, but the bureaucracy needs to be pruned and many powers removed, Alberta's education system needs to be closely looked at to see where pockets of Progressive indoctrination are lurking (and funding needs to be removed from there and applied to parental control and student funding as opposed to institutional funding in higher education), and the Legacy media needs to be called on their BS and fought directly with advertiser boycotts. And that is just the start.<br /><br />Best of luck to you Ardvark, and all your friends. I lived in Calgary back in the 80's and thought it was a wonderful change from Ontario.Thucydideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09828932214842106266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-66098667839735115122012-02-08T19:24:15.389-07:002012-02-08T19:24:15.389-07:00Re-posting this comment with a the hideous typos c...Re-posting this comment with a the hideous typos corrected.<br /><br />Sue: The vote splitting angle is one that I hear all of the time related to BC but not much for Alberta. While there may be something to it I personally could not hold my nose and vote for a party that has abandoned me and basic conservative ideals just to stop another party from sneaking in. No party is worth it IMHO.<br /><br /><br />As for your comment on it taking more than one election for the WRP to gain power; you may be correct on that and it may be the best thing in the long term for the WRP for them to become the official opposition, perhaps in a minority situation, but I can't let that be the deciding factor in how I will vote. As I noted in the post, we don't change governments often in Alberta, but when we do, we do so in spectacular fashion. I am hoping that in 2012 that we do so again.Ardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08500944437649023719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-6667912723413977852012-02-08T16:11:08.296-07:002012-02-08T16:11:08.296-07:00Great post by the way. I’m sure all the usual susp...Great post by the way. I’m sure all the usual suspects are not going to be very amused.Blame Crashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03736137844334640019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-39458105880488882952012-02-08T16:08:02.751-07:002012-02-08T16:08:02.751-07:00Oh I can just imagine the rage that many of the sl...Oh I can just imagine the rage that many of the slop-trough PC’s have to anyone who shows any kind of dissent to their iron fisted rule. Being under threat is a new thing for them and it shows. The though of losing the easy life is absolutely horrifying, especially when the books are thrown wide open and they show everyone what has really been going on and who’s been naughty and who’s been very naughty.<br />The PC Gravy Train is now a Runaway Train and it needs to be derailed in the upcoming election. If we don’t, all of these new left-wing fair-weather PC Coalitionistas will do it for us, but only after they’ve gone off the rails by burying the next generation in massive debt.<br />It’s “Time’s Up” for both the new and old PC’s.Blame Crashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03736137844334640019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-54948146219521327302012-02-08T12:12:05.542-07:002012-02-08T12:12:05.542-07:00Sue,
thanks for your warning, but I don't see ...Sue,<br />thanks for your warning, but I don't see a "risk".<br /><br />Unless you are suggesting a possible coalition of losers between Redford and the Libs/NDP?<br /><br />In that case, a Wildrose majority is absolutely Albertan's only option.<br /><br />I am 110% behind Wildrose,<br /> leader Danielle Smith and her highly qualified candidates are ready to govern.wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03589410224972050999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-48315414727068888302012-02-08T11:40:48.026-07:002012-02-08T11:40:48.026-07:00The missing bits......
Big difference of course i...The missing bits......<br /><br />Big difference of course is that you are only pushing back against the PC party.... not the provincial NDP.Suenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-68293673010286070642012-02-08T10:44:41.840-07:002012-02-08T10:44:41.840-07:00Be careful what you wish for. Vote splitting is pe...Be careful what you wish for. Vote splitting is perilous.<br /><br />In BC in 1972 and 1996 we got a NDP gov´t which thrust BC into two separate decades of decline.<br /><br />The governing BC Liberal Party, now very unpopular, has been a coalition of Conserv and Libs and now John Cummins is reviving the old provincial carcass of the BC Conservatives.<br /><br />It´s very existence will split the next vote and fully insert the NDP back into government in BC.<br /><br />Alberta, carry on at your peril. WRP will require more than one election to win the popular vote. Do you really want to risk that?Suenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-10736226441987070262012-02-08T09:59:14.705-07:002012-02-08T09:59:14.705-07:00The one that will not raise my taxes or plan to ma...The one that will not raise my taxes or plan to make government bigger and more intrusive. <br /><br />Since there is only 1 party out there that fits this description it should be clear who gets my vote.Ardvarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08500944437649023719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-82281061156902178552012-02-08T09:54:43.898-07:002012-02-08T09:54:43.898-07:00So which party will you support?So which party will you support?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-85137208865885978792012-02-08T09:28:55.203-07:002012-02-08T09:28:55.203-07:00you guys in alberta get rid of redford bye electi...you guys in alberta get rid of redford bye electing wild rose alliance and in B.C were gonna have a Conservative uprising it is happening now the bc liberals are being replaced bye the bc conservatives we could see a conservative official opposition with an NDP minority government or a Conservative minority. hopefully better but things are happening in BC rite now to.Roy Elsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11912925011551525087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-88994307258943305882012-02-08T09:20:38.768-07:002012-02-08T09:20:38.768-07:00Well I for one will be voting for the Wildrose Par...Well I for one will be voting for the Wildrose Party....Ms Redford is just itching to raise taxes and Iam not in favour of that moveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21136151.post-40907537446248829082012-02-08T09:15:53.117-07:002012-02-08T09:15:53.117-07:00Here's hoping you guys oust Red Ali and her gr...Here's hoping you guys oust Red Ali and her group of CINOs. Ontario failed to get rid of one of the most unpopular premiers in a long time (though that was mostly Hudak's fault for being such weak competition). Of course, Alberta isn't Ontario, so I'm hopeful a true conservative party -- Wildrose -- will lead the way.Natashahttp://mooseandsquirrel.ca/noreply@blogger.com