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Originally Posted by chowhou
Err doesn't that support the thesis? Once the homophobia of the candidate was revealed they "resigned" from the candidacy. Their vetting process seems to leave a lot to be desired, but it also seems as though this is the type of behaviour they claim to want to filter out.
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It could be, until recently the BC Cons weren't taken seriously or drawing top drawer candidates so it wasn't hard to get a nomination. Playing devil's advocate though, a lot of their hardcore base may drift away if they just become BC Liberals II.
I expect the Social Credit/BC Liberal/BC United machine will just drift over to Rustad now the dam has been breached. Personally I think it's a shame that the Right always seems to think they have to be one party to defeat the NDP, rather than a coalition gov't of two parties. That makes voters cynical about democracy when they see a party they felt closely represented their views just morph into the establishment.
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