[FairOpinion]

Some interesting and very hopeful information about the conservative candidate, Stephen Harper. I do hope he wins, it's going to be a major change for Canada and our relationship with them.

[bahblahbah]

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An unashamedly Right-wing politician is poised to shatter decades of middle-ground consensus in Canada's general election today. "

Liberals == middle ground consensus?

[Mike Darancette]

decades of middle-ground consensus in Canada's

There sure doesn't seem to be much "middle" in the Grits that I have been seeing leading Canada.

[goldstategop]

Conservatism in Canada will have to be built from the ground up. Mark Steyn has written a foreword to a brilliant new book by two of Canada's coolest young conservatives, Tasha Kheirridin and Adam Daifallah. As can be expected, its titled Rescuing Canada's Right: Blueprint For A Conservative Revolution. It doesn't get any more provocative than that in a country renowed for mindless statism. The two authors are small "c" conservatives: lower taxes, less government involvement in the affairs of society and greater personal freedom. Let's hope Harper takes more than baby steps in leading Canada away from Trudeaupia.

(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.")

[cookcounty]

I thought the elections were suppsed to be today. Next week, maybe?

[RTINSC]

It would be nice to be able to visit Canada without having to wear flowers in my hair..

[Ticonderoga34]

Sounds to me like our friends up North have had enough of socialism.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

The biography, Stephen Harper and the future of Canada, describes him as a brilliant conviction politician who admired the no-nonsense styles of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.

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..together they told liberals to stick it where the sun don't shine.... and won the cold war

[ModelBreaker]

An unashamedly Right-wing politician is poised to shatter decades of middle-ground consensus in Canada's general election today.

All you need to read is this line. That Paul Martin is a moderate-middle-grounder is the same pap the Old Media spins here about HRC.

[Rembrandt]

"..decades of middle-ground consensus .."

Yeah, my butt cheeks!

[Tzimisce]

"Tories Win: Minorities and Women Suffer Most (as usual)"

[Ma3lst0rm]

I think this shows that all we have been hearing coming out of Canada has been filtered by their liberal media. If the polling is correct there are a lot of conservatives in Canada and they just they have not had a voice. This is the first election in a long time that conservatives have been united against the left in Canada. This is very similar to the Reagan election in 1980. The only place the left seems to be gaining ground is in South America and that will change because leftist policies always leads to greater pain eventually.

[Appalled but Not Surprised]

Right-winger set to smash the mould in Canada>>

No. the VOTERS are set to smash the mold.

[faithincowboys]

God I hope. I want a neanderthal running the Truly Effed Up North...maybe he'll clean house.

[Uncle Miltie]

"vanquished by the adherents of political correctness"

Save that quote for the MSM, the University, and Hollyweird.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I do hope he wins, it's going to be a major change for Canada and our relationship with them.

It would be nice to be friends again. Right now the US government can not trust the Canadian government not to work against us. Neutrality would be an improvement.

[kittymyrib]

The worst move for Canadian voters would be to vote for Harper and then not give him the necessary seats in parliment to carry through on his agenda of change. If they don't, the Liberals will sabotage his administration just as our Democrats have done, and conservatism will be blamed as a failure. Now is the time for some courage, admittedly something in short supply in Canada.

[moose2004]

"On the day war broke out, he berated Canada's Liberal government for its "insecure anti-Americanism"."

Anyone who said this is OK with me.

[wolfcreek]

It would be nice for me to be able to have a good opinion of our neighbors to the north. It's a beautiful country that I would love to visit some day.