NDP considering dropping 'new' from their name

Anyone see the humor in calling them the "DP"?

Its like the Leafs thinking about changing the jersey.







It wont help

Why not just the name to Socialist Party ?

It's like the Action D�mocratique du Qu�bec here. They should change the name to Progressive-Conservative Party of Qu�bec. That would be more representative.

No, but the anadian eform lliance arty still cracks me up.

No, but the anadian eform lliance arty still cracks me up.

You seem to have a bit of a "fixation" with the Conservatives and Harper.

And in other news, the new "Democratic Party" has embarked on its quest for a new leader, preferably one who is black and from Illinois...

No, has a fixation. I'm just an astonished observer.

Ha ha, that's what they'd do to majority of Canadians if they ever got in power.

Stupid, stupid, stupid. If they change the name to the "Democratic Party" in the eyes of some they will be linked to the US party with the same name - and Jack will have to fend off questions, like, "Why are you in favor of continued fighting in Afghanistan"?

No, but the anadian eform lliance arty still cracks me up.

How about this then for those of us who appreciate a good Acronym joke.

NDP could become the ocialist lliance arty.

So like, you would ask somebody what party he belonged to and he might answer "I'm a SAP".

You could spin that the other way.

Jack wouldn't mind being compared to Obama.

You could spin that the other way.

Jack wouldn't mind being compared to Obama.

Maybe right now. But who's to say a year from now.

I say call them Canadian Socialist Party or National Socialist Party and have done with it. Only the habitually uniformed consider "socialism" a nasty term, so use it, and furthermore, it clearly themselves ideologically from the other parties.

Yeah, but they ceased to be a Socialist Party about 10 years ago. As I said on another thread, they've become an "issues party" (the environment, gay marriage, legalizing pot, etc). They've become a dirty fly-paper for any malcontents with an axe to grind. As ShepardsDog said, and I paraphrase, "Tommy Douglas would be embarassed by what the NDP has become".

So, let's call them what they are: The Issues Party.