ghostsofgiants
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Tue Oct-14-08 07:48 AM
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It's election day here in Canada. |
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Tue Oct-14-08 07:49 AM
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1. May the right things happen. |
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Happy belated Thanksgiving.
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Tue Oct-14-08 08:52 AM
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5. shouldn't it be "may the left things happen"? |
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Tue Oct-14-08 07:59 AM
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May you be rid of that douchenozzle Harper.
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Tue Oct-14-08 08:05 AM
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3. My best hopes that Stephen Harper won't be your Prime Minister after today. |
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Tue Oct-14-08 08:16 AM
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4. Wouldn't you know it, that's mine, too! |
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Tue Oct-14-08 09:26 AM
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6. Please let the Liberals pull through with a minority... |
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Please! I'm really an NDP at heart, but they aren't winning this thing, and with the HarperCons saying that winning a second minority government provides them with a "strong mandate" to do whatever the fuck they want, I'm all for strategic voting.
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Tue Oct-14-08 10:24 AM
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7. Strategic voting is bullshit. |
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Very few ridings have tight enough races that strategic voting would be necessary for.
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Tue Oct-14-08 10:28 AM
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I agree with strategic voting in theory, but in practice it won't really do much good.
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Tue Oct-14-08 10:29 AM
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9. I disagree with it in theory. |
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It's inherently anti-democratic. What we need isn't strategic voting, it's proportional representation.
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Tue Oct-14-08 01:24 PM
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12. I love that you guys call your districts? ridings... |
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sounds so British...
hope things turn out well. It always blows me away that there are wacko conservatives up there who sound just like the wackos here. :scared:
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Wed Oct-15-08 05:47 AM
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37. Riding is strictly a Canadianism |
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We call them constituencies. :hi:
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Tue Oct-14-08 10:37 AM
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10. On proportional representation, we agree. We need electoral reform badly. |
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I just don't have a problem with strategic voting in our current system.
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Tue Oct-14-08 11:22 AM
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11. & Google in Canada has a great election graphic up. One of the "o"s in google is |
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a checkbox. Thought that was a nice local touch.
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Tue Oct-14-08 02:04 PM
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13. I think you guys should vote to annex Alaska. By force, if necessary. |
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Tue Oct-14-08 02:06 PM
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14. Fuck Alaska! Could Georgia be adopted, instead? |
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Tue Oct-14-08 04:24 PM
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Whoopee, 300,000,000 million spent for another Conservative minority. |
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Tue Oct-14-08 04:24 PM
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15. Whoopee, 300,000,000 million spent for another Conservative minority. |
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Tue Oct-14-08 06:06 PM
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19. If we're lucky, the NDP will pick up enough seats to hold balance of power. |
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Tue Oct-14-08 11:36 PM
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32. What a waste. The only one who really gained was the block quebecois. |
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Tue Oct-14-08 04:59 PM
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Tue Oct-14-08 05:04 PM
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17. I will waive my maple leaf tonight. nt |
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Tue Oct-14-08 05:04 PM
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18. When will the wall-to-wall coverage end? |
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It's so incessant.
:sarcasm:
Seriously, do most people here even know it's happening? (I watch Canadian TV, so I did!) In fact, I've lived in two states that border Canada, so I probably should be appointed ambassador when all is said and done.
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Tue Oct-14-08 06:13 PM
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20. I still can't get over the fact that your election campaign lasts....45 days. |
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Compared to the TWO year + marathon our Presidential elections have become. :-(
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Tue Oct-14-08 06:17 PM
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21. Yeah, we're doing okay at not turning it into a circus. |
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Tue Oct-14-08 06:39 PM
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Tue Oct-14-08 07:59 PM
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23. Yeah, another futile vote from me |
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I live in Harper's riding, so any vote from me is strictly a symbolic gesture. I've also been represented in the past by Ralph Klein and Peter Lougheed. What did I ever do to deserve this?
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Tue Oct-14-08 08:11 PM
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24. My riding is super tight between the NDP candidate and the Liberal candidate. |
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I'm pulling for the NDP candidate, of course.
The other riding in my city went almost 75% NDP.
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Tue Oct-14-08 08:20 PM
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25. we get the CBC here on my parents' cable in Maine where i am |
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visiting! perhaps i will check out what is happening later this evening. I like that channel, maybe you guys up there don't. :shrug:
I also know NOTHING about your politics. I am embarrassed.
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Tue Oct-14-08 08:21 PM
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26. CBC is what I am watching. |
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It has some decent programming and news coverage.
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Tue Oct-14-08 08:28 PM
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what are the predictions overall? Are you guys poll obsessed like we are?
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Tue Oct-14-08 08:32 PM
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28. It'll probably be a Conservative minorty. Most of the country hasn't reported in yet though. |
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Atlantic Canada makes up a small portion of the House of Commons. The Conservatives got shut out of my province though. A little proud of that.
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Tue Oct-14-08 08:34 PM
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29. does it go as late as we do stateside? |
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did you do some campaign work? :hi:
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Tue Oct-14-08 08:39 PM
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30. I didn't have any time to do any campaign work, sadly. |
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It'll probably be a later night than usual with this election, it would seem.
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Tue Oct-14-08 09:50 PM
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31. I'm going to a GOTV training tomorrow night |
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Wed Oct-15-08 12:01 AM
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33. You have my sympathies |
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I hope that our little revival down here will help yall next time around.
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Wed Oct-15-08 01:42 AM
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34. Linda Duncan for the NDP won in my riding |
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Wed Oct-15-08 01:48 AM
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We're in the same riding. :D
I am thrilled beyond belief!! And sooooooo happy as Jaffer was making his victory speech when he found out Linda took over the lead.
Major raspberry to Jaffer! :P
:bounce: :party: :woohoo: :toast: :bounce:
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Wed Oct-15-08 01:52 AM
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36. That was freakin' awesome, wasn't it? |
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Hi u4ic!!:hug:
I'm still laughing about that! I'm still waiting on my citizenship so I wasn't able to vote, but I did what I could to help get the word out. It was a small victory in the grand scheme of tonight, but it was sweet nonetheless :D
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