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Originally Posted by Okotokian
Still don't fly?
2012 total votes cast:1,290,223
Wild Rose vote :442,429
PC vote:567,060
Liberal vote:127,645
NDP vote:126,752
Total of major parties to left of WR: 821,457
821,457 is > 442,429. 821,457 constitutes a majority of 1,290,223.... unless you went to a Wildrose school apparently.
Man, this is like arguing with someone who contends that the sky is purple. A party loses an election. You make the comment that they didn't connect with or reflect the views of the majority, and you get denial. If they HAD connected and reflected, they would have WON. They didn't. Patent dishonesty or delusion at work on the part of some WR members here.
A more authentic answer might be "Yeah, we didn't connect with the majority and get their votes, but we will next time". I could respect that.
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You know as well as most that it was the commentary on social issues and the way those were handled that lost the election for WR.
I suspect that you and most others understand that on fiscal matters, WR was where most Albertans are.
The trouble was that Alberta is in a boom right now, and people are feeling pretty good. They voted on the emotional issues, not the fiscal ones.
Personally I think Smith is doing the right thing by defusing the social issues now. Although there may be a moral perspective that some citizens think are important, the reality is that whether Brucie 'marries' Gordy, although objectionable to many, it really won't affect the well being of most Albertans.
How money is collected, spent and allocated does.