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October 10, 2008

Lend a hand this election day

Posted by Dominique Jarry-Shore at 02:46 PM ET

With four days to go, the rhetoric is heating up. Here in Quebec two Green Party candidates have told their constituents to vote Liberal because they (the Greens) have no chance of winning in their riding anyway. Of course, they neglected to check with their party leader first. I'd love to have heard the conversation between the two candidates and Elizabeth May when she got wind of their plan.

But one thing I really didn't want to hear were Stephane Dion's false starts to a muddled question on ATV (an affiliate of CTV). Dion was assured the flubs wouldn't be broadcast. Imagine his surprise when he saw them aired. Journalists are now officially considered pond scum -- and who knows, this whole thing may even get Dion a whole lot of sympathy votes.

So, to counter the nastiness -- and in the spirit of all that is good -- I have a suggestion: help someone vote on Tuesday. Lend a hand (in a non-partisan fashion... or not) to help someone who will have trouble getting to the polling station on Tuesday.

It's the perfect way to end this nasty, drawn out election on a positive note.

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Reader comments:

Love your message and your writing style, Dominique. You have risen above the pond scum.

Posted by: Janice at October 10, 2008 06:03 PM

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....and the point is.....?? reality sucks.... but what other choice?

Posted by: Vic at October 10, 2008 09:51 PM

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O.k. it was not nice to broadcast all parts but otherwise, how can we get a perfect picture. The question was for me, a emigrant a long time ago, simple. The right answer from Mr. Dion had to be: "I do not answer this question".
This is a minor situation. Te main thing is, that people like Chretien are still visible and the younger generation is not able to stop these people. So the sponsorship scandal, the GST lie, the helicopter cancellation etc. etc. etc. come all alive again. I ask me, does the young party generation not remember or are they the same? I do not vote for the Liberals.

Posted by: KH at October 10, 2008 10:53 PM

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