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On May 03 2011 06:41 adrenaLinG wrote:Show nested quote +On May 03 2011 06:26 Kralic wrote:On May 03 2011 06:24 adrenaLinG wrote:On May 03 2011 04:59 Matharos wrote:On May 03 2011 04:54 a176 wrote:+ Show Spoiler +On May 03 2011 04:17 a176 wrote:Poll: Impromptu PollNDP (50) 51% Conservative (32) 32% Liberal (9) 9% Green (6) 6% Bloc (2) 2% Other (0) 0% 99 total votes Your vote: Impromptu Poll (Vote): Conservative
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quoted for new page Very surprised how many people are voting conservative.... Because of internet tuff guys like this dood: On May 03 2011 05:24 Kralic wrote:
I am voting for Conservative because it suits my own personal agenda and goals better than any of the other political clowns we have running. There is a big demographic overlap between internet nerds and lolbertarianism. (young white middle-class heterosexual males that live in their parents' basements) I would thank you for lumping me into those two categories which are not true about me. Have any other comments to make about people who like conservatives? Do people from Alberta make you mad? Just wondering. You're welcome but my response wasn't to you it was to the OP's surprise What does Alberta have to do with anything
Alberta has a lot to do with the conservative hate, I actually thought lolbertarianism had something to do with Albertans voting habits, but i had to look it up on urban dictionary of how it is used on the internet to see how wrong I was. I guess I have to urban dictionary a lot of things these days as I get older.
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I voted green party. Looking forward to seeing the 0.1% support in my riding 
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Voted conservative! Remember how the BC NDP drove British Columbia to the ground? Taliban Jack will do the same for Canada!
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Voted bitches! But I'm not telling who....
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Dropping the kyoto protocol is a cool thing to do.
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On May 03 2011 06:50 Taku wrote:
Voted conservative! Remember how the BC NDP drove British Columbia to the ground? Taliban Jack will do the same for Canada!
Remember when the Manitoba NDP ran more than a decade of prosperity? Don't vote for federal parties based on provincial track records. It's different people.
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On May 03 2011 06:54 Tercotta wrote:Show nested quote +On May 03 2011 06:50 Taku wrote:
Voted conservative! Remember how the BC NDP drove British Columbia to the ground? Taliban Jack will do the same for Canada! Remember when the Manitoba NDP ran more than a decade of prosperity? Don't vote for federal parties based on provincial track records. It's different people.
Remember when Saskatchewan was ran by the NDP? That is a prime example of going to the dark ages and nearly ruining the province.
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On May 03 2011 06:54 Tercotta wrote:Show nested quote +On May 03 2011 06:50 Taku wrote:
Voted conservative! Remember how the BC NDP drove British Columbia to the ground? Taliban Jack will do the same for Canada! Remember when the Manitoba NDP ran more than a decade of prosperity? Don't vote for federal parties based on provincial track records. It's different people.
Eh, not so much for the BC NDP, they're the standard pro-union head-in-the-cloud-economist NDP archtype. Oh and they are very much affirmative action.
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On May 03 2011 06:55 Kralic wrote:Show nested quote +On May 03 2011 06:54 Tercotta wrote:On May 03 2011 06:50 Taku wrote:
Voted conservative! Remember how the BC NDP drove British Columbia to the ground? Taliban Jack will do the same for Canada! Remember when the Manitoba NDP ran more than a decade of prosperity? Don't vote for federal parties based on provincial track records. It's different people. Remember when Saskatchewan was ran by the NDP? That is a prime example of going to the dark ages and nearly ruining the province.
Remember when Sasketchewan went through an economic boom due do policy decision and programs under their NDP government.
Oh wait that's right now.
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It's pretty useless to compare federal parties to provincial parties. There are different priorities on different levels, things work out differently and the parties are completely different in terms of organization and personnel.
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On May 03 2011 06:57 Tercotta wrote:Show nested quote +On May 03 2011 06:55 Kralic wrote:On May 03 2011 06:54 Tercotta wrote:On May 03 2011 06:50 Taku wrote:
Voted conservative! Remember how the BC NDP drove British Columbia to the ground? Taliban Jack will do the same for Canada! Remember when the Manitoba NDP ran more than a decade of prosperity? Don't vote for federal parties based on provincial track records. It's different people. Remember when Saskatchewan was ran by the NDP? That is a prime example of going to the dark ages and nearly ruining the province. Remember when Sasketchewan went through an economic boom due do policy decision and programs under their NDP government. Oh wait that's right now.
Yeah it had nothing with the new government since 2007 opening up the province to big businesses and rewarding companies for having an office or warehouse here? The NDP caused our province to lose young people at an alarming rate. The NDP had its hold here for so long they became used to spending millions of dollars on out of province programs that we paid for with increased taxes and the fact we would never see any benefit to those programs in our own province. Sounds like a cheery group of people.
Here is how you used to win a SK election.
