All right. So I’m looking for indicators that will cue us as to whether Hudak’s Conservatives are true conservatives or knee-jerk Tea Party conservatives.
While Bill Davis wasn’t one of my favorite Premiers, I think he stands as a respected statesman and a representative of conservatism that is not frothing at the mouth. In an absolutely incredible revealing move, Hudak supporters/candidates showed up at a speech by Davis in Brampton to hold up a sign saying “don’t let them fool you!” Aside from being unclear, (i.e. who’s doing the fooling to whom??) its also disrespectful to a former leader of their own party. There was some question as to whether the three holding the sign were there at the invitation of Davis and whether the sign was directed towards the Liberal Party. However a friend who is more in the loop on such political matters says that this would be contrary to the purpose of the event and that Hudak has been trying to disassociate his party from so called “Red Conservatives” for some time now. The fact that this situation is ambiguous is a statement in itself. An article in this morning’s Brampton Post reported that the three Conservative candidates were not invited and had to be asked to move away from the podium as they were blocking the view to the speakers.
And talk about ironic!! All they have to do to avoid being the victim of deception is to make clear their own policies without smoke and mirrors.
Who’s fooling who?!
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