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2008-10-15 Great White North

Canada's Conservative Party wins re-election

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Posted by tipper 2008-10-15 00:51|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Harper, Sarkosy, Merkel - one might almost think the world is turning in a different direction. It would be both ironic and unfortunate if the US Prez ended up being the biggest Socialist of the bunch.

Posted by SteveS 2008-10-15 01:12|| 2008-10-15 01:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Congratulations to Canada and our Canadian Rantburgers!

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-10-15 08:30|| 2008-10-15 08:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Canada's Conservative Party wins re-election

And continues to implement "liberal" policies

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-10-15 09:58|| 2008-10-15 09:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Thanks TW... It sure is looking like the US is on track to OUT-SOCIAL Canada... I don't think universal Heath Care is such a bad Idea, but Universal Banking does not sit to well with me... I would be pissed if I was American.

Posted by mac w only 2008-10-15 11:42|| 2008-10-15 11:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Always a pleasure to share the victories of our friends, mac w only. (Welcome to the conversation! I look forward to seeing more of your thoughts, as well as of the many who've spoken up recently.) But, given how deeply biased the media and the pollsters are, I give no credence to their pronouncements -- they were wrong about wins for Kerry in 2004 and Gore in 2000, after all. Dr. Steve posted a useful link in the O Club that says it better than I seem to be able to. ;-)

At any rate, Mr. Wife, trailing daughter #1, and I will do our bit on election day, and in the meantime the full Ohio court of appeal ruled that all new voter registrations must be checked against driver's license or Social Security records to ensure validity before those votes can be counted, and the program must be running by the end of the week. ACORN has lost another round -- isn't it wonderful when the system works as it ought!!

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-10-15 11:57|| 2008-10-15 11:57|| Front Page Top

#6 vote related note: sent Little Sister (in Battle Creek MI) a link to the Michell Nobama phone call to the API denoucing all that question The One's motives as well as a cheap shot regarding the activities of ACORN up that a way and her reply was that the Democratic gov'nor has hacked off so many people that the only ones pulling the 'D' lever are drowning in the kool aid. Her tone sounded like there may be a bit of a surprise for the pollsters from the Mitten State. (hope so)

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-10-15 14:29|| 2008-10-15 14:29|| Front Page Top

#7 The Conservatives increased their numbers so that even though they will still be in a minority position, they will have a lot more "OOMPH" in their decisions.

The Liberals, the biggest single opposition party, are now flat broke and are in a terrible mess financially and facing the prospect of going bankrupt. They definitely will NOT want to have another election soon. No other opposition party will want another election soon, either. That means that the Cons, with Stephen Harper at the helm, will be steering the ship of state for the next few years.

Going to be interesting up here in Canuckistan . . . and funny.

Posted by Canuckistan sniper 2008-10-15 17:16|| 2008-10-15 17:16|| Front Page Top

#8 heard voter turnout was the lowest ever. Not sure what that means other than that the liberal voter is even more disenchanted than the conservatives.....

Posted by Hupith Wittlesbach6903 2008-10-15 23:17|| 2008-10-15 23:17|| Front Page Top

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