His anti supply management stance isn't really popular here in the Prairies.

This is Bernier's greatest weakness IMO: His inability to pick his battles. Most Canadians don't even know what supply management is, much less give a fuck about it as an election issue. Like where does "supply management" rank on important election issues according to Canadian voters? Nowhere. That's where.

But Max chooses supply management as his hill to die on because he's an ideological zombie. His formula is:

"I identify as a libertarian, and supply management is an infringement on free markets, therefore I must oppose supply management at all costs!"

So he chooses supply management - an issue nobody gives a fuck about - as his hill to die on, and then gets all asshurt when he loses.

Even better, he got in a massive twitter feud with people over his outrage that high schools were going to give girls free tampons, and then made the headlines for it. "Why is Maxime Bernier so obsessed with tampons?". Yeah, great fucking headline. How about you never talk about teenage girls' tampons again for as long as you live, Max. Let's try that as a PR strategy going forward FFS.

So like I said, he just doesn't know how to pick his battles. It's his biggest flaw. I mean that's fine if you just want to be a novelty, fringe independent backbencher, but not if you want to win elections and lead the country by consensus.

"But you have to stand up for what you believe in!" his zealots will say. Not if you want people to vote for you you don't. That's a child's understanding of how to navigate politics. If you actually want to accomplish anything beyond being the subject of mocking healdines, you need to have some self-awareness and understand what you sound like to other people - the people you're trying to persuade. Screeching about girls' tampons, right as you may be from a philosophical or economic standpoint, is an idiotic move. Full stop. A competent leader and politician knows how to not do stupid shit like that. Even if your "ideology" commands you to take those hard-line positions.

As much as ideological zealots don't want to hear it, the only way you can win elections is by compromising, by moderating your positions to keep up with the will of the electorate, by negotiating with swing voters for their support. It's like this by design. That's how democracy is supposed to work. That's why real parties have leadership elections: So the party can change its stance on issues to keep up with the times. That's how the major parties remain major parties: By constantly moderating to keep up with the will of the electorate. If you want to be an uncompromising, hardline fringe that never changes and keeps the same leader as a lifetime ruler, then get used to living in the political wilderness.

His anti supply management stance isn't really popular here in the Prairies.

This is Bernier's greatest weakness IMO: His inability to pick his battles. Most Canadians don't even know what supply management is, much less give a fuck about it as an election issue. Like where does "supply management" rank on important election issues according to Canadian voters? Nowhere. That's where.

But Max chooses supply management as his hill to die on because he's an ideological zombie. His formula is:

"I identify as a libertarian, and supply management is an infringement on free markets, therefore I must oppose supply management at all costs!"

So he chooses supply management - an issue nobody gives a fuck about - as his hill to die on, and then gets all asshurt when he loses.

Even better, he got in a massive twitter feud with people over his outrage that high schools were going to give girls free tampons, and then made the headlines for it. "Why is Maxime Bernier so obsessed with tampons?". Yeah, great fucking headline. How about you never talk about teenage girls' tampons again for as long as you live, Max. Let's try that as a PR strategy going forward FFS.

So like I said, he just doesn't know how to pick his battles. It's his biggest flaw. I mean that's fine if you just want to be a novelty, fringe independent backbencher, but not if you want to win elections and lead the country by consensus.

"But you have to stand up for what you believe in!" his zealots will say. Not if you want people to vote for you you don't. That's a child's understanding of how to navigate politics. If you actually want to accomplish anything beyond being the subject of mocking healdines, you need to have some self-awareness and understand what you sound like to other people - the people you're trying to persuade. Screeching about girls' tampons, right as you may be from a philosophical or economic standpoint, is an idiotic move. Full stop. A competent leader and politician knows how to not do stupid shit like that. Even if you "ideology" commands you to take those hard-line postions.

