SCANDALS - Who's zoomin' who?

[mar]

- If I was a voter in a riding where the candidate was facing crinimal charges, I might be mad. However, I do not hold Stephen Harper personally responsible for the vetting of all candidates. f it happens another 5 times, maybe it should factor into voter decision making at the party level.

- I do not care if Jack Layton used private health care before he was leader of the NDP. It has nothing to do with his party's platform which is what I would vote on.

- I do not care that a Liberal candidate in one BC riding may (or may not) have been stupid enough to try and bribe an NDP opponent. If I lived in that riding it would determine my vote if I believed it. Its not a national story and that idiot (if guilty) no more represents the Liberal party than the one facing criminal charges typiifies the Conservatives.

Are we being subjected to a deliberate policy of distraction from the real issues by all parties and their willing henchmen, the media?

What is the outcome? Does the party who gets the last scandal story out on Jan-22 win? Is that what we are now?

[geoffrey]

- If I was a voter in a riding where the candidate was facing crinimal charges, I might be mad. However, I do not hold Stephen Harper personally responsible for the vetting of all candidates. f it happens another 5 times, maybe it should factor into voter decision making at the party level.

- I do not care if Jack Layton used private health care before he was leader of the NDP. It has nothing to do with his party's platform which is what I would vote on.

- I do not care that a Liberal candidate in one BC riding may (or may not) have been stupid enough to try and bribe an NDP opponent. If I lived in that riding it would determine my vote if I believed it. Its not a national story and that idiot (if guilty) no more represents the Liberal party than the one facing criminal charges typiifies the Conservatives.

Are we being subjected to a deliberate policy of distraction from the real issues by all parties and their willing henchmen, the media?

What is the outcome? Does the party who gets the last scandal story out on Jan-22 win? Is that what we are now?

I feel most Canadians aren't voting (I guess they are actually voting now, advanced polls are open) on scandal, they are just voting for change, removing a tired party from office to get some new fresh ideas going on there.

I know I'm voting for a party platform, not because of any scandal.

The Liberals have fired that candidate, just saw it on 'Politics'.