Personally I think a compromise is better for this riding we are a diverse riding in every way and need both protection and development. Something Devolin does not bring to the table with his narrow Canadian church ties.

Chris and Barry have done some ribbon cutting for this riding but they have also been involved in questionable decision making and leadership flops.

With that said Ill be voting NDP it seems the right thing to do. I cannot support the liberals due to scandal and think getting beat well give them time to rebuild. I see a conservative govnerment, which if victorious is only because it abandoned the majority of its principles and ideas for said victory.

I do not like the lack of dignity shown by conservatives and liberals this past parliament. I would prefer a change but a positive change.

Devolin well poll around 40% but win by much more then last time due to a stronger NDP I think.

A minority is best for the country right now and perhaps for a while to come.

Please keep in mind that the NDP is the only party that well give money directly to local communities witch is what we need most in this region.

Drew

*Andy Harjula if I may say is a bad choice. He answers policy questions by supporting the liberals and their platform ideas.

Today’s Globe & Mail article on page A5, “Remarks that hurt Tories last election absent this time” is outrageous. Maybe the main stream media have simply decided that close elections sell and acted accordingly? Let’s see how they follow up on this?

The quote above from a cable broadcast debate, made by Barry Devolin, Conservative Party candidate in Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes- Brock is an interesting example to examine closely.

Mr. Devolin’s personal ambitions to acquire power have a lot in common with those of Steven Harper. Say anything. Mr. Devolin was part of the Reform-Alliance that tore apart the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, a Canadian institution. Yet he moved on to become a Mike Harris political insider and a provincial Progressive Conservative. He was the political operative who helped Ernie Eves get a seat back in the Province. Now he aspires to be in a Steven Harper Cabinet. But obviously he is not quite ready to accept the high standard of discourse that Canadians have come to expect from such an office.

By definition a “slur” or “aspersion” is the act of defaming or slandering. Interestingly, in music a slur is defined as a curved line connecting notes on a score to indicate that they are to be played or sung together.

So what are the ingredients in this cocktail served up to an audience, who few would argue were nearly as experienced in the fine art of political juxtaposition as Mr. Devolin?

You start with stirring up the sentiments of long settled religious bigotry. The intoxicant is unanimous contempt for the sexual abuse of children. Now you add corrupt acts, carefully leaving out Judge Gomery’s exoneration of the current Liberal leadership. And, if possible garnish with a little unsaid regional division – this thing took place in Quebec.

While the attention during this campaign has clearly changed since 2004, the real choices have not. Garbage like this is an appeal to the unacknowledged worst of human intuitions. Too bad that we are not talking about highest aspirations as a country. Little stuff like low interest rates, the lowest unemployment in 30 years, the best fiscal management in the world, the biggest tax cuts in history, Canada’s competitive positioning in the world, the first real social program in a generation … oh, I gotta go. I need to rush out and buy my kid’s hockey equipment while supplies last!