2012 NDP leadership convention

[Hatman 🍁]

Niki Ashton would be interesting. I had a big crush on her at the '08 convention.

[Hatman 🍁]

No offence to her, but I don't cant Ashton and Attractive in the same sentence. Now Megan Leslie on the other hand...

You have not been in the same room with her. Pictures do not do her justice.

Interestingly, both Leslie and Ashton were hosting the 2008 convention.

[Hatman 🍁]

She looks like Uma Thurman or Liza Minnelli

wut (I find Uma Thurman attractive, but I dont think she looks anything like Ashton)

[Hatman 🍁]

Personally, I feel that both Leslie and Ashton would be shocked that you're discussing them in such horny-nerdy-boy terms.

Women do the same thing. Why do you think Obama got elected?

[Hatman 🍁]

Excellent. Hope this gives us a bump in Ottawa Centre for the provincial election.

[Hatman 🍁]

and Peter Julian

[Hatman 🍁]

Sounds like this convention's Pierre Ducasse.

[Hatman 🍁]

Ottawa Centre is not that french. Most francophones live in Ottawa-Vanier or Ottawa-Orleans. There's probably more fancos in Ottawa South than in Centre.

[Hatman 🍁]

Dunno- they have unilingual Anglos in Francophone ridings and vice-versa. My MP is one of the latter.

Which riding are you in for curiousity.  Most of the unilingual Anglos I suspect were the paper candidates who won unexpectedly such as Ruth Ellen Brosseau.  I am in Trinity-Spadina myself.

Also as for Ottawa, I realize Ottawa Centre is not as Francophone as Ottawa-Vanier or Ottawa-Orleans but it is only across the bridge from Quebec so I assume its proximity would have some impact on the number who can speak French.

Oh, I reckon nearly 50% of the riding can speak French, but probably less than 10% have it as a native tongue.

ETA: According to pundits guide, it's actually 39% that can speak both languages, but I was bang on about the 10%.

[Hatman 🍁]

If Julian's out, I'm voting for Pauly D.

[Hatman 🍁]

I dont know anything about a temper, but I know he doesn't play well with others.

Im mostly support Dewar because's he's my MP ; I haven't made up my mind about further down the ballot.  I also liked Julian, because I used to work in his office.

[Hatman 🍁]

I think most NDPers (like myself) who want the party to become more moderate, would like to see the party go back to the left over time. As I always say, go first to where the voters are, and then bring them to where you want them to be.

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And the attacks begin

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Does anyone know where the debates will be? I hope there's one in Ottawa.

[Hatman 🍁]

what about Pat Martin?

[Hatman 🍁]

A 3rd place candidate like Dewar will have a great shot at winning, with anti-Topp and anti-Mulcair voters going somewhere.

[Hatman 🍁]

Yeah well. Paul's been to my hometown many times. Also, I believe my MP was the first in the country to endorse him!

[Hatman 🍁]

If someone has a sh**tty projection, and no one else has any projection, then clearly someone has the best projection around.

Except someone else does have projections.

[Hatman 🍁]

Are we talking about the NDP leadership race? Because, then maybe only he does... but those aren't projections, really.

[Hatman 🍁]

I think Dewar will be in third, not Nash. That seems to be the buzz anyways.

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WE NEED 20 LIKE THE REPUBLICANS!!!

Anyways, good choices, though I would have included maybe Hamilton and Edmonton, and maybe one in Saskatchewan and even St. John's.

Oh well, I hope I can get to the debate here in Ottawa. I also hope these will be televised on the newsnetworks, not just on CPAC.

[Hatman 🍁]

There seem to be a lot of Sikhs in Canada with names that aren't identifiably Indian. Why is that?

He is a convert.

[Hatman 🍁]

So, the first debate is on Sunday afternoon at the convention centre. It's first come, first serve and it's free. I'll have to try and go.

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cpac usually archives their stuff. Which was great, since I could watch some of the stuff I missed at the convention when I got back.

[Hatman 🍁]

I wasn't able to go unfortunately, but I'm going to watch it now