tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543717098552457095.post4235770691431220203..comments2023-05-10T00:29:43.419-07:00Comments on The Clown At Midnight: Into the UnknownMr. Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06319748084679909911noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543717098552457095.post-85518800539946332562011-10-07T10:15:36.746-07:002011-10-07T10:15:36.746-07:00"Hudak was too wooden to connect with the gen..."Hudak was too wooden to connect with the general population." Hudak was told to robotically stick to talking points the way Ford did. This did not help. <br /><br />"The PC platform did not engage the base and they did NOT turnout or help support the party on election day." But we won seats. Who turned out to elect these people if not the base?<br /><br />"Given a choice between essentially similar platforms, the population chose the known evil over the unknown evil." The population gave the known evil a minority instead of a majority and gave the unknown evil(s) more seats.<br /><br />"Hudak failed to differentiate the PC platform from the Liberal platform, failed to espouse and promote conserative principles, and had no loyalty or support from the base." Nobody complaining about "failure to differentiate" can explain how we differentiate without alienating voters who don't care for Mike Harris. Getting 100% of our base to vote for us does not give us enough votes to win. <br /><br />Here's a question for you: Why did the Manitoba Tories do worse than we did if their platform was so much like the Manitoba NDP's, and our platform was so much like the Liberals?<br /><br />"Note to Hudak: chain gangs are not a conservative principle." No it isn't. It's a populist policy that would have been at home in Ford's platform. <br /><br />"In a way, this loss was worse than Tory's because the race really should have been ours from beginning to end." In Tory's case, the race was ours exactly none of the time, while in this case the race was ours for some of the time. So it was not worse than Tory's.Mr. J.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8543717098552457095.post-52768211352528361852011-10-06T19:13:26.714-07:002011-10-06T19:13:26.714-07:00Here's your quick and easy answer:
Hudak was ...Here's your quick and easy answer:<br /><br />Hudak was too wooden to connect with the general population. <br /><br />The PC platform did not engage the base and they did NOT turnout or help support the party on election day. <br /><br />Given a choice between essentially similar platforms, the population chose the known evil over the unknown evil. <br /><br />Hudak failed to differentiate the PC platform from the Liberal platform, failed to espouse and promote conserative principles, and had no loyalty or support from the base. <br /><br />Note to Hudak: chain gangs are not a conservative principle. <br /><br />In a way, this loss was worse than Tory's because the race really should have been ours from beginning to end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com