Lets just forgo democracy and have a one party state since if you are not NDP you are immoral at best and likely far worse.
I have never voted Liberal and I never will but I know many people I respect who have worked for that party and they believe in many good things. And Arthur those Liberals would not vote for the NDP anymore than you would vote for the Liberals. You were a supporter of a third party for a long time and you never switched but somehow when the NDP gets into second place you expect other people to abandon their life long beliefs. Give your head a shake and try to wake up and stop being so vile in your partisanship. I think that was what Jack was trying to convey. He wanted to work with the Liberals remember. He didn't call them all cheats and liars just because of their party affiliation. His Dad was a Conservative MP and Minister so maybe he understood something that you don't quite grasp. There are crooked politicians in most parties but there are also sincere honest people running for all parties.
I have listened to the NDP in my province justify lowering welfare rates, freezing services for people with developmental disabilities and other obnoxious neo-con policies because they had to balance a budget. The NDP are not fucking saints they run from the left and they have governed from the center in every province where they have formed government in the last 25 years.
I still normally vote for them but I respect other peoples right to disagree with my politics and I don't do character assassinations based only on the party they support. I will vote for the BC NDP in May but I cannot say I will vote for anyone federally and I have voted in every election since 1972. Yes Tom will be better than Steve but I don't believe or participate in the politics of the lesser evil when that lesser evil still agrees to bomb other people with my tax dollars. Some things are important to me even though they are not to the majority of NDP members and the leader.