1) Cater to the old people with tons of money being pumped into their care homes and other projects that only affect them. (majority of voters)
2) Threaten your union and government workers with losing their jobs if a new party comes in.
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I just went to vote and the people in front of me (2 of them) took 20 minutes.
One of them was just there to help his mother, who didn't speak English or know any of the reps. They asked the volunteers who "helps with welfare and stuff" and they obviously couldn't answer and they got all pissed at the voting system. Then the son asked if he had to vote again because he hated all the mail he was getting. He also asked if he had to come in to vote again or if he was done for life. After his mom was done they passed him his ballot and he was so fed up that he said he didn't want to vote anymore. She told him she already gave him the ballot so it's too late and he should just "X" somebody. I told him to draw a penis on the ballot if he was so offended to live in a country with such a bad voting system.
Then a lady at the other station didn't know who the Conservative rep was, even though there were about 10 signs just outside.
Come on people, figure out who you're voting before you show up at the damn polling station.
EDIT: I'm changing this thread title.
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Do you guys vote based on the overall party or your local riding?
for the first time i voted locally. I hate the federal liberals right now.. haaate iggy. However, i live in vancouver centre and we have hedy fry who is such an awesome woman that has incredible support and does a lot for vancouver and its interests so i just had to vote for her. but now i feel dirty that my vote went to the federal liberals as well.
Anyone have similar a similar issue?
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On May 03 2011 07:07 mikeymoo wrote:
I just went to vote and the people in front of me (2 of them) took 20 minutes.
One of them was just there to help his mother, who didn't speak English or know any of the reps. They asked the volunteers who "helps with welfare and stuff" and they obviously couldn't answer and they got all pissed at the voting system. Then the son asked if he had to vote again because he hated all the mail he was getting. He also asked if he had to come in to vote again or if he was done for life. After his mom was done they passed him his ballot and he was so fed up that he said he didn't want to vote anymore. She told him she already gave him the ballot so it's too late and he should just "X" somebody. I told him to draw a penis on the ballot if he was so offended to live in a country with such a bad voting system.
Then a lady at the other station didn't know who the Conservative rep was, even though there were about 10 signs just outside.
Come on people, figure out who you're voting before you show up at the damn polling station.
EDIT: I'm changing this thread title.
This is one of the shortcomings of democracy. Some people should absolutely not have to right to vote.
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On May 03 2011 07:07 mikeymoo wrote:
I just went to vote and the people in front of me (2 of them) took 20 minutes.
One of them was just there to help his mother, who didn't speak English or know any of the reps. They asked the volunteers who "helps with welfare and stuff" and they obviously couldn't answer and they got all pissed at the voting system. Then the son asked if he had to vote again because he hated all the mail he was getting. He also asked if he had to come in to vote again or if he was done for life. After his mom was done they passed him his ballot and he was so fed up that he said he didn't want to vote anymore. She told him she already gave him the ballot so it's too late and he should just "X" somebody. I told him to draw a penis on the ballot if he was so offended to live in a country with such a bad voting system.
Then a lady at the other station didn't know who the Conservative rep was, even though there were about 10 signs just outside.
Come on people, figure out who you're voting before you show up at the damn polling station.
EDIT: I'm changing this thread title.
Dammit, stop making fun of me and my mom! =]
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I hope whoever is in Elizabeth May's riding decides to vote Green if they were planning to vote NDP or Liberal instead. Obviously conservatives will be conservatives, but I would love for the green party to have a voice in parliament, even if I don't entirely support their platform as a whole.
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On May 03 2011 07:14 Destro wrote:
Do you guys vote based on the overall party or your local riding?
for the first time i voted locally. I hate the federal liberals right now.. haaate iggy. However, i live in vancouver centre and we have hedy fry who is such an awesome woman that has incredible support and does a lot for vancouver and its interests so i just had to vote for her. but now i feel dirty that my vote went to the federal liberals as well.
Anyone have similar a similar issue?
I have to vote for a dumb ass MP in my riding if I want to vote conservative. I usually vote a lesser party so it throws the overall votes off in the riding.
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On May 03 2011 06:50 Taku wrote:
Voted conservative! Remember how the BC NDP drove British Columbia to the ground? Taliban Jack will do the same for Canada!
Taliban Jack? That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard.
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On May 03 2011 07:23 Freak705 wrote:Show nested quote +On May 03 2011 06:50 Taku wrote:
Voted conservative! Remember how the BC NDP drove British Columbia to the ground? Taliban Jack will do the same for Canada! Taliban Jack? That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard.
http://www.google.ca/search?q=taliban jack
It's an old political joke about Jack Layton, jeez.
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On May 03 2011 07:17 Inschato wrote:
I hope whoever is in Elizabeth May's riding decides to vote Green if they were planning to vote NDP or Liberal instead. Obviously conservatives will be conservatives, but I would love for the green party to have a voice in parliament, even if I don't entirely support their platform as a whole.
she's running against another cabinet minister (a very loud one), I don't believe she can win in that riding.
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