As much as ideological zealots don't want to hear it, the only way you can win elections is by compromising, by moderating your positions to keep up with the will of the electorate, by negotiating with swing voters for their support. It's like this by design. That's how democracy is supposed to work. That's why real parties have leadership elections: So the party can change its stance on issues to keep up with the times. That's how the major parties remain major parties: By constantly moderating to keep up with the will of the electorate. If you want to be an uncompromising, hardline fringe that never changes and keeps the same leader as a lifetime ruler, then get used to living in the political wilderness.

His anti supply management stance isn't really popular here in the Prairies.

This is Bernier's greatest weakness IMO: His inability to pick his battles. Most Canadians don't even know what supply management is, much less give a fuck about it as an election issue. Like where does "supply management" rank on important election issues according to Canadian voters? Nowhere. That's where.

But Max chooses supply management as his hill to die on because he's an ideological zombie. His formula is:

"I identify as a libertarian, and supply management is an infringement on free markets, therefore I must oppose supply management at all costs!"

So he chooses supply management - an issue nobody gives a fuck about - as his hill to die on, and then gets all asshurt when he loses.

Even better, he got in a massive twitter feud with people over his outrage that high schools were going to give girls free tampons, and then made the headlines for it. "Why is Maxime Bernier so obsessed with tampons?". Yeah, great fucking headline. How about you never talk about teenage girls' tampons again for as long as you live, Max. Let's try that as a PR strategy going forward FFS.

So like I said, he just doesn't know how to pick his battles. It's his biggest flaw. I mean that's fine if you just want to be a novelty, fringe independent backbencher, but not if you want to win elections and lead the country by consensus.

"But you have to stand up for what you believe in!" his zealots will say. Not if you want people to vote for you you don't. That's a child's understanding of how to navigate politics. If you actually want to accomplish anything beyond being the subject of mocking healdines, you need to have some self-awareness and understand what you sound like to other people - the people you're trying to persuade. Screeching about girls' tampons, right as you may be from a philosophical or economic standpoint, is an idiotic move. Full stop. A competent leader and politician knows how to not do stupid shit like that.

As much as ideological zealots don't want to hear it, the only way you can win elections is by compromising, by moderating your positions to keep up with the will of the electorate, by negotiating with swing voters for their support. It's like this by design. That's how democracy is supposed to work. That's why real parties have leadership elections: So the party can change its stance on issues to keep up with the times. That's how the major parties remain major parties: By constantly moderating to keep up with the will of the electorate. If you want to be an uncompromising, hardline fringe that never changes and keeps the same leader as a lifetime ruler, then get used to living in the political wilderness.

His anti supply management stance isn't really popular here in the Prairies.

This is Bernier's greatest weakness IMO: His inability to pick his battles. Most Canadians don't even know what supply management is, much less give a fuck about it as an election issue. Like where does "supply management" rank on important election issues according to Canadian voters? Nowhere. That's where.

But Max chooses supply management as his hill to die on because he's an ideological zombie. His formula is:

"I identify as a libertarian, and supply management is an infringement on free markets, therefore I must oppose supply management at all costs!"

So he chooses supply management - an issue nobody gives a fuck about - as his hill to die on, and then gets all asshurt when he loses.

Even better, he got in a massive twitter feud with people over his outrage that high schools were going to give girls free tampons, and then made the headlines for it. "Why is Maxime Bernier so obsessed with tampons?". Yeah, great fucking headline. How about you never talk about teenage girls' tampons again for as long as you live, Max. Let's try that as a PR strategy going forward FFS.

So like I said, he just doesn't know how to pick his battles. It's his biggest flaw. I mean that's fine if you just want to be a novelty, fringe independent backbencher, but not if you want to win elections and lead the country by consensus.

"But you have to stand up for what you believe in!" his zealots will say. Not if you want people to vote for you you don't. That's a child's understanding of how to navigate politics. If you actually want to accomplish anything beyond being the subject of mocking healdines, you need to have some self-awareness and understand what you sound like to other people - the people you're trying to persuade. Screeching about girls' tampons, right as you may be from a philosophical or economic standpoint, is an idiotic move. Full stop.

