The problem with Ashton is not that she's too left wing or that her policies (such that they exist) would be unpopular....it's more that she just isn't very smart and is like a first year student who took one course on Marxism and now just chants stale slogans all day. Corbin in contrast is clearly a very intelligent and substantive man
That is a harsh way to put it, but I think you got it pretty spot on. I've been questioning myself, wondering if the thoughts I have of her are unconsciously based on her gender. I hope they aren't, I don't think they are, in fact, I think Megan Leslie would have been our best chance at winning. Ashton really does comes off as going as far left for the sake of being "left". The university student example you gave sums it up pretty well. She also called for the Elbow-gate to be looked at through a "gendered lens" . The hyper-sensationalism of painting your opponent as terribly as possible, and to do so by often playing victim-like roles, is not what politics should be about.
Angus' plays some of those games too. It really turns people off politics when you resort to game-playing. One thing that really turned me off from Angus was when the NDP was filibustering some votes, I forget what it was, but when it was Angus' turn to vote, he took literally over a minute to get out of his seat to stand for his name to be called just to delay an inevitable vote. Dirty politics. Bernie would never be playing those dirty games, he fought for what was right because it was right in a clean way.
