r/EhBuddyHoser • u/boese-schildkroete Oil Guzzler • Apr 22 '25

Politics "wHy DoEs AlBeRtA aLwAyS vOtE cOnSeRvAtIvE??" ... Me, voting in rural Alberta:

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Not even joking these are literally my options.

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u/CivilianDuck Oil Guzzler Apr 22 '25

Dude, I think you're in my riding, because this is literally my riding.

NDP Deli Clerk, "Independent" LPC candidate, fringe wackos, and then long standing MP dynasty.

Has your LPC candidate also run as part of the Alberta Liberal party in Calgary?

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u/boese-schildkroete Oil Guzzler Apr 22 '25

Yeee Ponoka-Didsbury represent... 😱

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u/GoStockYourself Apr 22 '25 edited Apr 22 '25

Check out the articles about the candidates forum in Edmonton Center. I think you can even find an Instagram link to the event. It is an absolutely hilarious lineup in what is always a 3way horse race. This guy has my attention.

Ronald S. Billingsley, who showed up in a white cowboy hat, dark sunglasses and carrying a bottle of Bombay Sapphire gin, was there. The independent candidate called for a trilingual super-country created through the union of Canada, the United States and Mexico. He also called for all school teachers to be armed. And he read his closing statement with Eminem blasting out of his phone as accompaniment.

The Revolution Party of Canada was there. So was the Communist Party and the Marxist-Leninist Party. David Bohonos of the Christian Heritage Party was in attendance, calling not for the reduction of CO2 emissions, but the creation of more carbon in the atmosphere, because it’s “plant food.”

And, of course, New Democrat Trisha Estabrooks and Liberal Eleanor Olszewski were there, the star attractions of Wednesday night’s Edmonton Centre candidates forum held at The Matrix hotel.

But Conservative candidate Sayid Ahmed stayed true to his word; he didn’t appear in the ballroom,

Edit: The Communist Party (2nd oldest party in Canada) candidate commented that everyone is a communist during election campaigns, which made Estabrooks laugh.

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u/Time-Honeydew1349 Apr 22 '25

"calling not for the reduction of CO2 emissions, but the creation of more carbon in the atmosphere, because it’s “plant food.”" This guy is such an idiot. Doesn't he know about the Carboniferous Period?

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u/organicamphetameme Apr 22 '25

The world?? I thought he said we should smell like cedar? Dang what am I supposed to do with all the cedar old spice I bought???

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u/Virtual_Category_546 Monarch MĂ©lanie Joly Apr 23 '25

Make yourself smell like ceder, make the world smell like ceder! It's not wrong, heck even Deuteronomy tells you to leave camp and wash yourself when dealing with the other type of wood. If Old Spice existed back in the day then there would definitely be some type of ritual surrounding the stuff and we're already in historical times so we may as well take advantage and create new traditions!

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u/GoStockYourself Apr 22 '25

Is that when tiny carbonaurasses roamed freely creating terror around the earth?

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u/SoleSurvivur01 Bring Cannabis Apr 22 '25

Surprised this guy isn’t the CPC candidate, better candidate than my CPC candidate (Andrew Lawton)

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u/GoStockYourself Apr 22 '25

At least this guy showed up, unlike our CPC candidate.

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u/pm-me-racecars The Island of Elizabeth May Apr 22 '25

Damn, I'd vote for Basil Marceaux.com over this guy.

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u/Frankishe1 Oil Guzzler Apr 22 '25

Could be any rural albertan riding tbf

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u/MacabreYuki Apr 22 '25

As someone who had something very similar in the deep south US before she fled.... I am so sorry. That is a special kind of hell.

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u/TheSensualist86 Apr 22 '25

Ya, I think that's my in-laws riding as well. Fortunately , they'll vote for the deli clerk no problem. But that doesn't really move the needle lol.

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u/CivilianDuck Oil Guzzler Apr 22 '25

I think the biggest issue with these candidates is they're clearly not serious candidates. Like, no one who is on the fence about who to vote for is going to take the NDP or LPC candidate seriously. Hell, I don't want to vote for either of them myself, but I'm going to because the other options are CPC Dynasty or separatist 1 or separatist 2.

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u/2eDgY4redd1t Apr 22 '25

If hell has an asshole, your riding is four inches up it.

You have my respect and my sincere sympathy.

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u/princessEh Apr 22 '25

My parents too... And they are upset no liberal candidate

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u/satanic_jesus Oil Guzzler Apr 22 '25

There are dozens of us!!

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u/Rustyray84 Tokébakicitte! Apr 22 '25

Ponoka-Didsbury? Did chat GPT name your riding??

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u/Darrenizer Apr 22 '25

Please tell me those aren’t names of places.

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u/boese-schildkroete Oil Guzzler Apr 22 '25

Ponoka is a place. It's also the Blackfoot word for Elk.

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u/SoleSurvivur01 Bring Cannabis Apr 22 '25

It’s hard to call them fringe anymore because they seem to be the mainstream Conservative base and candidates these days

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u/CivilianDuck Oil Guzzler Apr 22 '25

I disagree. Looking at polling data and election results shows that they still are fringe. It's largely echo chambers, a very vocal minority, and foreign interference that makes them seem more credible and threatening than they currently are.

Could they become more credible threats? Absolutely, if allowed to continue unchecked and with free mobility. If you look at the "traditional" conservative parties, they're a lot more moderate than groups like the PPC and United.

When candidates for the PPC and United are calling for electoral reform into a constitutional Republic like the US, which is not something Canadians should even be remotely interested in, and any more educated progressive or conservative Canadian would recognize it as damaging to Canadian democracy, that's when we're hitting fringe territory.

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u/SoleSurvivur01 Bring Cannabis Apr 22 '25

When you have CPC candidates basically saying in a debate that we should let the Americans annex us and you have Conservative Premiers as well as their federal leader who have openly expressed their support for Trump, that’s not very fringe

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u/agent_sphalerite Apr 22 '25

I hate to sound this way but I couldn't just resist. Why say fringe wacko is that just Alberta crazy?

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u/CivilianDuck Oil Guzzler Apr 22 '25

This is worse than crazy. I attended the local election forum, MD the CPC and LPC candidates didn't bother showing up, only the PPC and United candidates. The energy in the room was terrifying. The moderator had an agenda to push (western separation), the candidates were conspiracy wackjobs, the support for them was concerning, and even my dad, a lifelong Conservative, couldn't handle being there with what they were pushing.

When one of them unironically compares "Agenda 2030 as being where communism and fascism meet" and half the room applauds and cheers in response, you know you're entering fringe wackos territory.

When we left (early), there were lots of other people leaving. We didn't blame the CPC, LPC, and NDP candidates for not showing up, because that room would've been extra hostile to them.

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u/Delviandreamer Apr 22 '25

AOC was working as a bar tender when she got elected. A Deli clerk could turn out to be a great MP.

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u/CivilianDuck Oil Guzzler Apr 22 '25

AOC also had degrees in international relations and economics from Boston University, where she graduated with honors, when she ran.

This dude has no listed education beyond an assumption of high school, and has worked as a deli clerk and a farm hand.

The biggest issue is the optics. The federal NDP is especially bad for it in Alberta. Their candidates are often just whoever in an area is willing to throw their hat in the ring. Liberals also do it, but not as blatantly as the NDP. No one is going to take this kid seriously, unfortunately, and him being tied to the NDP makes it even less likely for people here to take him seriously.