Is apparently no future at all...
JGL producer Tammy Robert reported this morning that she had spoken to Ryan Meili and he has confirmed that he has stepped down from the Saskatoon Sutherland NDP nomination that was to be held October 02nd.
Meili confirms this on his Facebook fan page.
"However, the often negative and divisive aspects of political life have taken their toll on me. For this reason I have decided to withdraw my candidacy for nomination in Saskatoon Sutherland."
Meili was the second runner up in the NDP leadership campaign to Lingenfelter and represented the shining light in the NDP renewal, as opposed to the divisive old school dirt-bag politics of Lingenfelter.
It is no secret Lingenfelter did NOT want Mieli to threaten his leadership or his regime, so he and his backers were quietly supporting (and some not so quietly) a political newcomer, Naveed Anwar.
Typically, someone stepping down from a nomination is at times no big deal, but not this time.
We believe this signals the official beginning of a civil war inside the NDP between Lingenfelter and his crew, and the many traditional NDP supporters who despise Lingefelter's management and hold the party to a higher moral standard.
Public wars are not a trademark of the Saskatchewan NDP, so watch for a series of defections to the Greens, or for usual NDP supporters to sit on their hands during the next election.
However, we are hearing of more and more people who have been marginalized by the Lingenfelter regime and are thinking about coming forward with exceptionally damning information about the way things have been run since he took over. We don't believe they are seeking revenge against Lingenfelter personally (although we believe privately they are), but they are seeking a noble way to save their party.
With Mieli stepping down, this is where it all officially starts...
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During the NDP leadership race I would tell all my NDP friends not to elect Lingenfelter because he would destroy their Party. Of course no one believed me and instead insisted that I was lying in an attempt to mislead them because Lingenfelter could beat Premier Wall.
I wasn't the only person to give such warnings and like everyone else I thoroughly enjoy watching Lingenfelter destroy the NDP.
Next point, the strong arm tactics of Lingenfelter are nothing new, the only different today is that now there are media sources willing to report it. In the 1950's and 60's the CCF/NDP were referred to as "The Saskatchewan Mafia" because of their strong arm tactics and shakedowns. In Robert Tyre's book, 'Douglas in Saskatchewan' he writes about how the CCF would with hold all government advertising from any newspaper that dared to so much as publish a letter to the editor that criticized the CCF.
Today, with the internet, it's impossible to have such control, as a result the ugly side of the CCF/NDP is now being exposed.
I keep re stating this point, but people need to know the truth about the NDP and sometimes you have to be repetitive to get a message across.
I agree ...it looks like Old Link is determined to purge anyone who maybe a threat to his leadership....Can't wait to see the implosion in 2011. Oh and just for a laugh read Buckdogs blog today as to why the conservatives winning in new brunswick is bad news for the Sask Party...I almost pee'd myself reading fodey's drivel....what a maroon!!!
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