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   From: nospam@thanksalot.com   
      
   "John Fleming"  wrote in message   
   news:hholv65seqek47nc01b19as1j4urno5c1d@4ax.com...   
   > On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:18:35 -0700, while chained to a desk   
   > in the scriptorium "merlin!"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> $Who brought in the GST?  Oh yeah, the Conservatives!   
   >> $Who brought us the biggest deficit in Canadian history?  Oh yeah, the   
   >> $Conservatives!   
   >   
   > And who broke their promise to get rid of the GST?   
      
   And who got booted out of government for a long long time? I hope that our   
   current political leadership has learned from the past mistakes of the   
   Progessive Conservatives, and does not repeat those mistakes. So far, I have   
   been reasonably satisfied with the Conservtive Party commitment and   
   follow-through, and it seems that enough other people are similarly   
   satisfied. I especially like cancelling the tax-trough payments to political   
   parties and laying off 1/3 of the federal civil service (could be more...   
   but what the heck, it's a good start.)   
      
   I also like ending the threat of jail for people who don't want to fill in   
   the census form.   
      
   Instead of being turfed, as Mulroney and company were, the Conservative   
   Party has been rewarded with a majority government. This is because Mr.   
   harper has actually delivered on promises, and done so in a principled   
   manner, not just partisan political jockeying.   
      
   The lesson here is, the Conservative Party should continue doing what it   
   isdoing, do more of it, stick to core principles, and don't bullshit us like   
   Mulroney and the PCs did. Just explain what needs to be done (and why), then   
   get it done or have a bloody good reason why it can't be done. Very simple   
   political formula, leading to re-election every time.   
      
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