# 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:** 49
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/961 "2011-05-03T03:10:02Z")
A Conservative majority is the best thing that has happened in decades. I, for one, am thrilled at the direction of the country for the next 4 years. ---
**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 3, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/962 "2011-05-03T03:10:14Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Sore loser. As usual. > > Can’t blame the refs this time. Yeah, that’s how we stupid worthless frogs are. Have we ever done anything good in this country ever since inventing poutine? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/963 "2011-05-03T03:11:11Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > WTF **Leaffan**? Uncalled for. No. You’re a perpetual whiner. Calling my party a “band of idiots.” Go away. ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/964 "2011-05-03T03:11:18Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > A Conservative majority is the best thing that has happened in decades. > > I, for one, am thrilled at the direction of the country for the next 4 years. I suppose only time will truly tell but I believe you are incorrect, sir. ---
**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 3, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/965 "2011-05-03T03:12:50Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Elizabeth May is a complete fucking tool. Sadly, her opponent is a corrupt little shitbag. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/966 "2011-05-03T03:14:03Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > WTF **Leaffan**? Uncalled for. Based on his username, he has very little good in his life. Let him have this one. ---
**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 3, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/967 "2011-05-03T03:15:13Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > A Conservative majority is the best thing that has happened in decades. > > I, for one, am thrilled at the direction of the country for the next 4 years. I’m going to guess that we will not be allowed to see what is happening for the next 4 years. There is transparent government, opaque government, and the totally light-free government that we’ll be getting. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/968 "2011-05-03T03:16:25Z")
The best things that have happened to Canada for decades are: 1) free trade with the rest of North America, and 2) the federal government digging itself out of deficit. If I’m not mistaken, both Blue and Red parties had something to do with both of those. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/969 "2011-05-03T03:17:30Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > No. You’re a perpetual whiner. Calling my party a “band of idiots.” Go away. You should be happy. Me, I call them “vermin”. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/970 "2011-05-03T03:18:13Z")
A very interesting outcome. Clearly not as close as predicted. Not yet being reported in the Australian papers. Fairly typical. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/971 "2011-05-03T03:18:16Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > No. You’re a perpetual whiner. Calling my party a “band of idiots.” Go away. This from a man who called a political party leader in another riding “a fucking tool” because he disagreed with her. High road, much? I’m not going anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/972 "2011-05-03T03:21:31Z")
Seriously, we elected Harper again? I was pretty disappointed in Americans when they reelected GWB. Now, I see that we Canadians may be cut from a similar cloth. I blame Ignatieff (or, rather the party that made him their leader, I suppose). ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/973 "2011-05-03T03:21:32Z")
You guys wanna get a room maybe? The tone in here is getting unpleasant. I’ve just found another silver lining: my favourite racist idiot Jim Pankiw is polling dead last in Saskatoon-Humboldt with 2% of the vote. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/974 "2011-05-03T03:25:18Z")
Duceppe has officially been upset by Hélène Laverdière. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/975 "2011-05-03T03:25:21Z")
Ignatieff just gave his sell job on him keeping his job. He’s remarkably uncharismatic. Really wish they’ve handed the whole thing over to Rae. I’ve always liked him. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/976 "2011-05-03T03:25:28Z")
Tomorrow’s Globe and Mail editorial was just published online maybe ten minutes ago: [Stephen Harper’s double victory](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/stephen-harpers-double-victory/article2007628/). No commentary from the Toronto Star yet–thought they might have something, as somebody ( **RickJay**?) reported a few days ago that the Star, a longtime Liberal paper, was endorsing the NDP this time around. ---
**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 3, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/977 "2011-05-03T03:26:48Z")
Holy cow Ignatieff is a terrible speaker. He’s a decent guy and a good writer, but he’s a walking soporific. Who ever thought he’d make a good leader for the party? The content of his speech is pretty good, though. Gracious without sacrificing principle. He’s going out with style. Too bad half his audience will be asleep before he gets to the end. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/978 "2011-05-03T03:27:55Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > A very interesting outcome. Clearly not as close as predicted. > > Not yet being reported in the Australian papers. Fairly typical. Well, you’ve got us here on the SDMB to keep you informed. Glad to know you’re interested and following–and just because I’m interested, could you post what you do find in the Australian media? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/979 "2011-05-03T03:29:47Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > This is a goddamn disaster. The Liberals are decimated and now Harper has the power to administer the coup-de-grace to them by cutting off their funding. We’re going to be left with the Conservatives and the unelectable NDP. I remember when the Liberals said the NDP couldn’t form the Opposition. Well, heck, I remember when people said the Liberals would be in power in perpetuity. Brother, if the last five weeks should have taught us anything, it’s that you shouldn’t make predictions about who can or can’t be elected. And guys, seriously, stop insulting each other. You look awful. It’s an election. We have peacefully chosen who shall lead our government, and done it peacefully, graciously, efficiently, for the 41st time in a democratic history over a century long. We will do it again, and again, and again. Someone will win, and someone will lose. Start learning to be a good loser and a gracious winner, because if you want to keep living in Canada and being a part of the political process, you’re going to be happy and disappointed with many, many elections to come. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/980 "2011-05-03T03:30:42Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Well, you’ve got us here on the SDMB to keep you informed. Glad to know you’re interested and following–and just because I’m interested, could you post what you do find in the Australian media? It’s made the papers now. The Australian (conservative leaning, nationwide paper) has this [short summary.](http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/canadas-stephen-harper-wins-elusive-majority/story-fn3dxity-1226049107342) It’s all making very interesting lunchtime reading while I scoff my ham and cheese sandwich. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419.md?page=48) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419.md?page=50)