tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929537540404873123.post8390067914457902594..comments2023-10-04T06:59:20.803-06:00Comments on The Enlightened Savage: Greens to Debate?Enlightened Savagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17872131888278838737noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929537540404873123.post-57670094706650947652008-09-10T23:08:00.000-06:002008-09-10T23:08:00.000-06:00Mr. Savage, I've written to Elizabeth about your c...Mr. Savage, I've written to Elizabeth about your concerns, and when she replies (for a political leader who gets a decent amount of correspondence, she actually does reply, thoughtfully and timely) I'm posting it here, and at my blog.<BR/><BR/>What would help is if you, and everyone reading this who supports your decision, would do so as well. The more she is shown that Green supporters want a real party with a chance of winning seats, the higher of a chance the feisty, articulate, impassioned Elizabeth May will surface in the debate, and show her acute political skills that can surface from time to time (such as in this debate issue).<BR/><BR/>Remember, if pressure worked on two politicians, it'll work on others.Shaynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05594985783253150870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929537540404873123.post-40043942351223064842008-09-10T15:40:00.000-06:002008-09-10T15:40:00.000-06:00Anon doesn't understand the difference between coo...Anon doesn't understand the difference between cooperation, and endorsement, and neither does much of the media. Fortunately, voters without an axe to grind are better at understanding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929537540404873123.post-62815142485458695382008-09-10T14:37:00.000-06:002008-09-10T14:37:00.000-06:00Anon: I have my doubts about Elizabeth May as a vi...Anon: I have my doubts about Elizabeth May as a viable, or even passable, leader of the Greens. I've expressed those doubts on this blog before, and I stand by them.<BR/><BR/>That said, no matter who their leader is, the people of Canada deserve the chance to hear the Greens in the debate.<BR/><BR/>If May craps the bed in these debates, setting her party back years or possibly even permanently, then that's the risk you take when your party plays with the big kids.<BR/><BR/>I HOPE it doesn't happen - the Greens have an important message to get out. But if she brings her "evil Liz" mask to the debate, or sounds like a Liberal proxy when it's her turn to speak, then Canadians will react accordingly. That's politics. She has a chance to illustrate that her party is NOT a typical "left-of-centre" party, and defy the pundits who keep trying to pigeon-hole them on the left fringe. I hope she uses it effectively.<BR/><BR/>I'm crossing my fingers, for the sake of what the Greens as a party can bring to the public debate on many important policy issues. But, based on what I know of the leader in question, my crossed fingers aren't accompanied with held breath.Enlightened Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872131888278838737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929537540404873123.post-46693009717815466012008-09-10T13:53:00.000-06:002008-09-10T13:53:00.000-06:00Your joking right? May has so often endorsed Dion ...Your joking right? May has so often endorsed Dion there are too many times to count. For god sake she did it again today on NewsNet. Her praise was so effusive I wanted to tell her to meet up with Dion and to just get a bloody room already.<BR/><BR/>Jack was completely consisted in my mind. He has made it clear that his goal is to take the fight to Harper and that he is in this to win it. That the MayDion hybrid (pun intended) is in the debate is really irrelevant.<BR/><BR/>Maybe you should ask Dan Baril, or John Ogilvie (and countless staff who left her office) whether they think that May is such a great leader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929537540404873123.post-40650728690605809632008-09-10T13:35:00.000-06:002008-09-10T13:35:00.000-06:00Excellent post and I agree with you. May must push...Excellent post and I agree with you. May must push for the Green Party and its platform, not shill for the Libs.<BR/><BR/>I'm ecstatic with this news!Chrystal Oceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171002438761303983noreply@blogger.com