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"Given that I clearly classed these sort of remarks coming from either side of the border as "emotional and/or opportunistic", how is this any sort of specifically "self righteous, dismissive Canadian attitude"?

I think you make a mistake if you assume that the American and Canadian experience are symmetrical. Indeed they have been very different. Some, like myself, may take offense when a Canadian presumes he can attack a US Congressman in a cavalier, almost dismissive manner. When you do that, you not only dismiss him but, also, the like minded people who may have similar thoughts. I have no difficulty with your arguing against the merit of a policy proposal or an idea or an action or any failure to act, but you can still be respectful of a duly elected representative of the American people.
I realize I have made no headway. I have not been able to convince one person on this thread of the merit of my concerns. So, it is time to move on. I no longer have a desire to continue the thread. It is time for me to go back to border security, immigration and bible threads. I understand you will want to take one more shot at me and I shall read it, but I will post my response privately to you.

"I understand you will want to take one more shot at me and I shall read it, but I will post my response privately to you."

No shot per se.
Only the observation that your final (?) post confirms that you practice a double standard in two respects:

Doubtless, you'd have had no problem, if in the course of supporting (as I do) your opposition to the radical homosexual agenda, I'd made disparaging remarks with regard to its leading U.S. Congressional proponent: the ever appalling Barney Frank.

Secondly, you seem to believe permissible cross-border sniping by conservatives at liberal targets of opportunity to be an exclusively one-way street with ours always 'in season' but with the likes of Senators Clinton, Kennedy & Kerry protected by something akin to an imagined game law.

To cite a blatantly American source on the essence of being a liberal:
“The absolute conviction that there is one set of rules for you, and another, completely different set of rules for everyone else.” ~ Ann Coulter