It started out innocently enough, well maybe not innocently but well this is what happened. A friend of mine "liked" a video that was posted on YouTube, It was a video mocking Harper and comparing his speech to the Emperors speech in Star Wars Episode... ummm 1 or 2? I should probably know this but meh...
Anyway, it played on the fact that he used words like, stability and security for Canadians. So I see this and think, I can't let these Lefties get away with it. So I post a comment, and then a response to another comment and finally get a reply that if I don't like what my friend posted, I should no be attacking it on his wall. I couldn't argue with that. Seemed I had inadvertently broken FB etiquette. Now it may not be official etiquette, I don't know... I'm still not sure about this whole Social Networking/Media thing (I say as I am writing on my Blog) :)
But it sounded right, and at the end of the day Left or Right, "right is right". But what I then thought was how I had gotten sucked in like our political leaders. Taking pot shots and responding to them instead of ignoring it and sticking to the issues. After all that is what an election should be about right? I certainly wouldn't vote conservative if they suddenly decided to split up the country, just because they are the Conservative Party.
So can it be done? Could a political party actually win an election, or even run a half way decent campaign without the mudslinging? Could Harper possibly win without attacking the other parties? Or without defending against attacks? I don't think today's media outlets would let it happen. When you listen to reporters questions, they are almost always tainted with comments from these attacks. I don't think we'll ever find out if it is possible as no one wants to take the chance and if they did and lost they would be out of a job faster then I could post about it! But I do think you would see a lot less of what happened with Harper and his 2004 coalition discussions. If he's not talked about the coalition in the first place (something I got caught up with yesterday) Duceppe, would not have been able to make Harper look bad. These secret talks would have had no impact.
Harper if you are reading this (ya right!) Stop talking trash, you already have a strong backing. Give us the goods. Show us how you lead Canada through the world economic downturn. Show us the plan for the next 4 years. Tell us why it is the right thing to do! And seriously, a tax break for families that's not for 4 years... you should have kept that for the next election!
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