In a comment on this post over at The View from Elsewhere I had a comment that I think deserves posting too. I will not elaborate on it today, as I think it stands pretty well on its own.
You know, I've been thinking about why I do not find it in me to vote NDP. 20ish years ago I voted liberal believing that Trudeau's party was still partly alive. My natural inclination is to go even further left but I thought they were balanced.
Why not the NDP? Most of their policy seems pretty good, I've only met a few people, all on the net, who out progressive me. Heck, of the two candidates I've met for a federal election in person, both have been NDP and we had a nice little chat each time.
So, why do I figure I'm going to vote Green again? I'm concerned that the social side of the Greens is a little, or a lot, conservative.
I think that it is leadership, not the one person party leadership, but the party as a leader.
These elections are so much about TV sound bites and eye candy anymore that it is always about the person. Dion's greatest mistake was to think he had to be electable, he just had to head the party which was electable. Everyone needs to look back at what a true leader is, of any persuasion, and try to bring that back to our political process.
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