...about Adem Campbell, a Al Gore fan, does get climate, who nonetheless was voting for somebody to "stand up to Ottawa" because he has a nice life in Ft. Mac, and wants to defend that. As nice a guy as you could meet, completely reasonable logic, just defending his patch on this Earth.
And wrong, of course.
The opposition has to reach the Adem Campbell voters; they have to sell the story that job opportunities will be just as good, and better, without the UCP.
I've just never seen a clearer example of somebody who agrees with Saving the Earth - but prioritizes saving himself and his family, first. I think that "saving the Earth" really has to be ditched, even as an underlying driver of policy. Sorry, it doesn't sell, not over bread and butter.
Mercifully, most of the energy transition will save money, and create jobs, and they have to switch to selling that.
Speaking as someone not from AB but increasingly alarmed by the quisling conduct of the premier and the continued feeding of discontent in being part of Canada, one wonders how this can be turned back to reality? Bonnie Critchley is running as an independent. Not having party affiliation is both a plus and a minus. What seems to have been lost is the whole concept of representation and the blatant manipulation of the niggling feelings of all the reasons some feel hard-done-by, is that significant list of transfer payments for Albertan projects. The benefits of being Canadian are in danger not only to AB but Canada at large. While Rachael Notley turned up as Fort Mac burned, Denial has been burning down the house from inside…. with the careful and sly manipulation of her puppeteers. She kissed the rumplemangoskin’s ring… she held his hand and looked adoringly at him during his brief touch down at Kananaskis. Those moments scream at the rest of Canada. Why aren’t they resonating within AB?
They are screaming in AB as well; just not loudly because disaffected conservative voters don’t feel like they can speak out against the UCP without being labeled “NDP”.
Albertans are basically like junior high school kids who see that the “cool kids” are conservatives; they either stand up proudly as a conservative as well, or the mean girls will bully them into tacit agreement or silence. Being part of the club and criticizing them publicly is not acceptable.
Since there’s really only two options now — you’re either UCP or NDP, with us or against us — many conservatives don’t feel like they can speak out.
That is the why I’m so grateful for the renewal of the Progressive Conservatives; it will relieve them of that fear of being labelled “socialist/communist/anti-Albertan” by people who they otherwise agree with.
Whatever it takes to get the Maple MAGAs a trip south to see just how well their ideology is in practise and the Canadian train pulling together… elbows up Deirdre. It is despair that cripples. There is support in the country and we are pulling for you.
During the Smith election, I was really taken with this CBC article:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/adem-campbell-first-person-fort-mcmurray-1.6804332
...about Adem Campbell, a Al Gore fan, does get climate, who nonetheless was voting for somebody to "stand up to Ottawa" because he has a nice life in Ft. Mac, and wants to defend that. As nice a guy as you could meet, completely reasonable logic, just defending his patch on this Earth.
And wrong, of course.
The opposition has to reach the Adem Campbell voters; they have to sell the story that job opportunities will be just as good, and better, without the UCP.
I've just never seen a clearer example of somebody who agrees with Saving the Earth - but prioritizes saving himself and his family, first. I think that "saving the Earth" really has to be ditched, even as an underlying driver of policy. Sorry, it doesn't sell, not over bread and butter.
Mercifully, most of the energy transition will save money, and create jobs, and they have to switch to selling that.
Well said!
Speaking as someone not from AB but increasingly alarmed by the quisling conduct of the premier and the continued feeding of discontent in being part of Canada, one wonders how this can be turned back to reality? Bonnie Critchley is running as an independent. Not having party affiliation is both a plus and a minus. What seems to have been lost is the whole concept of representation and the blatant manipulation of the niggling feelings of all the reasons some feel hard-done-by, is that significant list of transfer payments for Albertan projects. The benefits of being Canadian are in danger not only to AB but Canada at large. While Rachael Notley turned up as Fort Mac burned, Denial has been burning down the house from inside…. with the careful and sly manipulation of her puppeteers. She kissed the rumplemangoskin’s ring… she held his hand and looked adoringly at him during his brief touch down at Kananaskis. Those moments scream at the rest of Canada. Why aren’t they resonating within AB?
They are screaming in AB as well; just not loudly because disaffected conservative voters don’t feel like they can speak out against the UCP without being labeled “NDP”.
Albertans are basically like junior high school kids who see that the “cool kids” are conservatives; they either stand up proudly as a conservative as well, or the mean girls will bully them into tacit agreement or silence. Being part of the club and criticizing them publicly is not acceptable.
Since there’s really only two options now — you’re either UCP or NDP, with us or against us — many conservatives don’t feel like they can speak out.
That is the why I’m so grateful for the renewal of the Progressive Conservatives; it will relieve them of that fear of being labelled “socialist/communist/anti-Albertan” by people who they otherwise agree with.
Whatever it takes to get the Maple MAGAs a trip south to see just how well their ideology is in practise and the Canadian train pulling together… elbows up Deirdre. It is despair that cripples. There is support in the country and we are pulling for you.
Thank you, Trish 🙏❤️