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Politics : Canadian Political Free-for-All -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: 1king who wrote (4678)	4/22/2005 8:09:35 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Respond to of 37847

1king, Liberal and Libertarian have the same root ... isn't that incredible... belongs in the Ripley Museum... Kastel I recall marcos made a similar comment somewheres...

To: 1king who wrote (4678)	4/23/2005 2:15:40 AM
From: Gulo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37847

My point exactly, especially Answer 2. The only reason anyone thinks Harper is "extreme right" is the way he is portrayed by the extreme left, including the media. People in this country don't know what "extreme right" is. If demanding accountability in socialized medicine and education is "right wing" at all, I'm afraid that the public has washed up on the left shore. (If you doubt that the media is extreme left, consider that the vast majority voted NDP, while only a small portion of the Canadian public did so, and then usually for particular issues and not because they were socialist.) For the record, the sum total of the Conservative Party platform would have been considered dangerously socialist 50 years ago, and Harper would have been barred from the U.S. for his collectivist views. Socialized anything? Communist! Yes, Harper is to the right of much of the Canadian Public, but that is because the Canadian Public has been brainwashed by the media and Big Brother Liberal Party to believe that government control is the norm and individual freedoms are granted by the benevolent state. No, there is no great left wing conspiracy - just a complete loss of perspective. I would consider the Conservative Party to be centrist and Harper to be slightly to the right. The only thing about some Conservatives (not necessarily Harper)that may be too far to the right is the tendency to bring social opinions into politics. I think that can be controlled if we are all vigilant. -g