NDPointless

The NDP party, both federall and provincially always struggle with their inability to attract the "average" voter. Here are two examples why:

"You either want a single-payer system in this country or you want an American-style health system. And don't kid yourself that there's anything in between," - Shirley Douglas, daughter of Tommy Douglas.

2 thoughts come to mind on this quote, the first being, just because you say something, doesn't mean it is true. Apparently Ms Douglas is unaware of health care systems in countries like Sweden, Britain, and Australia. My second thought was how it reminded me of a good quote from The Simpsons, Homer once said "nothing is going to stop me in the middle of this rant, not the facts, not anything." How appropriate in this case.

But wait, it gets better, check out these beauties from Jack Layton:

• "If you vote Liberal in Saskatchewan, you are voting to elect a Stephen Harper Conservative" . Apparently the NDP has uncovered a secret that could really help out the Conservatives in Ontario, but to bad it only works in Saskatchewan.
• "This is unacceptable. It is made more unacceptable by repeated Liberal election promises to protect public health care....." . How can anyone do more than not accept something? I didn't realize there were levels of unacceptable.
• "The Supreme Court has made a very unfortunate decision based on 10 year old facts." I guess the NDP would rather have them make decisions based on comments like the one from Ms. Douglas above. Personally, I prefer a court making their decisions on facts.