Canuck Whore (Debbie Schlussel On Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin's Chutzpah Alert)

Debbie Schlussel.com ^ | 12/16/05 | Debbie Schlussel

[goldstategop]

Canada's Prime Minister has the chutzpah to attack us instead of attending to his problems at home. Whatever did we do to Canada? All we did was tell them to lay off us. And this how we get repaid? We need friends like Canada like we need enemies and fewer and fewer Americans are going to visit north of the 49th. Let's face it, there are better places where we could be welcomed to spend our money without being hectored for not even throwing our weight around.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[Republicus2001]

Bushfault!

[theDentist]

They keep up this attitude we ain't gonna let them become a State!

[dropzone]

He's a desperate man in desperate times, just taking a page out of the Chirac/Schroeder playbook.

[John Jorsett]

Beer-sodden hockey-playing socialist twits.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

We use to visit Canada at least four times a year, beautiful country, but we got so fed up with the politician's constant berating of America. Add Canada to the boycott list. They best not bite the hand that feeds their socialist rumps.

[Alberta's Child]

Debbie Schlussel missed a golden opportunity to level some valid criticism at Paul Martin and the government of Canada. She comes across as a half-witted moron when she writes incomplete sentences (see first paragraph), posts erroneous information (failing Canadian economy?), and doesn't know how to spell "Newfoundland."

[Rummyfan]

It's a time-honored tradition that when in big trouble at home, attack some outsider and blame them for all your troubles!

[Snowyman]

Schlussel missed a golden opportunity to level some valid criticism at Paul Martin

No kidding. Her facts are loose too. I'm wondering if this is because they can't shoot at incomng traffic from the US border . Or out going from ours ?

Canada won't allow their border guards to be armed, causing security concerns for us on this side of the border.

[WhiteGuy]

Same rules as Michelle Malkin threads!

[gcruse]

She comes across as a half-witted moron

You're too kind.  I especially enjoyed "scores of people on welfare."  A score equals twenty.  If Canada only has sixty or eighty people on welfare, it's news to Ottawa. Or, as this nimrod would put it, "Ottowa."

[Doc Savage]

If misspellings indicated half-wit morons 100% of Internet posters would qualify. So people don't always spell correctly or type correctly. It's not the end of the world. As to Canada's economy, it's socialism, and inevitably will fail. A short drive through New Brunswick should convince anyone they've just entered a third-world country.

Hey, it's a beautiful place, and by and large the people seem (excluding Quebec) friendly. But the economy is not a raging tiger.

Overall, I'd say she pictured your boy Martin quite well!

[Ouderkirk]

Paul Martin knows that the Conservatives are going to win...and he's pulling an Clinton/Gore maneuver. Accuse everyone else of doing exactly what you are in fact doing. He's trying to deflect his own party's shortcomings on what he believes is easy political capital.

It's easy to blame the US, the eviction of Saddam Hussein was/is very unpopular in Canada.

I was in Canada and talking to a group of Canadians last week about the war thing. I explained to them about how Saddam was not following the terms of surrender from 1991, That's why we threw him out. I then asked a question about the UN and asked should the UN have any teeth. When the response was in the affirmative I then asked who exactly was going to provided the money, materiel and men to make those teeth sharp. The response was US. At that point I asked why then is the US not within it's rights to act unilaterally against Saddam who was in violation of the UN Res. 1441 and and other resolutions. They instinctively agreed that the US was right and that they have only been presented a certain set of facts by the international/hate-America media. The best thing to do is ignore Martin...he's toast and he knows it.

[FateAmenableToChange]

scores of people on welfare

Scores? As in multiples of 20? That must be awesome for Canada to have only 40, 60, 80 or perhaps even a hundred people on welfare.

[Springman]

Ping.

[fanfan]

Canada Ping!

Please FReepmail me to get on or off this Canada ping list.

[doc30]

And if you do visit in 2006, you will need a passport to re-ente the U.S. Just a heads up.

[Alberta's Child]

If misspellings indicated half-wit morons 100% of Internet posters would qualify.

And if misspellings were her only problem, then you might have a point. Any slim credibility she may have had after spelling formal place names incorrectly pretty much disappeared when she couldn't even get her facts right.

If Canada's economy is in bad shape, then this doesn't speak very well for the United States. As someone who does business on both sides of the border, I can tell you that from an overall standpoint Canada is a better climate for business right now than the U.S.

I'm not just making that up, either . . . the global currency market reflects this sentiment, too. Against the U.S. dollar, the Canadian dollar is 6% stronger today than it was a year ago, 13% stronger than it was two years ago, and 35% stronger than it was three years ago.

A short drive through New Brunswick should convince anyone they've just entered a third-world country.

As opposed to what -- Detroit? Los Angeles?

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