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It's been a while since the last ITQ Wordle …

by kadyomalley on Monday, August 17, 2009 10:44am - 13 Comments

… to rectify that shortcoming, here’s Jack Layton’s Sunday speech at the NDP convention in Halifax:

Wordle: Jack Layton - Speech to NDP Convention (August 16, 2009)

For the full text of the speech, click here.

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  • http://bigcitylib.blogspot.com bigcitylib

    "Help" indeed.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/jolyon jolyon

    "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' Ronald Reagan

    Maybe NDP should listen to Reagan more, they might get themselves elected nationally.

    • Greg

      Reagan is dead.

      • http://intensedebate.com/people/WDM WDM

        Talking to dead folks helps. Just ask Mackenzie King.

        • http://intensedebate.com/people/M_A_N M_A_N

          I always wondered how accurate his dog's Stanley Cup predictions were…

        • http://intensedebate.com/people/madeyoulook madeyoulook

          It's hearing back from them that causes trouble…

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Crit_Reasoning Crit_Reasoning

    I don't see "kitchen" or "table" in that Wordle. Has Layton expunged these words from his political vocabulary?

  • Tammy

    The American Democratic Party and the NDP have nothing in common other than that one word. Not the same at all.

  • Mulletaur

    For a bunch of socialists, these Dippocrats seem awfully afraid of class war.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/sea_n_mountains sea_n_mountains

    look how prominent and central 'new' is, thank gawd they didn't toss that!

  • Wayne

    Hey at least you have to give the NDP major kudos for actually having a conevntion where it looks like people were involved with their party and actually … gasp … working on policicy ininatives. I mean really after the last liberla one – oh yeah! … right they did have one awhile back althought it was to coronate the Igster and to keep jumping back and forth between empty chairs to make it look like someone was there .. most of the time the only sound after a speech were the crickets chirping. The NDP are interesting and who knows if next election they only get an increase in seats of half the amount they did last election the LPC could lose it's offical oppostion status.

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/KadyITQ KadyITQ

      Actually, they passed quite a few policy resolutions at the last Liberal convention, including a few that look suspiciously similar to some of what made it to the floor in Halifax.

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/madeyoulook madeyoulook

      Ahem… Wayne… if I may have your attention for a moment…

      What do you suppose a Conservative convention might look like now that their relatively recently united party has thoroughly abandoned conservative principles and is sending the drunken-sailor bill to the kids and grandkids? I suspect the party faithful might have something to say to the faithless MPs & Senators, and the degree to which the bigwigs will try to silence the real conservatives will be interesting to watch.

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