Checking the Mail — Commentary on the Debate Decision

The image below comes courtesy of Inky Mark, who — if the mail was to be believed — has apparently decided to abandon his Manitoba riding of Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette in favour of Fredericton, New Brunswick.  He joins the ranks of previous defectors Brian Storseth (Westlock—St. Paul, Alberta), Laurie Hawn (Edmonton Centre, Alberta), and Chris Warkentin (Peace River, Alberta) — and that's just this past month.  I wish them all the best luck, but suggest that running that many Conservative candidates in one riding might be a poor decision.

Fig. 1: The rest of the mailing isn't that important.

Putting aside all the facetiousness for the moment, I'm of the opinion that the above shows a fair degree of hypocrisy vis-à-vis Harper's position regarding the leaders' debate; May and the Green Party don't meet the criteria needed to debate Harper (and the other leaders, though let's not fool ourselves: it's just going to turn into everyone ganging up on Harper, perhaps with Layton occasionally attacking Dion), yet she meets the criteria to be included in the campaign-mailings-disguised-as-information that I've been receiving for well over a year.

When it comes down to it, I can't say that I'm surprised.