BREAKING NEWS: JACK LAYTON DOESN'T GIVE A RAT'S ASS ABOUT VANCOUVER-QUADRA, FINDS OFFENSE WITH ODOUR OF CONSTITUENTS, AND WOULD NOT BLINK IF SAID RIDING WAS REDUCED TO A SMOLDERING CINDER
At least that how Charlie Smith at the Georgia Straight tells it in a note he sent to this page yesterday:
Why don't you put your name on your posting? As for stabbing the NDP in the back, check out who we recommended in the federal campaigns of 2004 and 2006. Coad is a good candidate, but the NDP threw in the towel in this race, and that's why we didn't recommend her. It's not about the cover and highlighting young politicians. It's that the NDP didn't want the cover because it didn't want attention on this race. That's pretty sad if you ask me.
That's why Layton went to Washington on Monday. Coad would have benefited from being on the cover because it would have boosted her name recognition for when she ran in a race that she could win. If the NDP wanted to win this race, it would have had Libby Davies, Bill Siksay, and Peter Julian on the bridges with signs on election day and on the previous weekend...and their crack organizers would have been breaking news stories every three or four days the way they do in other campaigns that they want to win.
One NDP candidate told me in a joking way that he would put a bullet in someone's head if he could get on the cover of our paper in the week leading up to the election. It's a no-brainer, and you can peddle this rubbish all you want, but it's crap. We both know this.
The NDP stabbed this young woman in the back, which is a real shame. The other young New Democrats who ran in that part of town all appear to have left the party. If this one leaves, it's probably a bigger loss because she could be a political star who could do a hell of a lot of good in our community.
In two races, we've gone against the grain for very good reasons. In 2005, Vision politicians helped ruin the transit system, wanted to fill this town with cops, and would have sat on their heels as Gordo prepared to shut down a hospital. This time, the NDP didn't try its best. We called them on it both times. Now you're pissed and you say we stabbed the NDP in the back. What a joke.
Charlie Smith
This page has responsed direcly to Mr. Smith, to ask this question: If the NDP had in fact bailed on Coad's campaign, why didn't the Straight run with that instead of claiming the lack of a carbon tax (or what the BC Liberals claim is a carbon tax) and the photo-op no show as rationale for standing up a quality candidate? I'll keep you posted.
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