today is the day

[Thomas Milne]

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Timothy Hildred <timhildred-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> for voting! just a friendly reminder not to let the forces of idiocy
>> position their mascot above us in triumph.
>>
>> NO FORD!
>
> I'm sufficiently unhappy with the options out there that I wonder if
> his "temporary triumph" wouldn't be a well-deserved expression of
> contempt for the city.  Historically, it seems pretty common that our
> democracies get the kind of leadership that they deserve, particularly
> when that leadership stinks.
>
> I find the prospect of the city having completely doubled back on
> political tendencies (e.g. - shifting from re-electing NDP-biased
> Miller to the "conservative-ish" Ford) makes me consider the result
> compromised.  People don't swing that far, that fast.  If they do, we
> should be expecting the federal Tories to take over most Toronto
> seats, which seems implausible.
>
> And I'm with Clifford - if you are keen to call a very large number of
> people "idiots," then whatever you are, it's not "friendly," and you
> shouldn't try to mistake yourself as such.
>
> My best idea thus far has been to consider expressing my contempt for
> the campaign by spoiling my ballot.  That's not a terribly friendly
> option, but I haven't seen a candidate I actually want to vote for.

I am honestly mystified by the hatred of Miller in this city. No one
can ever tell me _why_ they hate him, I just get this 'well he's
really left wing'.

Facts are simple. Miller moved this city forward with significant
investments in transit, saved Toronto billions of future dollars by
negotiating an end to the city workers banked holiday pay, and if
anyone would just take the time, rather than simply repeat the
nonsense from the pundits on the idiot box, they would see that Miller
has a pretty good vision for this city, and he has reasonable plans
for accomplishing this vision. Everything is right on the front page
of his website.

Oh, wait, I forgot, he's just a lying, leftie NDP elitist flunkie. Of
course everything a right wing retard who barely made it through high
school says is _much_ more trustworthy.

I just don't understand why people see investment and development as
some kind of great evil. To me, Pantalone was the obvious choice. The
only one who wasn't repeating this myth that lower taxes are the
salvation of people everywhere.

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