as a long time viewer of the real news during the now apparently over paul jay period, i am much more familiar with dmitri than i am with any of the other candidates and it is actually for this reason that i'm a little apprehensive about voting for him as a leader, despite the fact that i think he'd make an excellent and very responsible member of parliament, much in the same way that elizabeth may is. dmitri is exceedingly strident in his opinions, and very much convinced of the correctness of them, in ways that may make it difficult for him to organize a political party. a dmitri lascaris led green party may be fun for a few years, but i would be concerned about his electoral viability, due to his tendency to take controversial positions and refuse to compromise on them. those supporting his candidacy should be aware that they are getting somebody with very strongly held opinions that holds to those opinions because he is certain he is right. that said, he's probably the best attorney general that the country will never actually have.

regarding bds....

the switch to the ndp was a little curious to me, given what happened to libby davies all those years ago. i'm, personally, a little bit apprehensive about bds as a tactic, for the reason that it seems likely to me to make things worse rather than better, which is a position i've adopted from listening to chomsky. but, i am exceedingly confident that dmitri is coming from a place of support for human rights, and not a place of support for something else.