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That Martin's too smart a politician to buddy up to a despised American president. I sure as hell hope so.

Fortunately, it's not rocket science--recent memory will conjure up the specter of Brian Mulroney, :puke: who was 41's poodle during Gulf War I and wound up as the most detested PM in Canadian history. The Tories paid for it big time in the 93 election, and while I don't imagine there'll ever be a similar meltdown, it's still instructive.

Of course, Mulroney :puke: had his own personality problems, such as being an arrogant, corrupt, greedy, stupid, money-worshipping alcoholic wife-beater... but the poddle thing pretty much cooked his slimy goose.