My choices on the 28th

[thebitterguy]

The incumbent is Carolyn Parrish,who'll likely get it despite a noted tendency for incivility. I will not be considering the Reform candidate.

The local NDP candidate is 25. Good Lord. How the hell can I be expected to vote for someone who's the same age I was when I was doing regularly stupid things (like, say, joining a Demo Team).

Of course, the Green Partycandidate is 23. I will admit that he at least has a professional background to him, and he lives in the riding (or at least in the city). If there's one thing I can't stand, it's those professional academics. Jesus. Never trust anyone who's never held a really shitty job. If you've never had to wipe dirt, grease, or blood off your hands for the requisite minimum wage, you have no opinions worth listening to.

Hey, reserve background, too. That gives him more military experience than the party leaders. He's down with Proportional, which is always good (and will have hte added benefit of getting Quebec to shut up). Of course, he also supports a EEE senate, which is just not necessary.

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[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Who do you actually expect to win? If you can't stomach voting for that person, then your vote is a protest vote, anyhow. In which case, vote for the party which needs the funding most - probably the greens.

Fairvote.ca is a website for proportional representation. Worth a look, especially since it's gaining ground in several provinces and is firmly on the national agenda now. (Of course, it's on the agenda in the same way national child care was on the agenda in 1993 - still, people still talk about it and ask for it.)

[thebitterguy]

I'm voting for Carolyn, because she has experience and just a liiiittle attitude.