Comments on: I know Elizabeth May did well in the debates.. http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/10/06/i-know-elizabeth-may-did-well-in-the-debates/ My personal opinions on social and political issues from a progressive standpoint. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:35:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Saskboy http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/10/06/i-know-elizabeth-may-did-well-in-the-debates/#comment-16720 Saskboy Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:49:26 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/?p=2664#comment-16720 voteMayelectMacKay, it's your kind of vote splitting effort that will end up electing Peter MacKay. It's not completely your fault, since Layton and the local NDP are really the one to blame for bothering to run. If you watch national news like most Canadians, you're more likely to vote for a celebrity like May than a new NDP candidate you've never heard of. If you're really interested in beating Stephen Harper, you'd vote for May in Central Nova.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('16720','Saskboy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('16720','Saskboy','voteMayelectMacKay, it\'s your kind of vote splitting effort that will end up electing Peter MacKay. It\'s not completely your fault, since Layton and the local NDP are really the one to blame for bothering to run. If you watch national news like most Canadians, you\'re more likely to vote for a celebrity like May than a new NDP candidate you\'ve never heard of. If you\'re really interested in beating Stephen Harper, you\'d vote for May in Central Nova.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> voteMayelectMacKay, it’s your kind of vote splitting effort that will end up electing Peter MacKay. It’s not completely your fault, since Layton and the local NDP are really the one to blame for bothering to run. If you watch national news like most Canadians, you’re more likely to vote for a celebrity like May than a new NDP candidate you’ve never heard of. If you’re really interested in beating Stephen Harper, you’d vote for May in Central Nova.
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]]> By: reduxitnb http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/10/06/i-know-elizabeth-may-did-well-in-the-debates/#comment-16718 reduxitnb Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:03:21 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/?p=2664#comment-16718 " ... since the election writ was dropped." ... since the phrase "drop the writ" is really a contraction of "draw up the writ", your sentence should have read " ... since the election writ was 'drawn up'."<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('16718','reduxitnb'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('16718','reduxitnb','\" ... since the election writ was dropped.\"\r\n\r\n... since the phrase \"drop the writ\" is really a contraction of \"draw up the writ\", your sentence should have read \" ... since the election writ was \'drawn up\'.\"'); return false;">Quote</a></div> ” … since the election writ was dropped.”

… since the phrase “drop the writ” is really a contraction of “draw up the writ”, your sentence should have read ” … since the election writ was ‘drawn up’.”

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]]> By: voteMayelectMacKay http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/10/06/i-know-elizabeth-may-did-well-in-the-debates/#comment-16717 voteMayelectMacKay Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:45:13 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/?p=2664#comment-16717 I live in Central Nova. Peter MacKay gets elected if the Liberals vote Green. If the Liberals support the NDP, the NDP wins. Two fo the five provincial ridings are held by NDP and the NDP came second in the other three. People here feel honored to have a big celebrity like May come for a side show but we take our politic more seriously than that. Liberals here will vote NDP to unseat MacKay but also to have a better chance at knocking off the NDP incumbant next time. They know that if they help elect MacKay by voting Green he survives and will be stronger than ever.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('16717','voteMayelectMacKay'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('16717','voteMayelectMacKay','I live in Central Nova. Peter MacKay gets elected if the Liberals vote Green. If the Liberals support the NDP, the NDP wins. Two fo the five provincial ridings are held by NDP and the NDP came second in the other three. People here feel honored to have a big celebrity like May come for a side show but we take our politic more seriously than that.\r\nLiberals here will vote NDP to unseat MacKay but also to have a better chance at knocking off the NDP incumbant next time. They know that if they help elect MacKay by voting Green he survives and will be stronger than ever.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I live in Central Nova. Peter MacKay gets elected if the Liberals vote Green. If the Liberals support the NDP, the NDP wins. Two fo the five provincial ridings are held by NDP and the NDP came second in the other three. People here feel honored to have a big celebrity like May come for a side show but we take our politic more seriously than that.
Liberals here will vote NDP to unseat MacKay but also to have a better chance at knocking off the NDP incumbant next time. They know that if they help elect MacKay by voting Green he survives and will be stronger than ever.
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]]> By: Saskboy http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/10/06/i-know-elizabeth-may-did-well-in-the-debates/#comment-16716 Saskboy Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:39:36 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/?p=2664#comment-16716 As the Conservative vote goes down, the Green vote will go up, not even because they are taking directly from Conservative votes, but because more people will be comfortable supporting a party with slim odds if the Harper majority is no longer a threat.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('16716','Saskboy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('16716','Saskboy','As the Conservative vote goes down, the Green vote will go up, not even because they are taking directly from Conservative votes, but because more people will be comfortable supporting a party with slim odds if the Harper majority is no longer a threat.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> As the Conservative vote goes down, the Green vote will go up, not even because they are taking directly from Conservative votes, but because more people will be comfortable supporting a party with slim odds if the Harper majority is no longer a threat.
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]]> By: SteveV http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/10/06/i-know-elizabeth-may-did-well-in-the-debates/#comment-16714 SteveV Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:03:39 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/?p=2664#comment-16714 One thing about this poll, and even moreso in the Strategic Counsel battleground poll, the Liberal vote is firm, relative to the NDP and Greens. The NDP vote looks quite fertile in the SC poll, and the Greens are even softer. The Conservatives are falling, and yet their growth potential is still as low, which is strange because as the party numbers fade, you would expect an inverse uptick in potential growth. Everyway I look at it, the Libs are the only one with real room, and that is a good spot heading into the final days.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('16714','SteveV'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('16714','SteveV','One thing about this poll, and even moreso in the Strategic Counsel battleground poll, the Liberal vote is firm, relative to the NDP and Greens. The NDP vote looks quite fertile in the SC poll, and the Greens are even softer. The Conservatives are falling, and yet their growth potential is still as low, which is strange because as the party numbers fade, you would expect an inverse uptick in potential growth.\r\n\r\nEveryway I look at it, the Libs are the only one with real room, and that is a good spot heading into the final days.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> One thing about this poll, and even moreso in the Strategic Counsel battleground poll, the Liberal vote is firm, relative to the NDP and Greens. The NDP vote looks quite fertile in the SC poll, and the Greens are even softer. The Conservatives are falling, and yet their growth potential is still as low, which is strange because as the party numbers fade, you would expect an inverse uptick in potential growth.

Everyway I look at it, the Libs are the only one with real room, and that is a good spot heading into the final days.

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