# The Canadian Election Thread. (Or maybe not...) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 21, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419 "2011-03-21T00:51:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 41
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/801 "2011-05-01T03:40:18Z")
It’s an amazing thought. I think I need a massage. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/802 "2011-05-01T03:52:34Z")
That one sure helps establish SunTV as being at the level of Fox. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/803 "2011-05-01T04:37:46Z")
The massage thing is TRUE, at least, if ridiculously irrelevant. Fox doesn’t confine itself to reporting things that actually happened. I’m not an NDP supporter and when I heard the story I was like “So what?” So Jack was in a massage parlour. Hell, maybe there was a happy ending, I dunno. I don’t see what it has to do with the election. Is there any evidence at all that the electorate gives a crap? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/804 "2011-05-01T05:10:35Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I don’t see what it has to do with the election. Is there any evidence at all that the electorate gives a crap? He is going to lose some votes over it. If he didn’t come up with the word “shiatsu” suggesting an expectation of some form of TCM (which doesn’t surprise me considering he is an NDPer) I would be inclined to consider him an adulterer and thus somewhat less than trustworthy. And his wife backs him on it. I mean we all know what massage parlors are for. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/805 "2011-05-01T05:34:21Z")
I hope that the “retired cop” who supposedly let someone see his 16 year old notes is feeling quite nervous now that there is an OPP investigation into how this information became public. And I hope that if he is found guilty of a crime, he loses his pension. I also wonder how accurate his 16 year old notes are, and if they were “embellished” somewhat. I also am curious about the timing of this revelation, and whether or not the police investigation will be looking into which political party is responsible for it. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/806 "2011-05-01T11:35:50Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > It’s an amazing thought. I think I need a massage. Oh, go ahead - rub it in!! Wait - let me rephrase that… ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/807 "2011-05-01T12:38:49Z")
Some licensed physicians sell unneeded prescriptions to drug users, without their honest clients being aware of what the dishonest physician is doing. Some licensed pharmacists sell non-prescribed drugs to drug users, without their honest clients being aware of what the dishonest pharmacist is doing. Some registered massage therapists do tricks on the side, without their honest clients being aware of what the dishonest registered massage therapist is doing. Some media outlets use the timing and choice of stories to spread guilt by association, which is what SunTV has done to Layton. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/808 "2011-05-01T13:23:59Z")
It’s okay, The Sun had to make up for looking classy over outing Patrick Muttart’s PhotoShop experiment. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/809 "2011-05-01T19:09:12Z")
I don’t care whether he got a ‘happy ending’ or not - it’s irrelevant to the campaign. And I really dislike political ‘late hits’ dropped on the public just before an election when the opposition doesn’t have time to respond. It’s the worst kind of political dirty trick, but they all do it. Do we know whether this was the work of the Conservatives or the Liberals? I’ll tell you, the way these campaigns have been run almost makes ME want to vote NDP - until I remember what their platform and ideology is. Politics in Canada can really suck - just like it does pretty much everywhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/810 "2011-05-01T19:17:44Z")
Clearly, the medium is the massage. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/811 "2011-05-01T19:34:45Z")
{Groan} I don’t much care about Jack Layton’s extracurricular activities. I assume they’re all dirty, and am rarely disappointed. ETA: I mean all politicians are dirty, not all Jack Layton’s extracurricular activities. I really couldn’t comment on those. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/812 "2011-05-01T19:39:30Z")
Frankly, at a certain point I have to wonder if this was an NDP orchestrated move. Everyone I’ve talked to has sympathy for jack, thinking this is a political low blow. I can’t see it hurting his poll standings! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/813 "2011-05-01T19:57:14Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > {Groan} > I don’t much care about Jack Layton’s extracurricular activities. I assume they’re all dirty, and am rarely disappointed. > > ETA: I mean all politicians are dirty, not all Jack Layton’s extracurricular activities. I really couldn’t comment on those. 🙂 Damn your edit. I was having a giggle picturing you and Jack giving each other massages. Oh baby talk to me about cap and trade for carbon emissions. You want a national what plan? Does that feel good. No, no the Canada health act is a sacred trust. Sorry. Its really boring at my house today. I need some amusement. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/814 "2011-05-01T20:38:45Z")
The punchlines just write themselves. “I thought minorities were smaller!” “Caucus, dammit! I said CAUCUS!” “And the bartender said, `that’s not all he spoiled’” “I guess you could say she split the vote.” “It’s wasn’t MY riding!” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/815 "2011-05-01T21:25:01Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Oh, crime is decreasing… Fuck off. **Leaffan** , you’re not allowed to tell other posters to “fuck off” anywhere on the SDMB. This is a formal warning: don’t do this again. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/816 "2011-05-01T21:44:15Z")
> [@orcenio](#): > > I take it that you don’t read the National Post? 😉 Or the [Toronto | Ottawa | etc] Sun? 🙂 > [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > …and please no one come along and give me a history of the Reformation etc and point how NDP was not a reaction to excesses of Liberalism and I am perfectly aware of the CCP and Tommy Douglas etc. Still shocking. That’s _CCF_. Cooperative Commonweath Federation. I ought to know–my granddaddy was a Tommy Douglas CCFer. ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/817 "2011-05-01T21:48:08Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > **Leaffan** , you’re not allowed to tell other posters to “fuck off” anywhere on the SDMB. This is a formal warning: do this again. So you **want** to ban him, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/818 "2011-05-01T22:00:39Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Or the [Toronto | Ottawa | etc] Sun? 🙂 > > That’s _CCF_. Cooperative Commonweath Federation. I ought to know–my granddaddy was a Tommy Douglas CCFer. :smack: And I know better too, I wrote a major paper on the CC **F** in second year university history. Stupid typo. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/819 "2011-05-02T00:19:28Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > I don’t care whether he got a ‘happy ending’ or not - it’s irrelevant to the campaign. And I really dislike political ‘late hits’ dropped on the public just before an election when the opposition doesn’t have time to respond. It’s the worst kind of political dirty trick, but they all do it. > > Do we know whether this was the work of the Conservatives or the Liberals? > > I’ll tell you, the way these campaigns have been run almost makes ME want to vote NDP - until I remember what their platform and ideology is. Politics in Canada can really suck - just like it does pretty much everywhere else. I agree with you. And at this point, we really can’t tell if it was done by the Liberal or the Conservatives. But it is telling that we suspect them both… ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/820 "2011-05-02T00:25:30Z")
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