Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Looking For A Green Warrior

Mike Schreiner, 2009Image via Wikipedia



























I'm not displeased with the results* of the Ontario election.

I feel most comfortable when one or the other of the old parties is in power with a slight majority and the NDP has enough clout to keep them in line.

It appeals to my quest for balance.

And it works.



Or it did



until the NDP became a little too mainstream.  A little too comfortable in their own skins to be the scrappy fighters they used to be.



 So the Green Party seemed a good place to park my vote.

I like its social justice platform and the federal leader, Elizabeth May, is a dragon slayer.



The problem is that the Provincial Green Party Leader, Mike Schreiner, doesn't come across as someone with a hunger for change.

He looks like a really, really nice Liberal backbencher. 

Even his sad post election message to his supporters about watching the sun rise that morning bothered me.


The Ontario Green Party needs a warrior not a flower child.



 *Liberals are one seat short of a monority, Conservatives are the Official Opposition, NDP gained seats, Greens elected no one.





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6 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Tim Hudak certainly managed to lose what everyone thought was a sure thing, eh? Wouldn't want to be him right now.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Tim Hudak certainly managed to lose what everyone thought was a sure thing, eh? Wouldn't want to be him right now.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

I liked that comment so much, I posted it twice.

yellowdoggranny said...

dang..you guys know more about American politics than Americans do Canadarian politics..feck.I like peace warriors.

Doug Jamieson said...

I think the colour green is just wrong --- too veggie for politics. How about a nice shade of taupe? Just a suggestion.

The Dancing Crone said...

The Taupe Party, eh?

Sounds somehow frighteningly Canadian.