It was a feel good story so I thought we Cons should feel good about it. Putting it here too is good and maybe Avro, Firecat and others may read and see the light.

It was a feel good story so I thought we Cons should feel good about it. Putting it here too is good and maybe Avro, Firecat and others may read and see the light.

I hope the voters don't fall for the Propaganda of the Liberal Party that the Conservatives will beat us to death with bibles while closing abortion clinics on their way to prevent a gag marrage. I've recommended several forums to friends and they are really pleasantly surprised that the Cons of today aren't rabit bible thumping fanatics. YET.

Conscience, not fear, should decide your vote
Liberal scare tactics and smear ads no reason to avoid other political parties

Patrick Ross

Anne McLellan wants you to be afraid.Upon opening her campaign office on 2 December, 2005, Canada’s incumbent deputy prime minister had a message for Canadians: vote Liberal lest the oh-so-scary Conservatives come to power.

“Landslide” Anne McLellan—who, curiously, has never won a landslide victory—urged voters (particularly NDP supporters) to support the Liberal party by voting strategically in order to block Stephen Harper and his Conservative party from taking power.

There’s a good reason why McLellan and the Liberal party push this message: in the 2004 election, an anti-Conservative swing vote was crucial in delivering the Liberal party (including McLellan, who won her riding by a scant 600 votes) to power, albeit in the form of a minority government.

This is why Paul Martin also wants you to be afraid. While his party’s poll numbers continue to slip, and the Conservatives continue to extend their lead over the Liberals, Martin has (once again) resorted to warning Canadians of the “perils of Stephen Harper”—resorting to petty fear-mongering where legitimate, albeit incompetent, political campaigning has failed him.

Perhaps the most disturbing sign of this can be seen in the Liberals’ newest campaign ads. One in particular makes note of Harper’s proposal to increase the presence of Canada’s military in or near Canadian cities—a plan intended to improve the military’s ability to respond to emergencies. The Liberal ad in question claims that this would mean “soldiers with guns in our cities,” suggesting the Conservatives would declare martial law and turn Canada into a fascist police state. Of course, such a suggestion would be absurd—if it wasn’t simply a flagrant lie.

Then again, perhaps Paul Martin and Anne McLellan have plenty of reason to be afraid of the Conservatives—as well as the NDP and the Green Party. Martin and McLellan have had to watch as their party’s campaign is sucked deeper and deeper into the abyss of cataclysmic failure, while their opponents’ campaigns have been comparatively successful.

Spreading their fear to the electorate may seem like a reasonable and effective political tactic. Unfortunately, all this does is lead Canadians astray.

The Liberal campaign urges voters to “Choose Your Canada.” Never before has this statement been so profound. Many may disagree with Stephen Harper’s vision for Canada—this is their right as Canadians, and god bless them for exercising it. But the Liberal alternative—a Canada where NDP and Green Party voters sacrifice their convictions for fear of the Conservative bogeyman—is certainly no better.

Now, more than ever, there’s a need for Canadians to vote according to their consciences. If your conscience demands you vote for the Conservative, NDP or Green parties, please do so. If your conscience honestly demands you vote for the Liberals, that’s exactly what you should do as well.

Canadians must not allow themselves to be paralyzed by fear. On 23 January, let’s choose our Canada: one where politicians can’t win elections by manipulating us with fear.

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Great story....Of course the Liberals will cry that everything said here is BS, but people with the ability to think for themselves will see it as it truly is, the truth.