Path: utzoo!dciem!client1!kevin
From: kevin@client1.DRETOR.UUCP (Socrates)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Political Suicide (was Re: TAX REVOLT NOW!!)
Message-ID: <2410@client1.DRETOR.UUCP>
Date: 16 Aug 89 16:57:55 GMT
References: <28363@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: kevin@client1.dciem.dnd.ca (Socrates)
Organization: NTT SYSTEMS INC.
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In article <28363@watmath.waterloo.edu> rwwetmore@grand.waterloo.edu (Ross Wetmore) writes:
>But, 'political suicide' is a common expression in Canada, right? 
>And the murder weapon is the ballot box, not so?
>
Even more repulsive is the fact that 'political suicide' is more often than
not due to issues unrelated to good government or popular policy.  Turner
and Hart come to mind.  If we ever had an election based solely on
government issues and qualifications of the candidate there would be some
big surprises indeed.  (Pure conjecture of course.  This won't happen for
at least another 50 years, when we have sorted out the mess we currently
find ourselves in.)

>Maybe this would make the party images a little less amorphous 
>and help to distinguish them.
>
If a party really wanted to distinguish themselves all they would have to
do is to only make election promises that were possible, and then make damn
sure that they fulfilled them all in their term.  Unfortunately the siamese
twins can't seem to do this and no one else can ever get enough support to
be given a chance.

-- 
--- Kevin Picott   NTT Systems, Inc., Toronto, Ontario
    "There can be no offense where none is taken" - Japanese Proverb

    kevin@zorac.dciem.dnd.ca, or on some sites kevin@zorac.ARPA