Byelection commentary

[bcholmes]

This story reiterates some stuff I've been hearing about how NDP support is leaking away to the Greens. Much of that, I think, reflects the fact that the Greens have been able to conceal who they really are, especially under Jim Harris (a self-described ecological conservative and eco-capitalist.)

Nonetheless, I must confess that I, myself, have been contemplating voting Green in the next election. Not because I think Friedman-esque carbon trading is the bees knees, but because I know the Green candidate and know that he does really good work in Haiti (he has, in essence, helped to craft the Greens' policy on Haiti, which is better than the NDP platform in that it actually exists).

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[sabotabby]

But many of the Greens are arch-conservatives. And Elizabeth May is a former Mulroney adviser and also anti-choice. DO NOT WANT.

[bcholmes.livejournal.com]

To be sure, I have profound ambivalence.

If I vote for my Green candidate (and that's not certain), I'll be doing it because I know that he, himself, isn't an arch-conservative, and because I think that reducing candidates only to the parties they represent buys into brand-name politics.