The Rants of Issachar
Monday, January 09, 2006
Fry - Robinson - Fogarassy debate
I caught a bit of the Vancouver Centre debate on CKNW this morning. The bit that caught me was the wrap up "answer in 10 seconds or less - what will be the main issue in the leaders debate tonight?".
The three all mentioned several things, but they both mentioned trust. Ms. Fry says we don't trust the Conservatives, Mr. Fogarassy says we don't trust the Liberals, and Mr. Robinson we don't trust the Liberals or Conservatives.
I'm not sure if trust is the main issue for me, but it seems like it's an issue for them. For the record, I think it's a bit odd for Mr. Robinson to put himself up as the man to trust considering his rather high brow shoplifting incident. The NDP should be able to field a better candidate. Are they so short of qualified candidates that they can't retire Mr. Robinson?
One positive thing I will say about Svend is that he votes in the commons according to his own opinions, not the polls. Of course some of his opinions are rather poorly thought out, but he's not a "whatever the latest poll says" political animal. Why does an openly gay man support the violent and openly anti-gay (as in prison or worse), Palestinian groups? I'm guessing the average gay man in the WestBank might not appreciate Mr. Robinson's position on the matter.
As for Ms. Fry, she's permanently lost my respect after that "Crosses are burning on the lawns of Prince George" comment. I'm convinced that she thinks anyone voting Conservative is either a pawn or a racist. There are good people in the Greens, Conservatives, NDP and Liberals. Anyone that vicious and/or ignorant should not be in government.
As for the Mr. Fogarassy... Don't know him. I hope he wins, but that's mainly because I don't want the other two influencing government. At least now that Mr. Robinson has changed ridings, one of them is guaranteed to lose. Gun to my head, I hope Ms. Fry gets tossed.
At least the debate wasn't like the last one on CKNW. That was irritating. Ms. Fry and Mr. Robinson were interupting each other so much you couldn't make sense of any of it.
The three all mentioned several things, but they both mentioned trust. Ms. Fry says we don't trust the Conservatives, Mr. Fogarassy says we don't trust the Liberals, and Mr. Robinson we don't trust the Liberals or Conservatives.
I'm not sure if trust is the main issue for me, but it seems like it's an issue for them. For the record, I think it's a bit odd for Mr. Robinson to put himself up as the man to trust considering his rather high brow shoplifting incident. The NDP should be able to field a better candidate. Are they so short of qualified candidates that they can't retire Mr. Robinson?
One positive thing I will say about Svend is that he votes in the commons according to his own opinions, not the polls. Of course some of his opinions are rather poorly thought out, but he's not a "whatever the latest poll says" political animal. Why does an openly gay man support the violent and openly anti-gay (as in prison or worse), Palestinian groups? I'm guessing the average gay man in the WestBank might not appreciate Mr. Robinson's position on the matter.As for Ms. Fry, she's permanently lost my respect after that "Crosses are burning on the lawns of Prince George" comment. I'm convinced that she thinks anyone voting Conservative is either a pawn or a racist. There are good people in the Greens, Conservatives, NDP and Liberals. Anyone that vicious and/or ignorant should not be in government.As for the Mr. Fogarassy... Don't know him. I hope he wins, but that's mainly because I don't want the other two influencing government. At least now that Mr. Robinson has changed ridings, one of them is guaranteed to lose. Gun to my head, I hope Ms. Fry gets tossed.At least the debate wasn't like the last one on CKNW. That was irritating. Ms. Fry and Mr. Robinson were interupting each other so much you couldn't make sense of any of it.
