tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post6353683319773246051..comments2023-10-09T05:28:35.705-07:00Comments on Creekside: Green Party guy endorses Gordo ; Gordo endorses HarperAlisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-37003161928017016292008-10-18T21:37:00.000-07:002008-10-18T21:37:00.000-07:00Addendum to the post title, Alison:Bill Clinton en...Addendum to the post title, Alison:<BR/><BR/><I>Bill Clinton endorses gordo.</I> <BR/><BR/>Seems <A HREF="http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Labour-Industry/2008/10/17/ClintonGiustra/" REL="nofollow">Billary loves him some carbon taxing</A> . . . .West End Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04899808253017644309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-22308429109888062252008-10-17T23:11:00.000-07:002008-10-17T23:11:00.000-07:00Ricky : And yet apart from possibly Lizzie May, th...Ricky : And yet apart from possibly Lizzie May, they don't seem to attract many left-libertarian candidates, do they?<BR/><BR/>YF : Thank you, tah muchly. I also liked their platform very much and also had that nagging feeling. Maybe because some of the GP candidate's websites are so reactionary. A couple have even come out as "conservatives who care about the environment", presumably meaning Tory, not Con.<BR/><BR/>Wondering : I know some too. Environment over social justice makes sense to me as a platform - no sj or anything else is possible without e obviously - but I dislike their too often pro-US stance.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-55454572141121840742008-10-17T10:49:00.000-07:002008-10-17T10:49:00.000-07:00While in university, I had a room mate who is now ...While in university, I had a room mate who is now reasonably prominent in the BC Green party.<BR/><BR/>He supported Gordon Wilson before he went Liberal provincially, but Reform federally. Over the last ten years he has begun moving leftwards, but I wouldn't call him a leftie by any stretch. The environment takes precedence over social justice for him, he's open to parallel public/private health care systems, thinks P3s are great, yadda yadda. But he listens more now than he did as a Reformer. <BR/><BR/>All the same, he still thinks that social democrats have no future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-23289859625719696312008-10-17T09:55:00.000-07:002008-10-17T09:55:00.000-07:00Yet another example of the meaninglessness of part...Yet another example of the meaninglessness of party "brands".<BR/><BR/>Lib the one day, Green another, Con the next. <BR/><BR/>Somebody should erect the ultimate "big tent" and aptly call it <BR/>"The Opportunist Party".<BR/><BR/>Gordo is a fucking monster. <BR/><BR/>The official Green platform in the past election was quite agreeable but I cannot help the nagging suspicion that eats away at my skull where the Green Party is concerned.<BR/><BR/>Oh and BTW thanks for the diligently insightful and entertaining Election coverage. <BR/>Creekside is a must-read whenever I get on the line in these slim and cagey days. <BR/><BR/>The line about Steve trying to "unshit" the bed on Afghanistan sent coffee out of my nose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-88397754450751484552008-10-17T07:27:00.000-07:002008-10-17T07:27:00.000-07:00Good post. The Greens are more libertarian than a...Good post. The Greens are more libertarian than any party in Canada. That means they are likely to appeal too the Conservative set more than any other set of voters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-20618874151201800722008-10-17T02:35:00.000-07:002008-10-17T02:35:00.000-07:00Chrystal, I did quote "former" but just not in the...Chrystal, I did quote "former" but just not in the title. Your objection noted - I included "former" in the post title at the Beav.<BR/>Wonderboy's a real piece of work, isn't he? I loved it when he <A HREF="http://victoriabound.blogspot.com/2007/06/gp-bc-anti-ngo.html" REL="nofollow">explained he wasn't an environmentalist</A> and his commenters agreed.<BR/><BR/>Dan, I have considerable sympathy for the Green notion of politics being vertical as opposed to left/right, but yes, on a left/right social justice spectrum, too many of them fall too far to the right for me.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-61608525003923481092008-10-16T17:53:00.000-07:002008-10-16T17:53:00.000-07:00Most Greens are just Cons who have woken up to the...Most Greens are just Cons who have woken up to the fact that wrecking the planet is bad for business.<BR/><BR/>DanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-13739052769324249332008-10-16T17:23:00.000-07:002008-10-16T17:23:00.000-07:00Re "Green Party guy endorses Gordo," to be fair Be...Re "Green Party guy endorses Gordo," to be fair Bennett is a <I>former</I> <B>Interim</B> Leader of the BC Greens. He served in the period between Adriane Carr's move to the federal party and Jane Sterk's win as Leader of the provincial Greens. <BR/><BR/>I recall that the BC Greens were none too happy with Bennett and they couldn't wait to see him replaced.Chrystal Oceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171002438761303983noreply@blogger.com