A Scandal So Immense… Our neighbors to the north have been very, very naughty

National Review ^ | June 20, 2005 | David Frum

[bannie]

Too-late-to-read-bump!

[Heartofsong83]

All Reds? You're saying Canada is 100% Republican??? As far right as we are, we know a 100% right-wing society, anywhere, is unhealthy...

[LibertarianInExile]

Uh, no. I was pointing out that in the U.S., calling liberals blue-staters is inaccurate, that liberals are all Reds. Please excuse any inaccuracy in my post.

[Sabatier]

Speaking of postive images of Canada,
I just rented The Snow Walker, directed
by Charles Martin Smith of Never Cry Wolf.
What a great picture. Beautiful country up
there in the frozen North!

[Allan]

Bump

[Allan]

Red regions: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, interior British Columbia, central/eastern Ontario, southern New Brunswick

The 'Red' region, Saskatchewan has an NDP (socialist) provinical government, to the left of the Liberals.

[goldstategop]

I believe the NDP has led governments in British Columbia and Ontario but it has never won power on the federal level.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Along with at least four other public commentators, I have recently been served with libel papers by a leading figure in this story. Because National Review is distributed in Canada, and therefore can potentially be reached by Canada’s more restrictive libel law, I have to be a little circumspect in what I say here.

Ah, intimidation is so much fun...

[LibWrangler]

Thank you both for that information. I couldn't find it in the article or using Google.

Do let up on them, quidnunc.

[Ashamed Canadian]

The only reason Ontario keeps voting in the Libs is because we've filled it with daft immigrants.

[Ashamed Canadian]

Now that's a graphic I like to see! Please invade us soon America, I'll help!!

[ConservativeStLouisGuy]

Look -- up in the sky....it's....it's....PIGS FLYING!!!!....which can only mean ONE THING: quidnunc has posted an article in FULL!!

Congratulations!!! :-)

[GMMAC]

"Please invade us soon America, I'll help!!"

United States Marines + 'hot pursuit' of terrorists (wink!)
= many waving stars & stripes and hoping for 'trusted status'!

Suggested Date:

[Allan]

I believe the NDP has led governments in British Columbia and Ontario

British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario.

[Heartofsong83]

Yes, but very marginal (didn't the Conservatives actually beat the NDP in the popular vote?) - and Conservatives dominate federally. The NDP support there (old-style labor, which is falling apart) is not the same as the Toronto NDP support (dominated by gay activists, screw family values)

[Heartofsong83]

British Columbia: destroyed in 2001, but now back to their traditional coastal base...

Saskatchewan: enormous urban/rural split, plus it is the homeland for the party

Manitoba: somewhat of an urban/rural split, plus the NDP there is more 'moderate' than you expect (more like a Liberal government - still center-left)

Ontario: destroyed in 1995, unlikely to ever come back to high levels