As much as ideological zealots don't want to hear it, the only way you can win elections is by compromising, by moderating your positions to keep up with the will of the electorate, by negotiating with swing voters for their support. It's like this by design. That's how democracy is supposed to work. That's why real parties have leadership elections: So the party can change its stance on issues to keep up with the times. That's how the major parties remain major parties: By constantly moderating to keep up with the will of the electorate. If you want to be an uncompromising, hardline fringe that never changes and keeps the same leader as a lifetime ruler, then get used to living in the political wilderness.

His anti supply management stance isn't really popular here in the Prairies.

This is Bernier's greatest weakness IMO: His inability to pick his battles. Most Canadians don't even know what supply management is, much less give a fuck about it as an election issue. Like where does "supply management" rank on important election issues according to Canadian voters? Nowhere. That's where.

But Max chooses supply management as his hill to die on because he's an ideological zombie. His formula is:

"I identify as a libertarian, and supply management is an infringement on free markets, therefore I must oppose supply management at all costs!"

So he chooses supply management - an issue nobody gives a fuck about - as his hill to die on, and then gets all asshurt when he loses.

Even better, he got in a massive twitter feud with people over his outrage that high schools were going to give girls free tampons, and then made the headlines for it. "Why is Maxime Bernier so obsessed with tampons?". Yeah, great fucking headline. How about you never talk about teenage girls' tampons again for as long as you live, Max. Let's try that as a PR strategy going forward FFS.

So like I said, he just doesn't know how to pick his battles. It's his biggest flaw. I mean that's fine if you just want to be a novelty, fringe independent backbencher, but not if you want to win elections and lead the country by consensus.

"But you have to stand up for what you believe in!" his zealots will say. Not if you want people to vote for you you don't. That's a child's understanding of how to navigate politics. If you actually want to accomplish anything beyond being the butt of snarky headlines, you need to have some self-awareness and understand what you sound like to other people - the people you're trying to persuade. Screeching about girls' tampons, right as you may be from a philosophical or economic standpoint, is an idiotic move. Full stop.

As much as ideological zealots don't want to hear it, the only way you can win elections is by compromising, by moderating your positions to keep up with the will of the electorate, by negotiating with swing voters for their support. It's like this by design. That's how democracy is supposed to work. That's why real parties have leadership elections: So the party can change its stance on issues to keep up with the times. That's how the major parties remain major parties: By constantly moderating to keep up with the will of the electorate. If you want to be an uncompromising, hardline fringe that never changes and keeps the same leader as a lifetime ruler, then get used to living in the political wilderness.

His anti supply management stance isn't really popular here in the Prairies.

This is Bernier's greatest weakness IMO: His inability to pick his battles. Most Canadians don't even know what supply management is, much less give a fuck about it as an election issue. Like where does "supply management" rank on important election issues according to Canadian voters? Nowhere. That's where.

But Max chooses supply management as his hill to die on because he's an ideological zombie. His formula is:

"I identify as a libertarian, and supply management is an infringement on free markets, therefore I must oppose supply management at all costs!"

So he chooses supply management - an issue nobody gives a fuck about - as his hill to die on, and then gets all asshurt when he loses.

Even better, he got in a massive twitter feud with people over his outrage that high schools were going to give girls free tampons, and then made the headlines for it. "Why is Maxime Bernier so obsessed with tampons?". Yeah, great fucking headline. How about you never talk about teenage girls' tampons again for as long as you live, Max. Let's try that as a PR strategy going forward FFS.

So like I said, he just doesn't know how to pick his battles. It's his biggest flaw. I mean that's fine if you just want to be a novelty, fringe independent backbencher, but not if you want to win elections and lead the country by consensus.

