[spatso]

Okay, I understand. John Howard has never flinched in his support. If I remember, he stood fast through a national election when everybody said his support of GWB would see him lose the election. I am not sure how you can make a similar case in terms of Canada. The government is part of it. I have no doubt the change in government will help. But, it is not just about leadership. The Canadian people do not seem to recognize how much the world has changed. It is my impression that they have this smug, superior attitude that can only be attributed to a self righteousness that refuses to see or comprehend the choices they have made. When a friend or acquaintance lets you down or betrays you it can be hurtful. But, when a family member, a brother, betrays you it is a cut that plunges deep into your heart. Do not think for a moment that members of Congress do not have fragile hearts in this time of turmoil.

[Fair Go]

I think what you say applies to the Liberals but not the conservatives. I see Stephen Harper as a leader in the mould of John Howard. That has to be good for US/Canadian relations and for all of us concerned with the march of terrorism.

[GMMAC]

"The Canadian people do not seem to recognize how much the world has changed. It is my impression that they have this smug, superior attitude that can only be attributed to a self righteousness that refuses to see or comprehend the choices they have made. When a friend or acquaintance lets you down or betrays you it can be hurtful. But, when a family member, a brother, betrays you it is a cut that plunges deep into your heart."

Horse Poop !!!
Did Canadian conservatives run around whining like little girls blaming the terrible Americans & claiming we'd been stabbed in the heart when that seditious fat bastard Michael Moore came up here & interfered in our last 2 elections to the extend of stridently urging his fellow travelers to vote against our candidates ???

NO !!!
We wrote him off for for the commie POS he is & went out & won the second one!
(... and, because we're not liberals, the citizenship Moore habitually betrays didn't even enter into it!)

Unlike some faint hearts Stateside, Canadian conservatives have never had any difficulty in differentiating our friends from our enemies:

Then Official Opposition Leader Stephen Harper
addresses "Stand With America" Rally
(one of many held across Canada)
Toronto, April 4, 2003