Interesting analysis. What’s your judgement of the parties and leader’s online abilities and track record?
It’s 2011.
I’m not sure if you are all aware of this news. It’s not 2007. It’s not even 2008.
You are not to be blamed if you’ve gotten confused based on the fact that the Canadian election is being fought like a bad pre-internet re-run.
I thought we all learned in 2008. I thought Barack…
I remember back in 2008, after the last (Canadian) federal election, the U.S. media kept asking if Ignatieff was going to be the next Obama (AHEM GAWKER). And I hate articles/blog posts that try to somehow assign each party leader a doppelganger in the U.S. and vice-versa. It’s like reading the CliffsNotes™ on Comparative Politics for Dummies®. And no, he is no Obama/Trudeau/Pearson/citizen of the United States. (While we’re on that subject, every time I see those Tory “Ignatieff didn’t come back for you” ads, it immediately reminds me of the Tea Party/Birthers in America and also validates my political stance on the left - or centre-left, whatever.)
But now we’re taking that political argument about Obama in 2012 and Harper/Ignatieff right the fuck now, it’s even weaker. Oh, you mean the Democratic Party has connections to young entrepreneurs with above-average design and PR skills? Quelle surprise! Have you seen the design of the Government of Canada’s websites? It’s like time stopped for them when IE 6/Photoshop 6.0 came out. They’re BLUE. Tell me, which one of our national colours is BLUE? And let’s not even get into that scary website where you could have a virtual reality Duffster talk to you using your real name.
So let’s try judging the election on the policies and programs, the character and merits of each party, not on their web design team.
Dork.
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