Canadian General Election, Live Thread (UPDATE: Conservatives Win!)

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[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.

[CaptainCanada]

NO SIR!! We Conservatives are NOT anti-American. Quite the
opposite.

Agreed. No more than American Conservatives are anti-Canadian.. ;)

[Heartofsong83]

No kidding - she's often considered to be the mouthpiece of our Christian Right...

2 hours until polls close in Newfoundland and Labrador!

[fanfan]

Best wishes to you and all our conservative compadres throughout Canada. Over the last week, we have been praying every night for a good result.


Thank you so much, DMWT!

[Squawk 8888]

Afraid I'm not acquainted with either- born in Toronto and been here all my life :-(

[fanfan]

Let's hope we can!

:-)

[GiveEmDubya]

2 hours until the first poll closing BUMP...may Captain's Quarters be good to us tonight!

Taking a time out, I will be back in plenty of time for the first volley.

[Canadian Outrage]

Ujal Dosanjh is a former NDP'er who is a cheat and an opportunist. He cheated to get into the NDP byillegally signing up hundreds and hundreds of East Indians in the Fraser Valley area and then when the NDP got dessimated, he jumped to the Liberal Party when Martin asked him. He's Nothing but a dishonest OPPORTUNIST. He fits in well with Paul Martin. ANYTHING to have his snout in the public trough.

[Squawk 8888]

Not sure but National post has frequent outages. CFRB usually has a pretty good audio feed but I don't use it much because it's available over the air here. You could also try ctv.ca.

[fanfan]

Cheers!

I'm feeling pretty good about tonight.

OTOH, I'm glad we don't have exit polls!

[Clemenza]

Greetings citizens of Canada. I am about an hour and a half from the British Columbia border, but am office-bound at the moment.

Just wanted to say that this Yank is really pulling for Harper and the rest of the Conservatives to not only emerge victorious, but to have a majority government! Canada has for too long been governed by the Trudeupian Grits with brief interruptions by Pseudo-Conservatives like Baloney Mulroney.

Judging from the signs I saw in Vancouver two weeks ago, looks like the NDP is strong in the city, although I'm sure the Conservatives are doing better in the rest of BC!

GO HARPER!

[Canadian Outrage]

Stephen is a really really nice man. He's extremely principled and I have to tell you that he has the most wonderful sense of humour I have been around for awhile. I thoroughly enjoyed him. I can absolutely say that I ABSOLUTLEY TRUST him. And he is the genuine Conservative that we need.

He is also not mean spirited or back stabbing dirty like Martin.

[saluki_in_ohio]

CFRB simulcasts on Shortwave radio at 6.070 MHz. It is a weak signal, but it can be easily heard in the eastern US.

So, if any of you Freepers have a shortwave radio, you might be able to listen to CFRB.

[Snowyman]

As I recall all he did was ignore (right or wrong I think is another matter) Gomery's publication ban . Hardly bringing down the government .

[proud_yank]

LOL, I thought every Canadian was supposed to know Stan Rogers?! (I'm just kidding with you.)

Stan Rogers is an excellent Canadian folk singer, though he passed away in '83. Many folkies consider him a Canadian Icon, I'd probably say he is my favorite musician. He spent a lot of time in Canso, NS, and much of his music is maritime folk. As is JP Cormiers, who is from Cape Breton.

[Canadian Outrage]

I can hardly believe any body CAN cast a vote for McCallum, the bisexual with the wife and the boyfriend. BARF, GAG, VOMIT!! That tells me a LOT about the people in his riding.

[fanfan]

Thank you so much Clemenza!

:-)

[aCDNinUSA]

If you were to take away the immigrant rich votes from Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver you would find that the Liberals would have as many votes as the Green Party. They are way out of touch with how real Canadian's feel.

[Snowyman]

I can hardly believe any body CAN cast a vote for McCallum, the bisexual with the wife and the boyfriend.

You want to be careful who you insult. The blithering fool might take offense.:)

Don't you mean Graham?

[Canadian Outrage]

Thanks DD!!

[Alberta's Child]

The great thing about most rural parts of Canada is that the voters are so conservative that true liberals don't even run.

The area around Red Deer in Alberta is where the Liberal candidate is the one who wants everyone to carry a concealed firearm, and the Conservative wants everyone to carry two of them.