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Index of Subjects Hi All The best thing you can do for demoracy and politicians is to run for office next is to get out and vote. Lots of Canadians are like Montreal Canadians fans - Carrie Price is great as long as he shuts out the Bruins but let him give up a couple of softies and listen to the boos. Never mind those booing couldn't stop a beach ball from the other end of the rink! Same with folks and politicians! In the past I've signed a number of nomination papers for folks putting there feet where their mouth is. None were very successful so I never got an Order of Canada! But they tried and made a difference. I would do the same for anyone on this list - not that there are many I would follow up by voting for them but we are lucky to live in a country where all views are allowed - watch the news and you will see not everyone is so lucky. Its to late to put your name in the pot for this one but vote as you like but vote. Have a nice spring Paul --- On Thu, 4/14/11, Doug Linzey <doug@fundymud.com> wrote: > From: Doug Linzey <doug@fundymud.com> > Subject: [NatureNS] Dealing with politicians > To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Received: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 9:47 PM > Warning: This is not strictly natural > history-related, but it does apply to most of us in an > election period. > > Candidates will always ask you about your concerns. Don't > tell them. Whatever you say, they'll feed right back to > you. > > Rather, tell them that in order to decide whom to > vote for you have to know what their concerns and interests > are. Your own opinions are irrelevant when it comes to > judging the candidates until you know what they really stand > for. > > I have two standard questions for candidates: What are the > three (or four or five) issues ofmost concern to you in this > riding? and What are the three issues of most concern to you > facing the country? Once they've answered these questions, > you can feel free to get into a discussion about anything. > > If you want to know if a candidate is interested in the > environment, for example, you won't really know unless you > ask these sorts of questions first. If the candidate knows > right off the bat that this is your primary concern, guess > what? You have an instant friend. > > One other point is that if the candidate starts to offer > the party platform or complain about the other parties, my > response is, "No, I'm familiar with your party's stand on > things. What I want to know is your own position." Likewise, > if a handler tries to answer my questions, I just say I'd > prefer to hear directly from the candidate, thank you. > > Doug Linzey >
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