2018 Ontario PC Leadership Race

[animatronic]

Got to love the quasi-religious imagery in this one.

AoD

It’s all dog whistle shit

 

[animatronic]

Added a poll to the top of this thread:

Based on what we’ve seen so far, who do you think will end up winning the PC leadership race? This isn’t who you support - who do you think will get the win. Vote away!

 

[BurlOak]

I think Elliott will win. Maybe Ford 1st on first ballot, but Elliott having much more 2nd place votes.

 

[animatronic]

1. Ford pushing the victim narrative - as usual
2. Have not received my PIN yet

 

[Hopkins123]

Wake me up when Christine Elliott wins...

both the Party and the General Election!

 

[PinkLucy]

1. Ford pushing the victim narrative - as usual
2. Have not received my PIN yet

They were only mailed on Thursday. (or so Elliott's website says)

 

[W. K. Lis]

Curious. Wonder if any of the non-PC members of the provincial parliament of Ontario joined the PC party, to cast a "vote" for a PC leader?

 

[animatronic]

Curious. Wonder if any of the non-PC members of the provincial parliament of Ontario joined the PC party, to cast a "vote" for a PC leader?

Not illegal but unethical and against the party rules. You need to declare you’re not a member of another provincial party.

 

[W. K. Lis]

Not illegal but unethical and against the party rules. You need to declare you’re not a member of another provincial party.

One needs to provide photo id, so I'm sure they'll verify that way.

However, politicians do switch political parties all the time. If a current MPP wants to switch parties "officially" rather than "unofficially", that shouldn't stop them.

Wonder if the leadership "losers" would want to switch parties? I'm sure there's one candidate, none of the other parties want.

 

[Videodrome]

As if the sex-ed lady wasn't fringe enough, she was just endorsed by white supremacist Paul Fromm.

https://www.thestar.com/news/queens...a-granic-allens-tory-leadership-campaign.html

 

[animatronic]

https://www.thestar.com/news/insigh...ng-in-the-ontario-pc-race-should-we-care.html

But he doesn’t actually want Brown or any other Tory to take the premier’s seat in the June 7 general election. Best is trying to best the system — like a Trojan horse in the PC camp.

In fact, he is a Green party supporter.

Best explains he generally wants to see party leaders looking out for the earth. “It would be good for the environment and dealing with climate change if all three (major) parties were on board with carbon pricing,” he says. (The Ford flirtation reflected a different tactic: he figured a Ford-led party would lose the election, benefiting the Greens and other parties.)

“It costs $10 to vote,” he says. “I thought it was a pretty good deal.”

 

[W. K. Lis]

https://www.thestar.com/news/insigh...ng-in-the-ontario-pc-race-should-we-care.html

Wrong tactic. People thought getting Trump as the Republican candidate would mean a win for Clinton, didn't happen. Best to get the candidate who would do the least damage, and that's not Ford.

 

[SunriseChampion]

I don't know if 10$ to vote is a good deal. It's 10$ for endless emails that hurt the mind. Sounds like a bad deal.

 

[Videodrome]

Steve Paikin‏Verified account@spaikin
I'm now hearing that despite the campaign's denial, @brownbarrie will announce later this morning that he will drop out of the @OntarioPCParty leadership race. The drama continues. #pcpoldr #onpoli

Ok...

 

[salsa]

What the hell has happened with the PC Party?