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- Newsgroups: can.politics
- Subject: Re: Reform Party
- Message-ID: <2cTNuB1w164w@ham.almanac.bc.ca>
- From: emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 13:25:24 PST
- References: <1992Nov22.202155.25456@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca>
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- Organization: Robert Smits
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- tony@nexus.yorku.ca (Anthony Wallis) writes:
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- > The "Conservative" (full name "Progressive Conservative" - whatever
- > that means) party, and the other two mainline parties, named the
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- It was named Progressive Conservative as aresult of amalagamating the
- Progressive Party and the Conservative Party. Yes, it is an oxy-moron,
- like "military-intelligence" in terms of today's politics, but it was
- fashioned long ago.
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- emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca (Robert Smits, Ladysmith B.C.)
-
- The way to get things out of a government is to back them to the wall,
- put your hands to their throats, and you will get all that they have.
- - Agnes McPhail
-