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I am amused by this discussion about politicians coming around asking
for our vote. I am now in my 80's and have yet to see a politician at the
door.
Roland
----- Original Message -----
From: "John and Nhung" <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 11:37 AM
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Dealing with politicians
> To: Doug and all
>
> From: John Sollows
>
> Date: April 15/11
>
> I think this is highly appropriate, Doug! It's a little scary how few of
> us
> bother to get informed on various issues, and take the trouble to vote.
>
> The fact that the timing of the French language debate got easily (and
> wisely) moved so as not to compete with a hockey game speaks volumes about
> our priorities.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
> On Behalf Of Doug Linzey
> Sent: April-15-11 1:47 AM
> To: NatureNS
> Subject: [NatureNS] Dealing with politicians
>
> 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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