This is the main argument that pro-CPC folks have been telling me to vote for CPC instead of PPC. They say Max made the mistake of starting his own party. They argue that if he waited it out he could have been the leader of the CPC this time around. Is Trump running as a Republican a good comparison to this?
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Nah, the CPC wouldn't have backstabbed Scheer like that if Bernier was lurking. The party brass had no intention of letting him influence the party's direction and they were certainly reticent of making waves, much as they are under O'Toole.
Max was right to start his own party, his major mistake was growing it too fast and bringing e-celebs into high profile positions.
Frank Vaughan for example, feuded with the party supporters on twitter, spent a lot of time enhancing his own celebrity, and has done an incomprehensible amount of damage to the party after he was blown out in the election.
Then there was the one who was trying to promote her singing career, the ones who got exposed for making seriously racist comments right before the election, the ones who were selling their own party merchandise, the ones who were super pro-life, and the ones who couldn't stop talking about their diversity like that gay Metis veteran.
When you looked at the candidates, you'd think that Bernier had jetted around the country establishing an EDA and certifying candidates in every riding over a period of six months or something. Which is just what he did.
Then there was the issue of his staff, his social media has been fucked. Whomever is running his twitter account got into a public fight with Jessica Yaniv of all people right before the election. That was embarrassing and his twitter has gotten worse, the other day whomever runs it was tweeting about all of the mentally ill people driving their cars while wearing a mask.
That's the kind of thing that makes supporting the PPC hard.
He can still rebuild but I don't think he had any chance of becoming CPC leader. They'd rigged a leadership convention against him, dropped him from the cabinet and the election shows that they had a strong contender lined up for his riding. They were in the process of getting rid of him when he split off.
It's a poor comparison to compare Bernier to Trump anyhow because Bernier wasn't running for president, he was running as the leader of the House. If America had our system then Trump would have been running against Ryan, not Bush and he wouldn't have had a chance in hell.
Trump is something that can be done in America, not Canada. Bernier was right to take the path he chose, the problem was the strategy.
Rocky Dong wasn't bad at first but he didn't stop making those fucking videos.
Renata Ford though? She's a well-known lunatic who most people assume has a serious drug problem.
The recruiting of immigrants and muslims as candidates was a major problem as well. Just because the party was accused of racism didn't mean they needed to play that game; it was a massive turnoff.
I couldn't even vote for my PPC candidate either, there was no way that guy deserved to be in the House. It was a nightmare.