Four observations of the elections so far

1. Not gonna lie kind of upset and a wee bit suspicious of the federal debate timing. October 2nd is the English language debate here in Canada but it is also the much anticipated debate between the VP's down in the States. This is going to make it even harder for Canadians to pay attention to our debate. For me it is kind of like putting the grey cup up against the superbowl half-time show and somehow thinking.... Who am I kidding no one is thinking. There may be some parties gleefully mesmerized by the fact that perhaps the less people that tune into this thing the better. Whoo hoo lets sleep our way to the ballot box.

2. Oh and about the Greens not being included in the above mentioned debate, the only thing that I see clearly is fact that I don't understand how exactly a party is picked to debate, that in and of itself is a problem. Lets say a federal party takes 100% of the seats in the upcoming election, who debates in the next election? We really do make this stuff up as we go along, that's why it is good we are arguing about it.

3. Also related to the above story, the greens really are getting lots of traction out of the "there getting lots of traction out of this" story.

4. If this is the democratization of the internet...

The coverage of it is an exercise in the media's own self-loathing.


-M