Politicians can only sell one of two things: fear or hope. And they must pick one, because they’re rarely good at selling both at once. The 2015 federal ...
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is using fear to entice voters, writes columnist Rick MacLean. Darren Makowichuk • PostmediaPoliticians can only sell one of two things: fear or hope. And they must pick one, because they’re rarely good at selling both at once.Conservative Stephen Harper knew selling hope was not his strength, so he sold fear. Desperate to win seats in Quebec, for instance, he embraced the idea of banning the wearing of the niqab, a veil covering parts of the face.
Harper, and the new premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith, might have lifted their strategies straight from the pages of Jennifer Mercieca’s 2020 book ‘Demogogue for president: The rhetorical genius of Donald Trump.’ And Muslims seemed like the perfect enemy for someone like Trump to foist on voters. After all, when his target audience looked out their living room windows, they didn’t see the neighbourhoods where they grew up. Places where everyone was like them. Thought like them. They wanted that back. Trump promised he’d give it to them.They’re out to get us, she says. They want to take our oil. Our money. Our guns. Our freedom. Be afraid. And vote for me, because I’m the only one who can save you.
But is it good politics? Well, when you’re down a boatload to the NDP in Alberta, and facing an election in a few months, desperate times call for desperate measures.
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