{"id":1941,"date":"2004-06-14T08:13:26","date_gmt":"2004-06-14T08:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog2\/?p=1941"},"modified":"2004-06-14T08:13:26","modified_gmt":"2004-06-14T08:13:26","slug":"on_winning_my_v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/on_winning_my_v\/","title":{"rendered":"on winning my vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

it’s election season here in the great white north and i’m having a really difficult time deciding how i’m going to vote come june 28th. i’ve been half-heartedly listening to the news and reading the paper. i’ve poked around the big three’s websites looking for their positions on the issues i care most about. i’m going to an all-candidate’s meeting in my riding. i will watch the debates on television. i’ve even gone so far as to text message<\/a> them in hopes of getting a direct answer to what i consider the deal-breaking issues.
\ni’m probably even more confused now than i was three weeks ago.
\nlike darren<\/a>, i’ve been trying do decide if i should vote for a party, a leader or my local candidate. you’d think it’d be an easy choice, but it’s really not. i almost wish i could cast one vote for each category.
\nfor example, i really like paul martin<\/a> and jack layton. i think they are very interesting and charismatic men. i’d probably even forgive paul his tossing of bush’s salad in order to prove to that monkey that he’s not like jean chrétien, his predecessor. jack layton<\/a> just seems so real. i would love to hang out at the pub with him because you just know he’s probably a closet dart shark. stephen harper<\/a>, i am convinced, is the anti-christ; and i’m not the only one who says that, either. just look at those beady little, too-close together eyes, that scary hair and the way his face doesn’t move when he talks.
\nthen there’s the party. well, i’m a dyed in the wool socialist from way back. in my perfect world, the ndp<\/a> would form the next government and every government thereafter. unfortunately for my desires, there’s not a hope in hell of that happening any time soon, so i have to choose between the liberals<\/a> who have fucked things up financially, but done a lot for social issues, over the last ten years or the conservatives<\/a> who, while they may fix the fiscal issues, are sure to decimate any progress which as been made in the name of tolerance and equality for all canadians. not to mention just throwing out the kyoto<\/a> accord<\/a> which was signed by our previous prime minister<\/a> (ooh, that chafes my butt).
\nfinally, i could vote solely on what value my local candidate could bring both to my riding and parliment in general. this one is tough. i know my liberal candidate, don bell<\/a>, the former mayor of my district, the best. i’ve been watching him on televised council meetings for the last few years. he’s a little funny looking, but i like that he knows, intimately, the major issues our area faces. i worry, though, that if he’s elected, he may get overwhelmed by being a first time mp and get forget about who he’s supposed to be representing. ted white<\/a>, the conservative incumbent, i only know because he has the worst facial hair imaginable. it really is bad. if people were elected purely on the merit of their facial hair (or lack thereof), this guy would not have ever been elected in the first place. john nelson<\/a>, my ndp candidate, i know nothing about. actually, up until about four days ago, i didn’t even know his name. the only thing i actually know about him is that he has be best, most informative website of all three.
\noh, about that text messaging i tried out. i sent the same question to all three parties:<\/p>\n

please tell me your leader's
\nposition on same-sex marriage
\nand women's right to abortion.
\nthank you.<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

i was really disappointed at the responses, or lack thereof, i received.
\nthe most timely response came from the liberals the very same day:<\/p>\n

PMartin believes in the
\nCharter of Rights and
\nFreedoms.
\nStephen Harper Does
\nnot!<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

the best answer came from the ndp, two days later:<\/p>\n

Pro Same sex
\nmarriage, and support
\nwomen's right to
\nchoose and have
\naccess to safe
\nabortions.<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

it’s been over a week and the conservatives have yet to reply, although that doesn’t surprise me very much at all.
\ni think tonight’s all-candidate meeting and tomorrow’s debates will be what solidifies my vote either way. i want to hear what these men have got to say for themselves without it being filtered through media outlets. they’re the horses in this race and i want to hear it straight from their mouths’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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