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The Conservatives are breaking their own taboo by starting to call on Canadians to award them a majority government in the next election.
Award them?
Fat Chance Pickle Head... if they think they're going to get help for a majority in the Maritimes, they're more out in space then they realize.... and I doubt Quebec will offer much more sympathy after Harper basically branded the entire province as seperatists during the whole Coalition fiasco and fingered them as being out to destroy Canada.
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The tactic will be part of an appeal for stability in a recession if the opposition defeats the government in the Commons early this fall, a year after the last election.
It didn't work last time, it sure ain't going to work this time around. The reason why they never got their majority last time was simply because he denied there was any economic trouble on the way, that everything was perfectly fine, and provided no friggin platform other then attacks against all the other parties.
And only after the whole Coalition idea came about did he finally get off his arse and admit that there was a problem with the Economy.
Wow
*Clap Clap* welcome to the future with the rest of us who knew months before
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The Conservatives expect to contrast their call for a majority with two other potential scenarios they hope will prove less appealing: a Liberal minority and a Liberal-NDP coalition.
Either are a hell of a lot better then Conservatives in a minority or majority.
Seriously, since Harper and the Conservatives came to semi-power.... what have they accomplished?
How far has our country moved forward under their so-called leadership?
How many times have they lied to us?
No matter what he says... hell, he can offer to pull down his pants and get his arse slapped with a frozen trout in Dildo Newfoundland, I still won't be voting his sorry arse in.
I haven't voted Conservative yet, and I see no logic in voted for them now. They have only been a complete disapointment so far.
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"We have had three elections in the last four years, and that's a lot. A minority can have its charms, but over the long term, a country like Canada cannot continue to be eternally governed by minorities," he said.
"It's up to the voters to decide, but we hope that, given our actions and our attitude, people will decide that the Harper government has acted seriously and deserves a majority."
Acted seriously?
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!Oh man... that brought a tear to the old eye.....
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"The last thing Canadians want is a Liberal government propped up by the NDP and the Bloc Québécois," Mr. Harper said at the event in Mr. Calandra's riding.
Ok Harper, I didn't vote for you, and I sure as hell don't appreciate you telling me what I want or don't want..... if I was a woman I'd tell you to lick me where I bleed you ignorant jerk.
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The Conservatives may feel they have been in government long enough to allay voters' fears. The call for a majority might also be a way to separate them from the opposition: they could say that voting Liberal, NDP or Bloc might result in a coalition or more elections, but choosing the Tories would bring stable government.
"But there's still a big risk in that strategy of talking about a majority," said Innovative Research Group pollster Greg Lyle, who has been a strategist for provincial Conservatives in Manitoba and Ontario, and B.C.'s Liberals.
"There are still a lot of people afraid of the Tories," he said.
The Liberals are the second choice of many voters, so they might benefit from a polarized campaign involving calls for a majority, while the Conservatives have less second-choice appeal.
Afraid of them for good reason..... second choice appeal?
They're at the bottom for me, below the Liberals, who are below the Green, who are below the Bloc, who are below the NDP.