Ed Broadbent, former leader of the NDP and the worst, w o r s t MP in Canadian history, is trying to throw the probable new leader of the Dippers under the bus.
The new leader Thomas Mulcair, er, probable new leader, wants to be Prime Minister.
Crazy idea dat!
Mr. Broadbent was a failure to the nth degree.
Hence the hate.
I could write 3,000 words on this but I am not Chantal Hebert et. al.
WFDS
Failure to the nth degree? How old were you when he led the NDP? From wiki:
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"Nonetheless, he was not successful in translating this into an election victory in the 1988 federal election, since the Liberals reaped most of the benefits from opposing free trade. However, the NDP elected a party record 43 seats, a record unchallenged until the 2011 election, in which the NDP won 103 seats and Jack Layton became the leader of the opposition."
And that's how you define "failure"? For the NDP? Really?