Wednesday, June 16, 2004
So my blog's all new and snazzy now, and still has no audience.
Watching a rebroadcast of the English-language leadership debate, a few things come to mind.
However, the only one of those things I'll bother to mention is that Gilles Duceppe is a very well-spoken and intelligent man. He has so far stuck out to me as the only one of the 4 that can carry on a debate without speaking over someone else. It's a shame he's a seperatist, because he has come out, at least in my opinion, as the most capable sounding leader of all 4.
There has recently been some hullaballo about the Green Party not being included in the debate. The rational, as I understand it, is that they currently have no sitting members. However, they're running a candidate in every federal riding, which is a LOT more than can be said for a party like the Bloc. But, I suppose if the Bloc were left out of the debate, Quebec would erupt.
Edit: Another thing, Gilles really has no input on any of the national issues being discussed, other than to point out the other leader's flaws and to ask them questions. As he represents solely the interests of Quebec, and really can have no position on national issues. Still, he's taking it to them.
[Stupid Stephen Harper talking about buying 'hybrid carriers' to carry troops and helicopters across the water. Lord I can't stand his hair. There Harper goes again asking why we didn't participate in the Iraq war, as we had troops there already. Well yeah! The 35 troops that we had on an exchange program would have made a HUGE contribution.]
I had considered voting for my local Green Party candidate, as after reading their website, I seem to agree with more of their dogma than of any of the other parties. However, with the grim spectre of a minority government in which the Conservatives hold the most seats rearing its ugly head, I feel my duty is to vote liberal in order to prevent this ugly thing from happening.
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