News that a constituency association has proposed a name change from the New Democratic Party to the Social Democratic Party at the upcoming NDP convention prompted some Opposition jibes in question period Thursday.Saskatchewan Party leader Brad Wall announced his party would hold a contest and he invited provincial residents to make their own suggestions for a replacement name for the NDP.
"We already have some submissions for the name because everywhere we go ... you'd be surprised how creative people are in terms of what they call that governing party opposite," Wall said to guffaws from his caucus.
"We've seen it already on Highway 368 on signs 'No Darn Pavement, the New Destruction Party, New Democratic Potholes.' There's any number of suggestions out there."
Be sure to share your suggestions in the comments!
The suggestion that Calvert & Co. might begin to slither away from the party of Tommy Douglas and Jack Layton comes on the heels of a whirlwind of change - On October 26th came the declaration of a new provincial stat holiday in February, followed a day later with a cut from 7% to 5% of the PST. And then just a day or two ago, further cuts to business taxes.
So, one might wonder what happened on October 17th or thereabouts to put the burr under their saddle.
I've said it before, I'll say it again - SDA gets results!
NDE
Not Dead Enough
Nonsensical Destructive Policies,
or if we are looking to use the new SDP acronym,
Slothful Dysfunctional Parasites.
Nice Dog Peter!
SDP = Same Dumb Policies
Stephen wrote in the comments of Kate's link to a prior post of hers:
Yowza! Kate has linked to a five-week old story about a four-month-old poll, bolding a clause including the phrase 'it now holds.'
Perhaps Stephen can take this up with The Star Phoenix. After all, on Friday October 27, Randy Jackson wrote about the last poll taken regarding the NDP, Sask Party, and the Liberals. Which poll was Randy Jackson (on page A2) talking about? The same one that Kate posted.
No wonder there has been a dearth of polls lately from the usually poll-obsessed Old Media.
Stephen wrote in the comments of Kate's link to a prior post of hers:
Yowza! Kate has linked to a five-week old story about a four-month-old poll, bolding a clause including the phrase 'it now holds.'
Perhaps Stephen can take this up with The Star Phoenix. After all, on Friday October 27, Randy Jackson wrote about the last poll taken regarding the NDP, Sask Party, and the Liberals. Which poll was Randy Jackson (on page A2) talking about? The same one that Kate posted.
No wonder there has been a dearth of polls lately from the usually poll-obsessed Old Media.
Nasty
Destructive
Platitudes
I suggest they just go by their official name - SGEU.
Non-existent dysfunctional pretenders.....
Coalition Of Maoist Monkeys United Now In Socialistic Tragedy (COMMUNIST)....and they could have the following slogan...."Is the toilet paper to rough or should I continue wiping?".
I can hardly mention the NDP without my blood pressure spiking so it might be good for my health if the Socialist Bastards changed their name. I suggest changing the NDP (New Democratic Party) to NFG ( No Future Growth).
(Really my wish is that they are absolutely decimated in the next provincial election and never return to harm Saskatchewan as they have all these past years.)
It is so nice to live here in Alberta and never hear their name mentioned in any political conversation I've had since moving here. To be NDP free is wonderful!!
Not Devine Profiteering
National Debt Party
No Dignity Party
sorry to go profane, but it's just so fitting:
No
Dick
Party
If they were any kind of a Democratic Party,wouldn't they allow or even encourage secret ballots for union certification?
Apparently not.
Change or don't change,it's the same old tired bunch of commies.
U.S.S.R. (Union of Saskatchewan Soviet Rabblerousers)
LOL - Left of LaLaLand
Numbnuts & Dumbass Party
Socialist Dhimmi Peculaters.
I guess the Communist Party is taken, right? I recommend a small change - to the Non Democratic Party. Or the National Dictatorial Party. No Damn Plan?
Allahu Akbar min kulli shay
Association of Intellectual Democratic Socialists
New Dhimmi Party
or maybe COMMIES ARE US
Vote YSP, the Yellow Sponge Party.
And if they were to become the Yellow Sponge Party the NDP might gain a member by convincing Scott Brison to cross over.