"But you have to stand up for what you believe in!" his zealots will say. Not if you want people to vote for you you don't. You need to have some self-awareness and understand what you sound like to other people - the people you're trying to persuade. Screeching about girls' tampons, right as you may be from a philosophical or economic standpoint, is an idiotic move. Full stop.

As much as ideological zealots don't want to hear it, the only way you can win elections is by compromising, by moderating your positions to keep up with the will of the electorate, by negotiating with swing voters for their support. It's like this by design. That's how democracy is supposed to work. That's why real parties have leadership elections: So the party can change its stance on issues to keep up with the times. That's how the major parties remain major parties: By constantly moderating to keep up with the will of the electorate. If you want to be an uncompromising, hardline fringe that never changes and keeps the same leader as a lifetime ruler, then get used to living in the political wilderness.

His anti supply management stance isn't really popular here in the Prairies.

This is Bernier's greatest weakness IMO: His inability to pick his battles. Most Canadians don't even know what supply management is, much less give a fuck about it as an election issue. Like where does "supply management" rank on important election issues according to Canadian voters? Nowhere. That's where.

But Max chooses supply management as his hill to die on because he's an ideological zombie. His formula is:

"I identify as a libertarian, and supply management is an infringement on free markets, therefore I must oppose supply management at all costs!"

So he chooses supply management - an issue nobody gives a fuck about - as his hill to die on, and then gets all asshurt when he loses.

Even better, he got in a massive twitter feud with people over his outrage that high schools were going to give girls free tampons, and then made the headlines for it. "Maxime Bernier outraged that girls are getting free tampons". Yeah, great fucking headline. How about you never talk about teenage girls' tampons again for as long as you live, Max. Let's try that as a PR strategy going forward FFS.

So like I said, he just doesn't know how to pick his battles. It's his biggest flaw. I mean that's fine if you just want to be a novelty, fringe independent backbencher, but not if you want to win elections and lead the country by consensus.

"But you have to stand up for what you believe in!" his zealots will say. Not if you want people to vote for you you don't. You need to have some self-awareness and understand what you sound like to other people - the people you're trying to persuade. Screeching about girls' tampons, right as you may be from a philosophical or economic standpoint, is an idiotic move. Full stop.

As much as ideological zealots don't want to hear it, the only way you can win elections is by compromising, by moderating your positions to keep up with the will of the electorate, by negotiating with swing voters for their support. It's like this by design. That's how democracy is supposed to work. That's why real parties have leadership elections: So the party can change its stance on issues to keep up with the times. That's how the major parties remain major parties: By constantly moderating to keep up with the will of the electorate. If you want to be an uncompromising, hardline fringe that never changes and keeps the same leader as a lifetime ruler, then get used to living in the political wilderness.

His anti supply management stance isn't really popular here in the Prairies.

This is Bernier's greatest weakness IMO: His inability to pick his battles. Most Canadians don't even know what supply management is, much less give a fuck about it as an election issue. Like where does "supply management" rank on important election issues according to Canadian voters? Nowhere. That's where.

But Max chooses supply management as his hill to die on because he's an ideological zombie. His formula is:

"I identify as a libertarian, therefore I must oppose supply management at all costs!"

So he chooses supply management - an issue nobody gives a fuck about - as his hill to die on, and then gets all asshurt when he loses.

Even better, he got in a massive twitter feud with people over his outrage that high schools were going to give girls free tampons, and then made the headlines for it. "Maxime Bernier outraged that girls are getting free tampons". Yeah, great fucking headline. How about you never talk about teenage girls' tampons again for as long as you live, Max. Let's try that as a PR strategy going forward FFS.

So like I said, he just doesn't know how to pick his battles. It's his biggest flaw. I mean that's fine if you just want to be a novelty, fringe independent backbencher, but not if you want to win elections and lead the country by consensus.

"But you have to stand up for what you believe in!" his zealots will say. Not if you want people to vote for you you don't. You need to have some self-awareness and understand what you sound like to other people - the people you're trying to persuade. Screeching about girls' tampons, right as you may be from a philosophical or economic standpoint, is an idiotic move. Full stop.

