[brothers4thID]

"It may be smart election-year politics to thump your chest and criticize your friend and your No. 1 trading partner constantly," Ambassador David Wilkins said in a speech to the Canadian Club in Ottawa on Tuesday. "

If it is smart election year politics then that would imply that such rhetoric is bound to help a candidate win the most votes. Therefore it means these attacks on the US are popular with a majority of voting Canadians. So why, then, are we still best friends with them?

[proud_yank]

If it is smart election year politics then that would imply that such rhetoric is bound to help a candidate win the most votes. Therefore it means these attacks on the US are popular with a majority of voting Canadians.

It really sells here. The majority of CND voters live in Ontario & Quebec which are very liberal/socialist. Western Canada & Praries are very similar to US.

[Sam Gamgee]

I was happy that the US Administration did not let the press garner a preference as to who they want to win the Canadian election. I think that would have kiboshed the entire CPC campaign had Bush made clear his preference for Harper.