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Yup.

Author: Rooney (5901 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 8:02 am on Apr 29, 2025

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The beauty of a multi-party system is the fringe views get concentrated in marginal parties that have no chance of forming a government. It leaves 85% of the population to choose between the near left and near right agendas. Very few people choose crazy when given multiple, reasonable options.

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"I didn't come here to take part. I came here to take over."

Replies to: "Yup."

Hail Canada! [NT] [LINK] - ND521 - 10:25pm 4/28/25 (24) [View All]
- Democracy wins. - Rooney - 7:40am 4/29/25
  - Impressive vote counting and example of democracy. - conorlarkin - 9:34am 4/29/25
    - "Voters showed up with proof of ID to vote using paper ballots." Not exactly a dem thing. [NT] - Hensou - 9:43am 4/29/25
      - Wrong, as always. [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 11:21am 4/29/25
        The quote is from Rooney. Your article cites an unpassed Act which is not Canadian style voting. - Hensou - 11:36am 4/29/25
        You claimed Democrats opposed voter ID requirements. Not true. Democrats wanted a national standard. - conorlarkin - 11:47am 4/29/25
        Not true. You're not making sense. [NT] [LINK] - Hensou - 11:57am 4/29/25
      - Proof of ID, paper ballots, quick counting and debate host from independent committee, not media. I - Eli - 11:01am 4/29/25
  - At one point we had a just right of center and a just left of center party. - Frank L - 7:56am 4/29/25
    - Yeh... and our species is not doing well around the world. - Curly1918 - 8:20am 4/29/25
      - Which is why we need to do whatever we can to preserve the thin veneer of decency, democracy, and - Frank L - 10:25am 4/29/25
        Yeats remains relevant 100+ years later. - Curly1918 - 11:18am 4/29/25
        Love that quote and poem. Very true especially about the center not holding. [NT] - Frank L - 11:34am 4/29/25
    - Yup. - Rooney - 8:02am 4/29/25
  - Nice to hear Pierre Poilievre has lost his seat. Will this minority gov’t - jimbasil - 7:50am 4/29/25
    - No. The two main parties ran on similar platforms. - Rooney - 7:57am 4/29/25
      - Why are you folks so damn reasonable? You will miss out on the golden era. [NT] - Frank L - 10:37am 4/29/25
- Good and bad. Good, Carney won, not so good it’s a minority leadership. Bad that this win - jimbasil - 2:45am 4/29/25
- Only Mango Man could have brought about this result. That nation thoroughly and rightly so - Frank L - 10:48pm 4/28/25
  - Conservatives had a 25 point lead. Then came the Trump tariffs. - conorlarkin - 7:26am 4/29/25
    - Three main drivers. - Rooney - 7:54am 4/29/25
  - Word. [NT] - Curly1918 - 3:43am 4/29/25