As much as ideological zealots don't want to hear it, the only way you can win elections is by compromising, by moderating your positions to keep up with the will of the electorate, by negotiating with swing voters for their support. It's like this by design. That's how democracy is supposed to work. That's why real parties have leadership elections: So the party can change its stance on issues to keep up with the times. That's how the major parties remain major parties: By constantly moderating to keep up with the will of the electorate. If you want to be an uncompromising, hardline fringe that never changes and keeps the same leader as a lifetime ruler, then get used to living in the political wilderness.

His anti supply management stance isn't really popular here in the Prairies.

This is Bernier's greatest weakness IMO: His inability to pick his battles. Most Canadians don't even know what supply management is, much less give a fuck about it as an election issue. Like where does "supply management" rank on important election issues according to Canadian voters? Nowhere. That's where.

But Max chooses supply management as his hill to die on because he's an ideological zombie. His formula is:

"I identify as a libertarian, therefore I must oppose supply management at all costs!"

So he chooses supply management - an issue nobody gives a fuck about - as his hill to die on, and then gets all asshurt when he loses.

Even better, he got in a massive twitter feud with people over his outrage that high schools were going to give girls free tampons, and then made the headlines for it. "Maxime Bernier outraged that girls are getting free tampons". Yeah, great fucking headline. How about you never talk about teenage girls' tampons again for as long as you live, Max. Let's try that as a PR strategy going forward FFS.

So like I said, he just doesn't know how to pick his battles. It's his biggest flaw. I mean that's fine if you just want to be a novelty, fringe independent backbencher, but not if you want to win elections and lead the country by consensus.

"But you have to stand up for what you believe in!" his zealots will say. Not if you want people to vote for you you don't. You need to have some slef-awareness and understand what you sound like to other people - the people you're trying to persuade. Screeching about girls' tampons, right as you may be from a philosophical or economic standpoint, is an idiotic move. Full stop.

As much as ideological zealots don't want to hear it, the only way you can win elections is by compromising, by moderating your positions to keep up with the will of the electorate, by negotiating with swing voters for their support. It's like this by design. That's how democracy is supposed to work. That's why real parties have leadership elections: So the party can change is stance on issues to keep up with the times. If you want to be an uncompromising, hardline fringe that never changes and keeps the same leader as a lifetime ruler, then get used to living in the political wilderness.

His anti supply management stance isn't really popular here in the Prairies.

This is Bernier's greatest weakness IMO: His inability to pick his battles. Most Canadians don't even know what supply management is, much less give a fuck about it as an election issue. Like where does "supply management" rank on important election issues according to Canadian voters? Nowhere. That's where.

But Max chooses supply management as his hill to die on because he's an ideological zombie. His formula is:

"I identify as a libertarian, therefore I must oppose supply management at all costs!"

So he chooses supply management - an issue nobody gives a fuck about - as his hill to die on, and then gets all asshurt when he loses.

Even better, he got in a massive twitter feud with people over his outrage that high schools were going to give girls free tampons, and then made the healdine for it. "Maxime Bernier outraged that girls are getting free tampons". Yeah, great fucking headline. How about you never talk about teenage girls' tampons again for as long as you live, Max. Let's try that as a PR strategy going forward FFS.

So like I said, he just doesn't know how to pick his battles. It's his biggest flaw. I mean that's fine if you just want to be a novelty, fringe independent backbencher, but not if you want to win elections and lead the country by consensus.

As much as ideological zealots don't want to hear it, the only way you can win elections is by compromising, by moderating your positions to keep up with the will of the electorate, by negotiating with swing voters for their support. It's like this by design. That's how democracy is supposed to work. That's why real parties have leadership elections: So the party can change is stance on issues to keep up with the times. If you want to be an uncompromising, hardline fringe that never changes and keeps the same leader as a lifetime ruler, then get used to living in the political wilderness.