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Originally posted by Spider
So the best way to get people to vote for the NDP would be to not talk about them at all? That's a great idea, and, coincidently, the same tactics employed by the Green Party (by way of them being too poor to campaign). Oddly enough that's the only party the NDP is beating right now, so, I think I will keep my strategy.
Or! Maybe I am a closet Liberal trying to get people to hate the NDP.
Lets say there were 20 voting age Canadians in this game. If I managed to reach out to them and have them consider voting for the NDP that would actually be pretty damn good. If every NDPer in the country managed to talk to 20 people that would be huge. 20 is a pretty high number for one guy. What do you expect me to do to try to talk to more than 20 people?
I also canvas door to door, wear a pin, and have a sign in my window. Don't mock my efforts! I'm kicking ass. Haha.
Seriously though, all I did was tell people to watch the parties ads. It's a lucky coincidence that my parties ads are better than the others. I didn't say "You have to vote NDP"** I just said look at what the parties are trying to tell you. I am confident that if every Canadian took a long hard look more people would choose my party than currently are.
To summarize.. The NDPs advertising campaigns are very colorful and attractive. They're nicely done. We have a good message. The political and economic climate in the country right now is one of frustration and prosperity respectively. Meaning that we can afford to do a little more (like my party advocates) and that perhaps its time to do just that before Canadians get totally turned off of politics. We have the best leader since Ed Broadbent, and for people who closely watch politics, even conservatives, must admit that Jack Layton and the NDP have been very successful and doing very well lately. The budget for example. If you watch Question Period for example you would know that even during the hight of the sponsorship scandal the NDP kept its questions focused in issues important to them and their supporters (and most Canadians) while the Conservatives and Liberals were satisfied to simply throw barbs back and forth about scandal and people like Grewal (from BC, a former Conservative MP).
**You do have to vote for my party, though, if you want to improve accountability, preserve the environment and enhance health care. If you want to give giant corporations a huge tax break you need to vote for the other guys. Keep this in mind though, the economy is already doing very well here. So maybe that would be a waste of resources. Meanwhile our health care system still suffers from the cut backs of Paul Martin's earlier years. Maybe that's where the money is the needed.
Or! Maybe I am a closet Liberal trying to get people to hate the NDP.
Lets say there were 20 voting age Canadians in this game. If I managed to reach out to them and have them consider voting for the NDP that would actually be pretty damn good. If every NDPer in the country managed to talk to 20 people that would be huge. 20 is a pretty high number for one guy. What do you expect me to do to try to talk to more than 20 people?
I also canvas door to door, wear a pin, and have a sign in my window. Don't mock my efforts! I'm kicking ass. Haha.
Seriously though, all I did was tell people to watch the parties ads. It's a lucky coincidence that my parties ads are better than the others. I didn't say "You have to vote NDP"** I just said look at what the parties are trying to tell you. I am confident that if every Canadian took a long hard look more people would choose my party than currently are.
To summarize.. The NDPs advertising campaigns are very colorful and attractive. They're nicely done. We have a good message. The political and economic climate in the country right now is one of frustration and prosperity respectively. Meaning that we can afford to do a little more (like my party advocates) and that perhaps its time to do just that before Canadians get totally turned off of politics. We have the best leader since Ed Broadbent, and for people who closely watch politics, even conservatives, must admit that Jack Layton and the NDP have been very successful and doing very well lately. The budget for example. If you watch Question Period for example you would know that even during the hight of the sponsorship scandal the NDP kept its questions focused in issues important to them and their supporters (and most Canadians) while the Conservatives and Liberals were satisfied to simply throw barbs back and forth about scandal and people like Grewal (from BC, a former Conservative MP).
**You do have to vote for my party, though, if you want to improve accountability, preserve the environment and enhance health care. If you want to give giant corporations a huge tax break you need to vote for the other guys. Keep this in mind though, the economy is already doing very well here. So maybe that would be a waste of resources. Meanwhile our health care system still suffers from the cut backs of Paul Martin's earlier years. Maybe that's where the money is the needed.
Liberals would rather Canadians vote for the NDP than the Conservatives, it takes away the votes that they dearly need, to a party that isn't going to win the election, or have a chance at winning it.
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