I Was Being Nice

Tue, 09/08/2009 - 08:34 by Dave Bagler Tags:

I was. I said that we should thank Stuart Hertzog for making the party reaffirm its commitment to grassroots democracy. I then suggested that now that his point has been made that he should step down.

I was being nice, but I can't be nice anymore. Stuart Hertzog has lodged an official complaint with Elections Canada arguing that the Green Party is acting illegally in the riding and providing her nomination campaign with unfair support.

This story was picked up today by the National Post and again we get to look like a bunch of idiots. Thanks Stuart, you wanted your 15 minutes and you are now getting them... at the expense of the Green Party of Canada.

Stuart its time to go away. I think you may be confused, you think you're helping but your not. You are hurting the party and the damage is not limited toSGI. You are casting doubt on the GPC being a serious party across the country. Please stop.

We have an office, we have volunteers and we have money. It's time to start the campaign, to get the leader of this party elected. Stuart is only standing in the way.

If you are a Green Party member who wants to see a Green MP elected in the next election then join me in asking Stuart to go away.

Stuart is wasting our time and our efforts with his baseless attack not just on Elizabeth but on the party and on the many hard working volunteers who want and are willing to work to elect our first Green MP.

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Comments

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/08/2009 - 16:55.

Lizzy's parachute attempt

So tell me exactly why Lizzy get's to parachute in where she wants (you know, the Lizzy that publically stated she would only ever run in Nova Scotia), and yet Stuart Hertzog, who has live in the riding, worked in the riding and was an activist in the riding, should not?
Who is more credible?
This conservative supported understands why Lizzy will never get the Green party going. The Conservatives need to get more green, and you know what, the green's need to get more conservative, and not hang around the fringes that the NDP has for so many years.
I support strong grass-roots politicians, even if I disagree with their philosophy. The operative word is true grass-roots. Don't try and invent that, it either happens (such as the old Reform movement in western Canada) or it doesn't. The Greenpeace of old was a true grass-roots movement... this Green Party thing of Lizzie's is NOT.

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/08/2009 - 15:50.