tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post3573290198131300981..comments2024-03-28T10:07:24.955-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Why The Dippers LostOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-30542497226232729972015-11-23T10:52:38.423-05:002015-11-23T10:52:38.423-05:00The content was different, Steve. But the style wa...The content was different, Steve. But the style was the same.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-31206864817561736292015-11-23T09:33:31.715-05:002015-11-23T09:33:31.715-05:00I came to see Mulclair as an Orange Harper in disg...I came to see Mulclair as an Orange Harper in disguiseStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-92208965971452950542015-11-21T16:43:00.818-05:002015-11-21T16:43:00.818-05:00Neo-liberalism -- which has ruled the roost for fo...Neo-liberalism -- which has ruled the roost for forty years -- is still alive and well, zoombats. The question still remains: When will we send it to a richly deserved death?Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-7633493049022729392015-11-21T16:11:52.520-05:002015-11-21T16:11:52.520-05:00I do agree with some of the historical points made...I do agree with some of the historical points made here on the failings of the NDP. Having said that it cannot be denied that the desire for change really brings about no change at all. 1984 gave us nine years of Muldoon followed by a desire for change in 1993 with many plus years of ups and downs that gave us another dynamic shift for change resulting in the dark years from which we have now supposedly recovered, with sunny days ahead. I really see nothing different here and refuse to get excited and caught up in the new happiness and sunny days that is waiting just around the corner. It will really take a miracle and to be quite honest the last time I checked there was nothing immaculate about where JT came from. Nothing really changes, least of all the hysteria (desire for change) of the electorate.zoombatsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-53414454508606687402015-11-21T13:49:45.990-05:002015-11-21T13:49:45.990-05:00For me, Lorne, Mulcair sealed his fate when he pro...For me, Lorne, Mulcair sealed his fate when he promised that his first budget would be a balanced budget. The latest economic update reveals how difficult it would be to deliver on that promise.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-25059233169412582102015-11-21T13:12:48.674-05:002015-11-21T13:12:48.674-05:00I was sorry to see Mulcair lose so many seats, Owe...I was sorry to see Mulcair lose so many seats, Owen, given that he was an extremely effective presence in the House. However, I can't say his losses surprised me that much, given how he tried to reinvent his party into Conservative-lite the closer he got to power. It is the same thing Andrea Horwath did when she provoked the election here in Ontario, sacrificing the balance of power and many party principles for the chance of gaining power.Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.com