1574 people can’t be wrong! It’s been an interesting few weeks, but it looks like we now have a better idea of what the Conservative Party has to do (or not do) to bring themselves back in line with basic conservative ideology. The top three “unconservative” things the Conservative Party have done are:
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Massive increases in government spending and a return to deficit spending 27% (432 votes)
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Allowing the Human Rights Commission and Human Rights Tribunal to continue unhindered 22% (341 votes)
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Giving billion dollar bailout packages to poorly run companies 21% (323 votes)
For the full breakdown of the 1574 votes, please visit the original post, “Top Ten Unconservative Contest Finalists!”
This contest should serve as a warning to the governing Conservative Party of Canada – winning the election was no small feat but it’s time to stop acting like the opposition and start acting like a conservative government. Since taking power in 2005, the Conservative Party of Canada has been so busy defining the opposition Liberal Party of Canada as corrupt and their leaders weak, that they have forgotten a key component to any successful initiative, they have neglected to define themselves. Let’s face it, it has been relatively easy to define the Liberal Party of Canada – the Liberal Party was to a certain degree corrupt and labeling the bumbling Stéphane Dion as weak certainly wasn’t rocket science – however, the Conservative Party seems content to define themselves as little more than, “not the Liberals.” With the passing of each day that particular definition loses more and more of it’s impact. The Liberals have a new leader and the corruption charges are behind them, they are no longer an easy target.
In order for the Conservative Party to be successful they need to define themselves clearly through well thought out and well executed conservative policy initiatives. They need to thoroughly explain and then sell those initiatives in a simple and straight-forward manner. They need to contrast those policy initiatives against the opposition’s left-wing and socialist alternatives and they need to convince Canadians that they’re ready to govern unhindered by a minority government. This is far easier said than done and it’s a departure from their current game plan, but considering their relative lack of success (electorally and in policy), do they have much choice?
Thank you to all of those visitors who submitted hundreds of entries and to the thousands who submitted a vote. Right now I’m going through the long list of “unconservative” entries and votes to determine which two will be the winner of the Mark Steyn book. I will announce the winners today after lunch. And the winners are…
Thanks to smalldeadanimals.com, conservativegrapevine.com, blazingcatfur.blogspot.com, fivefeetoffury.com, bluewavecanada.blogspot.com,and many others for linking to this contest and helping make it a success!
