The ABC Campaign

I came across this comment by Mackenna on another blog earlier today and it fits my position of the NDP being opportunist.
" ABC is the way to go. Strategic voting. Vote for the opposition candidate that has the best chance of winning.
Once this election is over, if Harper scores another minority, the opposition parties will need to cooperate. Jack Layton has to wake up and smell the coffee. Now is not the time to pretend Ignatieff and he are so different. All Jack does is attack Ignatieff, when he should be attacking Harper. Jack is no saint when it comes to his record of making deals with Harper so he needs to get with the program and stop being a complete opportunist."
Anyways I’ve been holding in my anger at NDP for quite some time now, well since his back stabbing act of 2004 on Prime Minister Martin. This anger I have has almost gotten to the point that I can tolerate Harpers speeches over Laytons speeches. However, I was able to suppress my anger long enough to take the time and meet the two NDP candidates in my riding and the riding next to me. My conclusion from those meetings was that although they were both very nice and we shared common interest, my vote was better served on the Liberal candidate, as they ran a somewhat distant second in the last election and the NDP was a very significant distance in third. My point is that I did take the time to investigate whether I should change my vote to NDP or not, all in the interest of “Strategic Voting”. I just wish Mr. Layton would get this through his thick scull, ABC (Anyone But Conservatives)