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The Federal Election will take place in less than a month. So far, there have been lots of promises (aka platforms) from politicians. Whether these pledges will be kept or not is anybody's guess. But it has not escaped un-noticed by voters that many politicians are like chameleons, they change colours.
To be fair, Canadian voters and the media must bear some responsibilities. Many ppl and interest groups are looking for promising promises and cast their votes accordingly, forcing politicians to make them up on-demand. So what if these pledges are empty and half- true, one can always change the tune later. And if power does change hand, one may conveniently put the blame on the previous regime for "leaving the cupboards empty".
In this age of photo-ops & sound-bites, woe are the politicians who don't "commit". We all remember Canada's one-time Prime Minister Kim Campbell, who, upon being asked abt her position on a certain policy, responded that more analyses were needed. She was turfed out.
Never mind abt analyses and rationality. Voters want promises !!!
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6 comments:
我覺得變色龍好核突,
政客都是,
政治就是這樣,
這世界何來那麼多才德兼備的人呢?
That's the imperfection of democracy. It doesn't really work. It's like playing musical chairs. Politicians just take turns to abuse us :)
I am a sucker for promises too because they sound so darn good. Easy to make every voter happy when there is enough money, sigh...I don't always blame politicians for not doing enough, I blame the people for expecting the government to solve all the problems for them too.
exile
政治是人類社會自己攪出來砸自己的腳！
我的舊文
新鮮人:
有財有勢丶腦子塞的政客就很多,但才德兼備的就真是罕有!!
Exile:
I too wish politicians will focus more on policies as opposed to politics during election time.
Nothing is perfect.
SBB:
It was a pleasure to re-read your old article !!
Ref:
Source: http://mindnecessity.blogspot.com/2009/11/101-state-nation-dwelling-shelter.html
"..... In my humble opinion, governance 治理 is not the same as government
政府, which is related to but not the same as politics 政治...."
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