Bush wins - Hooray for Canada

CBC ^ | 11/3 | Tom Velk

[BelegStrongbow]

Mark Steyn, call your office. Tom Velk is looking to your laurels, my man.

Great post. Thanks!

[nosofar]

...the party slid into such severe disarray that it forgot the one practical and correct lesson that Clinton hoped to teach it - that it must move to the centre of the political spectrum if it is to return to being the party of long term government.

We need to remember the same lesson. If we attempt to implement too many conservative positions before gaining a reasonable amount of support from more centrist elements in the nation (and the party), the Republican Party will again become a minority. In the long term, it's still necessary to set priorities and to compromise.

[bethtopaz]

Very well written - I learned some things I did not know. Thought all Canadians thought ill of Bush and America!! Heard on Fox tonight that one reporter thought that the European leaders may have sighed a sigh of relief when Bush was elected, knowing that with a Kerry election, Kerry would have solicited their help in Iraq so the U.S. could take leave and go home. Face it, if the U.S. doesn't come to the rescue, who will? We certainly can't depend on the UN(necessary)!

[Grig]

I'm shocked the CBC would allow something like that to come out of their news dept.

[valkyrieanne]

I just *love* conservative Canadians.

[mondonico]

Good read

[Kirkwood]

I had to check the byline twice. Glad to know Canada still has some common-sense people up there.

[AZ_Cowboy]

For years I have tried to warn people that the Canadians suffer from the same urban/rural thing we have going on here. Cityfolk tip far left and the rest of us think normally. Trouble is, they don't have an electoral college to draw politics outside the cities, their media is state run (hence no Canadian Rush Limbaugh or Fox News), and their media controls our opinions of them. Your only hope os to actually meet Canadians not from their own coastlines. Good, decent folks. Remember Mr. Harper. He didn't win, but the Conservatives in Canada knocked their leftist gov't to coalition status.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

He's saying that if Americans acted like Canadians, it would cause a lot more hardship for Canadians than for Americans. He didn't even mention that the U.S. healthcare system provides a safety valve for Canadians who can afford it.

[edwin hubble]

Canada-peace-and-friendship-ping

[ApesForEvolution]

Kerry is an old fashioned protectionist Democrat a Communist...period.

[ApesForEvolution]

I agree...they're just down 'the road', however, I believe we're going in different directions *almost* across the spectrum.

[kanawa]

Bump

[Alberta's Child]

Thanks for the ping!

One of Bush's first orders of business in January should be the elimination of the tariff on Canadian softwood lumber. He lost Oregon and Washington in both 2000 and 2004, so he doesn't owe the lumber industries in those states a damn thing.

[Allan]

Bump

[drtom]

One of Bush's first orders of business in January should be the elimination of the tariff on Canadian softwood lumber. He lost Oregon and Washington in both 2000 and 2004, so he doesn't owe the lumber industries in those states a damn thing.

I completely agree. After being told by NAFTA for the gazillionth time that the countervailing duties are illegal it would be good statesmanship to concede and not drag that out any longer.

One can oppose NAFTA but either we abolish it as a whole or pacta sunt servanda.

[Alberta's Child]

I like the approach I heard out in western Canada earlier this month:

"If it were up to me, then anyone in the U.S. who buys a barrel of oil must also buy a 2x4 and a side of beef."

[drtom]

Down the same alley, I got this one from our BC office last week and it gave me a good chuckle:

In recent negotiations for influenza vaccine between a Canadian health official and an American representative, it was clear that there was a disconnect between the American government's sudden reliance on Canada for influenza vaccine despite the fact that the U.S. wants to discourage Americans from buying routine prescription drugs from Canadian pharmacies.

Not seeing the irony in the request, the American continued to press for the vaccine and then demanded to know why the United States would be charged for the vaccine when Canadians get theirs "for free."

The Canadian official replied, "Oh it's not free, the government pays for it."
"Well then," the American replied, "How much will it cost us?"
The Canadian replied, "Well, we don't know...we'll let you know."

In frustration, the American replied, "Well, it's urgent, so just send an invoice with the shipment. By the way...how will the vaccine be delivered?"

After careful consideration, the Canadian official replied, "By cow. Twenty vials of vaccine will be tied around the neck of every cow that passes over the border. Now...if you want faster delivery, there are some softwood lumber trucks available..."