Wednesday, March 30, 2016

but, if tom goes, who is going to credibly rail on the government for not balancing the budget? the conservatives have no credibility on this.

here's the thing: he purged the party of anybody that might challenge him. the ndp used to be the party of hard working mps that had to fight long odds to win their seats. today, it's tom the great leader and his faceless minions of seat-warming backbenchers. they've got bigger problems than finding a new leader. but, they'd better figure out a way to get him to listen to their party's constitution, too.

even if he wins, a review will be good for the party because it will help bring some stronger voices to the forefront.

www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-mulcair-approval-ndp-1.3510744

Resource Nation
What's your evidence that Mulcair is not a corporate stooge.
His record of near silence on the Chinese Foreign Investor Protection Agreement, and minimal effort to oppose TPP and CETA is evidence that Mulcair is a corporate stooge.

jessica murray
what was the term he used for the tpp? enthusiastically in favour?

i'd normally be expected to vote for the ndp. but i basically voted against mulcair back in october. i'm not sure i'd say he's a corporate stooge, though, as much as i'd say he's an *aspiring* corporate stooge.

you can imagine him showing up at the bankers meeting and being all like "hey guys!", while they slam the door in his face kind of thing. then, you'd see him peering in the window and pouting about not getting in.

kind of like hillary clinton...

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noname2004
Mulcair is the wrong person for the NDP future, end of story. 

BluesBerry
It's easy to say that someone is unsuited for a particular job.
It difficult to say why you feel that is so, and the characteristics you feel the next NDP leader should have.

Jessica Murray
being ideologically aligned with the ndp would be a good first start.

j reacts to the danger in perpetuating insulting anti-trump media

i'm shocked. they sound like every other aging boomer couple i've ever heard. this is pathetic. it's the kind of hit piece you expect fox news to throw at hillary clinton.

trump is not somebody that's likely to gain my sympathies naturally. but, if you turn him into the underdog, people will become more receptive to what he's saying.

the left has a fundamentally different psychology. we don't pile on the persecuted; we don't take pleasure in kicking people when they're down. we're stuck with this weak human emotion called empathy. we align with the downtrodden. we want your huddled masses. we claim the meek shall inherit the earth.

stop attacking him personally. go after his policies. the more you attack him as a person, the more you victimize him, and the more we seek to identify with his perspectives.

www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/03/28/donald-trump-ivana-oprah_n_9558642.html

Maryanne Slater
Not every aging boomer. Just the ones down at the coffee shop who blame teenagers, minorities and women's lib for everything wrong with the world today.

jessica amber murray
actually, it sounds a lot like a tongue-in-cheek exchange between my pot-smoking, liberal father and his much higher-earning corporate executive wife.

in fact, there's probably copious similar footage out there of the clintons ribbing each other, although the roles may be reversed more often than not.

29-03-2016: badly distracted all day [g&m account cleared]

tracks worked on in this vlog:
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/period-1

j reacts to the jian ghomeshi verdict (and the normalization of vigilante justice)