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Canadian General Election, Live Thread (UPDATE: Conservatives Win!)
Elections Canada ^ | N/A

Posted on 01/23/2006 8:03:44 AM PST by GreenLanternCorps

If JimRob, etc. approve this is the Live Thread for the Canadian General Election, on January 23rd, 2005.

We have a while to go before the returns start coming in, but I thought the thread needed to get up and running.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Canada; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canada; canadianelection; conservatives; consevatives; election; liberals; paulmartin; stephenharper; throwthebumsout
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1 posted on 01/23/2006 8:03:49 AM PST by GreenLanternCorps
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To: GreenLanternCorps; fanfan; Heatseeker; kanawa

Reporting for duty! (and a ping for ya)

I have a good feeling about tonight...


2 posted on 01/23/2006 8:05:37 AM PST by GiveEmDubya
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To: GreenLanternCorps

As a former Canadian, now U.S. citizen many years, you have my attention. Conservatives need to win big ... good luck.


3 posted on 01/23/2006 8:06:19 AM PST by BluH2o
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To: GreenLanternCorps

Are results usually known for Canadian Parlimentary elections the same day?


4 posted on 01/23/2006 8:06:27 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: GreenLanternCorps

GO CONSERVATIVES!


5 posted on 01/23/2006 8:07:19 AM PST by Fawn
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6 posted on 01/23/2006 8:08:25 AM PST by TheBigB (Time waits for no man. Unless that man is Chuck Norris.)
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To: Admin Moderator

Can we make this the official live thread for the Canadian General Election being held today?


7 posted on 01/23/2006 8:08:28 AM PST by GreenLanternCorps (I'm pink, therefore I'm Spam.)
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To: GreenLanternCorps

Any exit polls?  Any conducted in a manner that heavily skews towards women and urban areas?  'Cause that's the only accurate way to judge the will of the people (Damn that DIEBOLD!!!)

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

8 posted on 01/23/2006 8:09:01 AM PST by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: GiveEmDubya

Thanks me too. I'd love to see the look on Michael Moore's face when Canada becomes a "Red State".


9 posted on 01/23/2006 8:09:56 AM PST by GreenLanternCorps (I'm pink, therefore I'm Spam.)
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To: Owl_Eagle

Harper, the Conservative, is poised for a win. :)


10 posted on 01/23/2006 8:09:59 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: Owl_Eagle
Does anyone in the States know if C-SPAN will have any coverage? I know they have covered Canadian elections before, and this is such an important one, that I hope they'll do something.

My cable provider offers an international news channel, so I'll check that too.

11 posted on 01/23/2006 8:10:55 AM PST by kellynch (I am excessively diverted. ~~Jane Austen)
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To: kellynch

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12 posted on 01/23/2006 8:11:48 AM PST by Stentor
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To: kellynch

I answered my own question -- at C-SPAN's website, they will have live coverage on C-SPAN 1 at 9:30 Eastern.


13 posted on 01/23/2006 8:12:02 AM PST by kellynch (I am excessively diverted. ~~Jane Austen)
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To: GreenLanternCorps

Any chance we'll know the results by tonight?


14 posted on 01/23/2006 8:12:32 AM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: GreenLanternCorps
Thanks for the thread.

For anyone else who, like me, was curious, from this link:

The term Grit comes from the phrase Clear Grit. Clear grit was a prime type of sand used by the Scots in Upper Canada to make mortar, and the term was adopted as a description of the type of character required for members of the pre-Confederation reform movement in the Province of Canada. After Confederation, the term Grits was applied to Liberals and the Liberal Party, and has stuck.

15 posted on 01/23/2006 8:12:34 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: SoFloFreeper
If the Conservatives win will the US liberals who moved north go to Greenland next?
16 posted on 01/23/2006 8:12:42 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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17 posted on 01/23/2006 8:12:53 AM PST by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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To: Semper Paratus

Yes, we should know by the end of the night. It will be a long night though as the country spans 5&1/2 hrs worth of time zones.


18 posted on 01/23/2006 8:13:03 AM PST by NorthOf45
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To: GreenLanternCorps

Great idea.


19 posted on 01/23/2006 8:13:35 AM PST by captcanada
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To: GreenLanternCorps

20 posted on 01/23/2006 8:14:08 AM PST by West Coast Conservative (Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.)
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