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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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To: Torie
The Tories need to pick up four seats in Atlantic Canada to be on track to 125 seats.

I somewhat disagree. What happens just outside and around Toronto with abuot 22 seats (905 area code) will tell us the seat total.

761 posted on 01/23/2006 5:58:11 PM PST by hawkaw
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To: Torie
They picked up 2+. If they win the three seats too close to call it'll have to do. The Atlantic is a Liberal cesspool and 5+ seats would be calling it a decent achievement against insuperable odds.

(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.")

762 posted on 01/23/2006 5:58:13 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: furquhart

Texans tell it like it is. I like that, 'cause it sure ain't like that over here.


763 posted on 01/23/2006 5:58:34 PM PST by JFD
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To: hawkaw
Off to count some votes. Hang tight, it's not over yet

764 posted on 01/23/2006 5:58:56 PM PST by kanawa (Freaking panty wetting, weakspined bliss-ninny socialist punks)
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To: Torie

RCI IS the Canadian government.


765 posted on 01/23/2006 5:59:02 PM PST by conservative in nyc
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To: furquhart

I am definitely for Western Separation. I want to be removed from Ontario, Quebec and the Martimes PERIOD. They can't be trusted EVER. In B.C. there are still more Conservatives than not. We somehow have to end the immigration.


766 posted on 01/23/2006 5:59:08 PM PST by Canadian Outrage (I want Western Canada to SEPARATE - Western Canadians CANNOT win in a corrupt system)
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To: conservative in nyc

I can not get anything but static right now. That is the way it is sometimes.


767 posted on 01/23/2006 5:59:21 PM PST by MamaB (mom to an Angel)
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To: goldstategop

In the election here in September Labour lost heavily in the provincial electorates (rural/small town ridings) and many middle class city suburbs in Auckland but hung on to the big city vote machine electorates. They turned out voters in the South Auckland suburbs en masse. Because NZ uses a proportional representation and final seats in Parliament is determined by total percentage of votes a party receives, Labour managed a comeback to become the largest party in Parliament despite heavy losses.

I know Canada uses First Past the Post, but if the Liberal supporters vote en masse across each riding, even if they won 70 ridings by only 51% of votes they can still pull in victory.


768 posted on 01/23/2006 5:59:29 PM PST by NZerFromHK (Leftism is like honey mixed with arsenic: initially it tastes good, but that will end up killing you)
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To: goldstategop

The three too close to call, I believe, are 2 LIB, 1 CPC right now. 11 is the best we can probably do.

If we swing the Ontario marginals in the rural areas (as expected), we should get a small minority. Suburban gains will move us into more solid ground.


769 posted on 01/23/2006 5:59:56 PM PST by Heartofsong83
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To: Don'tMessWithTexas

Don't forget that much like the cheaters in the US, we also have 'voting irregularities' and they come from the same end of the political spectrum as they do down there.

See Landslide Annie in Edmonchuck for more proof.

I'm curious how many seats the Conservatives actually have won but have lost due to non-vigilance in scrutinizing polls.


770 posted on 01/23/2006 5:59:59 PM PST by Gen. Lee Wright (Gonna party like it's 1958!)
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To: Free Dominoes
conservatives in atlantic canada reported pissed...

Understatement
771 posted on 01/23/2006 6:01:02 PM PST by NorthOf45
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To: Squawk 8888
As wonderful as it might be to see Martin and his homeboys get poleaxed by a 15 point electoral loss, the final result seems destined to be a squeaker. Remember: Merkel and the CDU barely ousted Schroeder and his ghastly cast of liberals in the German Elections last year. And Bush looked beaten early in the reelection returns of 2004.

There seems to be pattern. When corrupt and vile liberal regimes go down, they go fighting, spitting, and caterwauling like demons being shoved back into the blackest cracks of hell, gouging the rocks with their nails, their teeth, anything that will slow the the descent.

772 posted on 01/23/2006 6:01:48 PM PST by JCEccles
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To: HostileTerritory

I did a MetaCrawler search (I don't Google), and a Newsweek article says that "in a decade or two" a majority of Dutch newborns will be Muslim, so I guess I was misinformed about the current percentage of Muslim babies in the Netherlands; maybe I read about the Rotterdam stat and got confused. Here's the Newsweek article: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3540615/

If a majority of Dutch babies by, say, 2020, are Muslim, and heavy Muslim immigration continues for a few years after that, wouldn't the Netherlands have a Muslim majority by 2040?

BTW, a factor that would simultaneously reduce the number of non-Muslim Dutch while decreasing the necessity for larger numbers of Muslim immigrants is the Dutch euthanasia law that has started to be used in cases in which the old or sick person has not necessarily consented to be euthanized. Who knows which way euthanasia will cut in the demographic battle for the Netherlands, or if France will adopt a similar policy.


773 posted on 01/23/2006 6:02:34 PM PST by AuH2ORepublican (http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/)
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To: Heartofsong83

Hey all, you are welcome to stop by my blog as well and post any updates you may have.

http://www.thesurlybeaver.ca


774 posted on 01/23/2006 6:03:54 PM PST by True North Strong and Free
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To: conservative in nyc

live vid here

http://www.pulse24.com/Plugins/CP24Live/cp24video56.asx


775 posted on 01/23/2006 6:03:54 PM PST by ezo4
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To: AuH2ORepublican

L 19
C 10
N 3


776 posted on 01/23/2006 6:03:57 PM PST by Free Dominoes
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To: JCEccles
If the Conservatives come through, they'll win 129 instead of 140 seats. Its about the best they can do. Its not a majority but hey its better than nothing. We'll see if the rest of the results hold up as well as the final polls heading into this election.

(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.")

777 posted on 01/23/2006 6:04:19 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

Please stop with the Muslim crap until the election is over.


778 posted on 01/23/2006 6:04:28 PM PST by canuk101
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To: JCEccles

####When corrupt and vile liberal regimes go down, they go fighting, spitting, and caterwauling like demons being shoved back into the blackest cracks of hell, gouging the rocks with their nails, their teeth, anything that will slow the the descent.####


You're right.


779 posted on 01/23/2006 6:04:41 PM PST by puroresu (Conservatism is an observation; Liberalism is an ideology)
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To: AuH2ORepublican

Sorry, but ditto.


780 posted on 01/23/2006 6:05:17 PM PST by Free Dominoes
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