NDP considering dropping 'new' from their name
Newsbot @ Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:48 pm
Title: NDP considering dropping 'new' from their name
Category: Political
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2009-08-03 08:36:54
Canadian
KorbenDeck @ Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:48 pm
Anyone see the humor in calling them the "DP"?
martin14 @ Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:51 pm
Its like the Leafs thinking about changing the jersey.
It wont help 
Proculation @ Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:11 pm
Why not just the name to Socialist Party ?
It's like the Action Démocratique du Québec here. They should change the name to Progressive-Conservative Party of Québec. That would be more representative.
Curtman @ Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:14 pm
KorbenDeck KorbenDeck:
Anyone see the humor in calling them the "DP"?
No, but the Canadian Reform Alliance Party still cracks me up.
saturn_656 @ Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:25 pm
Curtman Curtman:
KorbenDeck KorbenDeck:
Anyone see the humor in calling them the "DP"?
No, but the Canadian Reform Alliance Party still cracks me up.
You seem to have a bit of a "fixation" with the Conservatives and Harper.
Toro @ Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:25 pm
And in other news, the new "Democratic Party" has embarked on its quest for a new leader, preferably one who is black and from Illinois...
Curtman @ Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:35 pm
saturn_656 saturn_656:
You seem to have a bit of a "fixation" with the Conservatives and Harper.
No, HarperGirl has a fixation. I'm just an astonished observer.
Bodah @ Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:37 pm
KorbenDeck KorbenDeck:
Anyone see the humor in calling them the "DP"?
Ha ha, that's what they'd do to majority of Canadians if they ever got in power.
leewgrant @ Mon Aug 03, 2009 3:35 pm
Stupid, stupid, stupid. If they change the name to the "Democratic Party" in the eyes of some they will be linked to the US party with the same name - and Jack will have to fend off questions, like, "Why are you in favor of continued fighting in Afghanistan"?
N_Fiddledog @ Mon Aug 03, 2009 3:43 pm
Curtman Curtman:
KorbenDeck KorbenDeck:
Anyone see the humor in calling them the "DP"?
No, but the Canadian Reform Alliance Party still cracks me up.
How about this then for those of us who appreciate a good Acronym joke.
NDP could become the Socialist Alliance Party.
So like, you would ask somebody what party he belonged to and he might answer "I'm a SAP".
Bodah @ Mon Aug 03, 2009 4:29 pm
leewgrant leewgrant:
Stupid, stupid, stupid. If they change the name to the "Democratic Party" in the eyes of some they will be linked to the US party with the same name - and Jack will have to fend off questions, like, "Why are you in favor of continued fighting in Afghanistan"?
You could spin that the other way.
Jack wouldn't mind being compared to Obama.
leewgrant @ Mon Aug 03, 2009 4:55 pm
Bodah Bodah:
leewgrant leewgrant:
Stupid, stupid, stupid. If they change the name to the "Democratic Party" in the eyes of some they will be linked to the US party with the same name - and Jack will have to fend off questions, like, "Why are you in favor of continued fighting in Afghanistan"?
You could spin that the other way.
Jack wouldn't mind being compared to Obama.
Maybe right now. But who's to say a year from now.
Mustang1 @ Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:32 pm
I say call them Canadian Socialist Party or National Socialist Party and have done with it. Only the habitually uniformed consider "socialism" a nasty term, so use it, and furthermore, it clearly themselves ideologically from the other parties.
Lemmy @ Mon Aug 03, 2009 6:46 pm
Yeah, but they ceased to be a Socialist Party about 10 years ago. As I said on another thread, they've become an "issues party" (the environment, gay marriage, legalizing pot, etc). They've become a dirty fly-paper for any malcontents with an axe to grind. As ShepardsDog said, and I paraphrase, "Tommy Douglas would be embarassed by what the NDP has become".
So, let's call them what they are: The Issues Party.