Congrats Canadians on your red wave of conservatives! You've done well and are back on the right track.
Don't blame the voters, blame the party for being out of touch with Canadians which your candidate represented.
Great article on what went wrong with the Liberals and I mentioned most of it earlier in this thread before the election that the Liberals shifting to the left would hurt them.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...-went-wrong-and-where-to-next/article2008011/
Here's a great comment from the comment section that sums it up.
Repeating that the Conservatives are so bad may sound good in the minds of partisans, but Canadians who don't have a partisanship bias voted for the party that best represents their views, and that currently is the CPC. Liberals shouldn't have tried to become NDP light, the NDP just does the left much better.
Congrats Canadians on your red wave of conservatives! You've done well and are back on the right track.
At least we can take comfort in knowing that Canadians actually listen to the debates and decide. The Liberals ran a horrible campaign, and they didn't get a lot of seats. The lesson here is that we're not going to vote for you just because you're a liberal or just because you're a conservative. You need to show your case and explain why we should vote for you.Repeating that the Conservatives are so bad may sound good in the minds of partisans, but Canadians who don't have a partisanship bias voted for the party that best represents their views, and that currently is the CPC. Liberals shouldn't have tried to become NDP light, the NDP just does the left much better.
Pretty much an international standard. Red = socialist. Red China, "pinko commies", etc. Republicans should really get around to changing that.Conservatives in Canada are blue. Liberals are red.
Congrats Canadians on your red wave of conservatives! You've done well and are back on the right track.
I'm still not sure what's worse: the bunch of nobodies from the NDP we elected in Quebec, or Toronto giving Harper his majority...
Funny how that works eh?Conservatives are further left than your Democrats.
Conservatives are further left than your Democrats.
Yeah, that Steven Harper guy sure is on the left with his anti-abortion, pro-imperialism, pro-monarchy, anti-climate change, anti-same sex marriage, etc. views! :hmm:
When you get down to the individual, there are Democrats that are anti-abortion, anti-public healthcare, religious, etc.
So ya, probably more of an "overlap" within a wide range than generally left of Democrats. Still wouldn't say they were as far right as "true" Republicans though.
Regardless, just pointing out that Canadians essentially voted for US Democrats (read Spidey's usual posts...).
Whoa, did anyone else see that one of the NDP candidates in Quebec who got elected is 19 and just finished his first year of university? $157k/yr + expenses + allowance + etc for 4 years... wow.
that is not as bad as the "bar manager" vacationing in vegas, not speaking French, and still win.
that is not as bad as the "bar manager" vacationing in vegas, not speaking French, and still win.
this guy is at least in pol sci.
There's many hundreds if not thousands of people at my university alone who have 1 year of polisci under their belts
But did they run in Quebec?
Well at least one guy ran for the NDP provincially here yeah. He had to withdraw because pictures of him at some party posing with chicks who were flashing made it into the mainstream media.
The point is, the NDP ran a bunch of candidates in Quebec and no one ever thought they'd win, so they just let anyone run. But then they won.
Well at least one guy ran for the NDP provincially here yeah. He had to withdraw because pictures of him at some party posing with chicks who were flashing made it into the mainstream media.
The point is, the NDP ran a bunch of candidates in Quebec and no one ever thought they'd win, so they just let anyone run. But then they won.
Whoa, did anyone else see that one of the NDP candidates in Quebec who got elected is 19 and just finished his first year of university? $157k/yr + expenses + allowance + etc for 4 years... wow.
Apparently his alternate plans for the summer was to work on a golf course.
95% of the people vote for the party or their leader without looking who their candidate is.
Pretty sad, but if you're voting for someone and haven't even taken 2 minutes to check out his bio on the web, you deserve what you get. In this case, a barmaid or a 19 year old student...