Talk:Bev Desjarlais

message: The main issue in the nomination battle was same-sex marriage.
It has commonly been interpreted by those outside of the riding that same-sex marriage was a big issue here: it was not.  Same-sex marriage was not a part of the nomination debate, nor was BD's stance in regards to the issue.  Neither of the major contenders in the nomination bid even mention same-sex marriage on their respective websites, though strangely Niki Ashton's section on 'Fairness' is down, for the moment at least.  The real, or perhaps official, issue, was Northern Development.  Behind closed doors though, there were some party insiders saying Bev had to go, but the majority of voters here did not care.  Even after she voted her conscience on the issue in 1999, she still was able to win the elections in 2000 and 2004, despite everyone knowing where she stood on the issue.  Let us be realistic: Churchill Riding is a far-flung and sparsely populated region, with small urban communities spread out over a Northern landscape.  There is not much of a LGBT community here to speak of, or to speak out for that matter.  That does not mean that there are no gay people here, rather there are not that many.  So you can see, a person could easily get away with not supporting same-sex marriage here, where as in an urban riding with a larger LGBT community, Bev may have been toasted by a more liberal candidate.  Perhaps same-sex marriage was the most well-known aspect of who Bev was, but that does not mean it was the 'main issue' during the debate.  No, same-sex marriage, as an issue, was avoided in much the same way that André Boisclair's cocaine use as a cabinet minister in the nineties was in the Quebec party leadership race.  In both instances, these non-issues have been made into issues by people outside of the internal process.  This is why I disagree with the idea that is was the 'main issue.' Sub-Arctic 14:51, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Nomination Issue: Same-Sex Marriage

message: I removed the qualifier that she was "executive" assistant to Greg Thompson from the article. While present in the Mackey piece, it roughly contradicts another source (a recent print copy of Frank) that characterized her as a communications assistant. Just about any source would generally outrank Frank, but the very same Mackey piece is provably inaccurate on a much larger point (the assertion that she "lost the riding [after the nomination, so implicitly her seat] to her former party's candidate.")
Anyway, she'll surely be listed here soon enough with full details. :) Samaritan 07:55, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Thompson assistantship

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