"It's the economy, stupid." That was once of the three messages that
Democratic strategist James Carville created for Bill Clinton's 1992
Presidential Campaign, and it worked. "It's the economy, stupid," might
as well be on Anthony MacDonald's campaign signs because if there's a
four word message from our interview, I think that is it. According to
the Progressive Conservative candidate, and I quote, "there's nothing
more important than the economy." The question is though, will Guelph
think that...
"It's the economy, stupid." That was once of the three messages that
Democratic strategist James Carville created for Bill Clinton's 1992
Presidential Campaign, and it worked. "It's the economy, stupid," might
as well be on Anthony MacDonald's campaign signs because if there's a
four word message from our interview, I think that is it. According to
the Progressive Conservative candidate, and I quote, "there's nothing
more important than the economy." The question is though, will Guelph
think that MacDonald is the right man for the job and send him to
Queen's Park as its Member of Provincial Parliament?
Professionally,
MacDonald is a horse owner, trainer and driver, and it was in that
capacity he entered politics. After speaking out at numerous events
about the cuts to funding of the horse racing industry in 2012,
MacDonald was approached by the PCs to run in Guelph, and as he told me
in the podcast, it took them a while to win him over and convince him to
run.
Economy talk took up the lion's share of our
conversation, but from the perspective of the PCs' One Million Jobs plan
and their desire to cut corporate taxes. We also talked about PC leader
Tim Hudak and the popularity gap he faces, and why maybe that doesn't
matter in the grand scheme of things. (Interesting side note: the
interview was recorded this past Tuesday, shortly before the televised
leader's debate.)
You can stream the episode here, or download it from the source here.
The theme music for Guelph Politicast is "Volksing Ferretismico" by Goto80 and the Uwe Schenk Band from Silent Movie Pianos 1 - Action and Marches.
And as with previous podcasts featuring provincial election
candidates, there's a video segment. Find out what representing Guelph
at Queen's Park means to Anthony MacDonald here.
The music used in the "What does it mean to you to represent the
people of Guelph at Queen's Park?" video segment is "Good to Go" by
Josh Woodward from The Simple Life Pt 2 available on freemusicarchive.org.
For more information on Guelph candidates, or to learn how and where to vote, go to Elections Ontario's website wemakevotingeasy.ca.
Election Day is June 12, so please - GO VOTE!
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