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A Defeat for Anti-Americanism
The Washington Post ^ | 1/28/06 | Editorial

Posted on 01/28/2006 6:37:20 AM PST by DogBarkTree

ACCORDING TO his opponent, Canadian Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper exposed "an agenda really drawn from the extreme right in the United States." He favored the Iraq war, opposed the Kyoto treaty on global warming, and is a social conservative to boot. He might just become -- heaven forbid -- "the most pro-American leader in the Western world." His victory would -- O, Canada! -- "put a smile on George W. Bush's face." Despite all those scary warnings, Mr. Harper and his party won Canada's election on Monday. That put an end to 12 years of increasingly incoherent and corrupt rule by the Liberal Party -- as well as the cynical and irresponsible attempt of its leader, outgoing Prime Minister Paul Martin, to use anti-Americanism. Mr. Martin becomes the second G-8 leader in four months to exit from office after discovering that anti-U.S. demagoguery is no longer enough to win an election.>

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TOPICS: Canada; Editorial; News/Current Events; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: adscam; antiamericanism; canadianelection; defeat; harper; paulmartin
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To: 4rcane

What major countries do we still have left to conquer?


21 posted on 01/28/2006 9:51:08 AM PST by Heartofsong83
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To: pissant

Maybe .. just maybe .. the WP is starting to get the message. They have the NYT as an example of WHAT NOT TO DO.

Releasing the NSA info was not a smart move on the NYT's part and the Editorial Board of the WP may have had a reality check.

Well .. you can always dream.


22 posted on 01/28/2006 12:07:47 PM PST by CyberAnt ( I believe Congressman Curt Weldon re Able Danger)
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