User:Btrower/TalkingPoints

Introduction
I have created this page in my user space just to jot down my own notes about this and that. These are policy related matters and when I feel I have a sufficiently interesting and coherent thing to say I will move it into the main space.

Notions
This section was called 'Slogan Ideas' and then I was going to add 'and marketing ideas'. I have called it 'notions' because these are ideas that are not necessarily about slogans or marketing.

Take a cruise
You don't have join the crew. You can just take a cruise. Take a look around the ship and stay as long as you like.

Climb aboard
Join us. There is plenty of room; it's a big ship.

Get on board
If you want your party to make a difference, you need to get serious about an election.

It's always election day
This is a cause, not a way to get elected. Getting elected is a way to further the cause. We are not about making a bunch of false promises and vague statements about popular things. We are about making the world a better place. Every day is a good day to advance our principles.

Party members should represent the party as if we are just coming down to the wire in an election. If you are 'on' as a Pirate Party member, you should look and act in a way that reflects well on the party and your candidate.

It's not about the Party, it's about the cause
Take our good ideas back to another party. We think the Pirate Party is the best, but we are happy whenever one of our policies can gain a bit more traction.

If you are interested in promoting a good policy you can do it here or there. Better here than there, but better there than nowhere.

It is our intention to support good candidates, not a given party, not even the Pirate Party. If there is an excellent candidate with a clear shot at winning, the Pirate Party will endorse that candidate and even work on their campaign.

This is really your party
Pirate Candidates represent their constituents, not their party. We do not have a 'party whip'. Pirate members of parliament will always vote in line with their constituents' wishes and their own consciences. We share common values that make us Pirates. Where we differ, we are honest about it. All of us do not agree on every issue. We are members of the same family, we don't have to agree on everything.

When you go to the polls, you do not have to choose for your old party. Your old party does not have a right to your vote. That vote is yours alone. You are free to choose who you wish and if enough of us agree to vote Pirate, we will be sending a representative to parliament that actually represents us.

You get a voice here.

We have looked over all the platforms and talking points of the other parties. We have aligned our policies with the good policies of the other parties. We have not adopted the bad ones and we will tell you why.

The Party promotes sound principles and strategies. Party members follow through with tactics. The party does not tell people what they can and cannot do.

Plant a Flag
Plant a flag, both figuratively and literally. Plant a pirate flag on your lawn. People will ask you about it and you can tell them about the Pirate Party.

Hoist a Flag(on)
We should spread the word by turning raising a glass into a Pirate Sign. Not everybody drinks alcohol, but everybody drinks.

It would be pretty cool if we could get one of the micro-breweries to produce special 'pirate' bottles for TLAP day. Speaking of which:

Talk Like A Pirate Day
Talking like a pirate all the time is a bit cheesy. Talking like a pirate on TLAP day -- Sept. 19 -- should be celebrated by (some) party members. It's our day.

Policy Hat-tips
The Green Party has some good policies that match our own. One of them is Proportional Representation so that more Canadians have a voice in government.