In Canada we have a federal election to vote in tomorrow. Our choices are:
A micromanaging bully who does not care if you live or die, unless you are the CEO of a big business.
A life-size Pez dispenser who is making it up as he goes along. And it shows.
A charisma-challenged social democrat posturing as a leader. He fronts a party that should be prevented by federal legislation from forming a government. Opposition, they’re great, but never, ever, in power.
A well-intentioned Green who knows she’s the equivalent of the crew member in Star Trek who wears the red uniform: The one that is always offed before the first credits.
A monomaniac who can’t change the subject and won’t talk about anything else to a small percentage of the total population.
There are our choices and they suck mightily. None of the parties involved should be given a majority, especially the Conservatives. This leaves us with coalition politics where two or three of these soulless beasts gang up to lead us, sort of, in some kind of direction still to be determined.
Now, what to do as a voter? First off, do not stay home: Vote. Even if you have to hold you nose, vote. Look at the mainstream candidates and vote for the one that stinks the least. If your mainstream candidates are barely even suitable as organ donors, vote Dope Reform, or local Lunatic Fringe candidate. No matter what, vote. If you do not vote, then you cannot complain for the next four years.
Second: Ignore the party as much as possible and vote for the one that is the most engaged locally. Not nationally, locally. Even if they wind up being so high up in the back bench that they get nosebleeds, vote for the one who is locally engaged.
If you’ve got a cabinet minister, or big national presence in your riding, vote against the national; local is what matters, as local is where you live. Your riding. Your neighbourhood. Your community.
Our last word of wisdom? Don’t Drink and Vote.
RoadDave 