Dummer than Dumb
Toon Town Kid wrote:
Perhaps Stephen can take this up with The Star Phoenix. After all, on Friday October 27, Randy Jackson wrote about the last poll taken regarding the NDP, Sask Party, and the Liberals. Which poll was Randy Jackson (on page A2) talking about? The same one that Kate posted.
I'm afraid I don't understand the point of this comment.
The point of my original comment (in response to Kate's blog post) was that I thought she was representing as current some stale polling data.
How is my original point affected by Randy Jackson's decision to repeat Kate's mistake (as I saw it) on October 27?
Help me out here.
Surely the MSM is not being offered as some kind of standard of conduct to which bloggers should uncritically adhere?!
IAppeasement Dreamers Cooperative
Oh, and by the way...
While we're re-branding parties...
I think the Sask Party is wise to adopt Brad Wall's strategy of changing party names to pretend that they had nothing to do with Grant Devine and his crew of kickback criminals.
After all, who wants to be reminded of Wall's roots in the Devine PC party?
Far better instead that black cats should be able to dye their coats white than that the mice know what's what.
No Damn Power (political or electrical)
These names are almost as good as www.torykennelclub.com
PDN
Pacifist Democratic Nobodies
Stephen wrote:
How is my original point affected by Randy Jackson's decision to repeat Kate's mistake (as I saw it) on October 27?
Randy Jackson noted in his column that that poll was the latest/last poll that he had seen. So, if Randy Jackson erred, and Kate erred, as you claim, then a letter to the editor with proof of your claim that there has been polls done since then would prove your claim.
Or is The Star Phoenix part of The Vast Rightwing Conspiracy?
New Dead Politburo
A favourite of mine thrown around BC around 2001.
NDP: Nutty Doomed Party
I emailed my suggestion: "We Are All Hizbollah Now!" Hah.
Judging by emotional outbursts and delicate feelings forming important National policy, the handle could reflect an artistic sense.
National Dipstick Party.
For a Conservative majority = TG
(bring on) the "new depression party"
So the Party can keep using their existing stationary and the Comrade Members can keep wearing the same cufflinks, I propose a new name with the same initials:
No Democratic Propensities
D-P (Dead-period) That would also align with there brains.What little there is.Just think of them chanting D-p...D-P...D-p...in there pants.But Taliban Jack must involved as he is chief poo.. ba..baa.
I propose the LRU party - Leeches R Us.
No Damn Practicality.
Or,
National Dickweed Party
Or possibly,
Numbskulls Desperately Preening.
Abandoning the three letter acronym, we have
IIAPAKB - Idiotic Ideology Advanced by People Who Should Know Better.
Toontown Kid wrote
Randy Jackson noted in his column that that poll was the latest/last poll that he had seen. So, if Randy Jackson erred, and Kate erred, as you claim, then a letter to the editor with proof of your claim that there has been polls done since then would prove your claim.
Or is The Star Phoenix part of The Vast Rightwing Conspiracy?
Ok, let's review.
In mid-October, Kate drew attention to months-old polling data under this headline:
Yowza;
Support for the Saskatchewan Party has rebounded, and it now holds a 29-point lead over the governing NDP, who have seen their support drop sharply.
Having followed up on her links, I pointed out that the data were stale, and further claimed that they could not be relied upon to tell us anything about relative preferences in Kate's 'now' (i.e. in mid-October).
I don't believe I did claim, as you assert, 'that there has [sic] been polls done since then that would prove [my] claim.'
In fact, such a claim would be nonsensical, since it would not take a later poll (say, one done in September) to prove a summer poll was out of date by mid-October: the barest familiarity with modern polling would be enough to prove that.
If I, in fact, made such a nonsensical claim, I would be happy to retract it.
In the meantime, I will maintain that I don't think I ever claimed Randy Jackson and Kate erred in the way that you say.
Stephen,
Who gives a crap about a poll you and toontown kid should stick to the topic.
What the best name you can come up with for the intellectually challenged NDP.
Neo, New ahh, how about just plain Crappy Party.
Naturally
Dumb
Party
Oh wait...that's what it is now.
Nutbar
Dimwitted
Parasites
Nihilist Dhimmi Party
I know it's a federal take on this but....
Jack/Olivia Friends of Freeloaders
or
JACKOFF
Not Democratic Party?
Now Drinking Pilsner
Need Depends Please
The FPT
Fellow Pothole Travelers