tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post8938677575880344130..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: Your Sunday Morning Read....The Last Straussian Standing.RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-40619512629131357802015-09-29T14:04:24.238-07:002015-09-29T14:04:24.238-07:00Thanx Ross!Thanx Ross!scotty on denmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-26785354632935145902015-09-27T22:04:20.461-07:002015-09-27T22:04:20.461-07:00http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/09/23/new-york-t...http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/09/23/new-york-times-harper-conservatives-science_n_3975521.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-21898763019803474902015-09-27T12:31:30.084-07:002015-09-27T12:31:30.084-07:00scotty--
The CBC's 180, you say....
To my mi...scotty--<br /><br />The CBC's 180, you say....<br /><br />To my mind that's bubble-gum fairy Straussianism wrapped in a cacoon of 'both sides-do-it-ism'.<br /><br />Or some such thing.<br /><br />(btw...was very sad to hear SQuinn [being forced to?] fill-in on that particular 'show', which is produced out of....surprise!....Calgary if I remember correctly).<br /><br />Regarding the Courtenay-Alberni riding...The recent Dogwood-commissioned poll by Insights-West has Dipper up on Con but within MOE....Neither the Lib nor Green can win....But even a thousand votes from the latter two groups strategically moved to the orange side could keep the Con out.<br /><br />(just about time for me to do a new round-up, I reckon).<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-66908289290313020772015-09-27T12:15:23.576-07:002015-09-27T12:15:23.576-07:00I'm beginning to hear unsolicited questions ab... I'm beginning to hear unsolicited questions about strategic voting, maybe couple-three every day for the past week---and it's not like the discussions of previous weeks which were all about SV, yes or no; this week it's been about who's the strategic choice. If this reflects any of what's going on outside my own limited sampling (here in the "downtown," my peeps in the Comox Valley, Van-Gran, and the capitol), it's a good sign. Although quantification is difficult, there's a certain encouraging quality to it: it's the next step from the initial "look-up" step, the "look-around" step, as 't were; it's going in the right direction. I suppose the next steps will be forming some kind of consensus about strategic choices in pertinent ridings, and, of course, getting to the polls and voting.<br /><br />I think there's some corroborative evidence, too, in the form of reaction: I see and hear more partisan dismissal of SV in MSM this week, and there seems to be a parallel, step-by-step logic to it: first ignore it (only Ms May has spoken specifically to SV---but only because some Green candidates are champing to endorse strategic choices), then specifically dismiss it (the current step), and, finally, condemn it with dire warnings (the only step left ---aside from endorsing SV---as long as the supposed 3-way split is maintained).<br /><br />SV doesn't need huge voter-participation, a few percent, representing a couple-three-thousand voters per riding, aught to do it.<br /><br />Still, Van-Gran is worrying the strategic choice will be too difficult to discern there.<br /><br /> Right now I'm worried about manipulated polls designed to thwart SV. Just heard CBC's 180 guest comment on Leadnow-paid polling, and it was, according to him, sort of "meh," not very convincing, too difficult, and too unlikely.<br /><br />Hey! Is it the third step already? Naw, that's when SV's made out to be undemocratic, unconstitutional, illegal, and punishable by eternal hellfire. Just wait.<br /><br />Thanx for keeping this forefront, Ross, it's invaluable. scotty on denmannoreply@blogger.com