Revolutionary Moderation

A little spin never hurt anyone:



Last week, Jack Layton published this op-ed in the National Post. He makes an appeal to the Progressives within the Progressive Conservative party to head on over to the NDP, once the Reform Party Alliance has overrun their party and traditions.

[T]he NDP, which elected more MPs than the Tories in each of the last three elections, is a more effective vehicle for progressives currently within the PC Party. We also allow these stalwarts a chance to join the majority within one party, rather than remaining a frustrated minority within a party that long since abandoned them.

Well, close, anyway. If my experience is any guide, you'll be part of a far less frustrated minority, but you'll find just as many disagreements in the party, and being among the moderates in the NDP will be the minority opinion. But hey, here's my appeal - join on up, and maybe we can finally convince those NDs out on the left, those who want to organize farm labour or appeal more broadly to puppet-weilding WTO protesters (and their granola-munchin', Birkenstock-wearin' bretherin and sesterin) to give it a rest.