[Thanos]

meee223 meee223:

The Canadian voting system is ridiculous. You can't directly vote for the party leaders, but only for who represents that party in your riding. So what happens if you want, let's say, Stephen Harper to be Prime Minister, but you like a member of another party in your riding? You're screwed. In the U.S., where I lived for quite awhile (I have dual citizenship), you can vote for President, Congress, or local people and you can vote for no matter what party they are with. So, you can vote for a Republican Senator and a Democratic President. And what's even more ludicrous is that Liberal Party volunteers came through my neighbourhood over the weekend asking for support for Ken Dryden who represents my riding. I asked if I could vote for him and still vote for a non-liberal candidate for prime minister. They told me I could! Can you imagine campaign supporters canvassing a neighbourhood not knowing that I couldn't do that...or knowing it but lying to try and get me to vote Liberal?
Sheesh!

Not really. Our system can still get more stuff done through compromises than yours can. Washington is way more polarized and deadlocked right now than Ottawa has ever been.

We also don't take it to an insane degree the way you damn Yankees do? You have to vote for the local dogcatcher? Is that really necessary?

[Scape]

Wait, greens 1?

[CDN_PATRIOT]

commanderkai commanderkai:

Man, this has been a great few days. May 1: Osama is dead May 2: Conservative majority AND the death of the Bloc.

Seriously, this is awesome

Dude, add to the fact that I found a bottle of scotch that I misplaced, and this is the most perfect Monday in history.



-J.

[scarecrowe]

Should have bought some CDN dollars today. The value will go UP tomorrow.

[raydan]

The Bloc are down to 2...
Proc, are you in Ahuntsic?

[Hawkes]

I figured Harper would win again, I just didn't see a majority coming out of this all. I agree with what CBC and some have said here, the center right of the Liberal party voted Conservative because of the NDP surge.

Time will only tell now how things will turn out. I hope my fears of Harper are unfounded.

All I can do is say congrats to the Conservatives.

[Toro]

commanderkai commanderkai:

Man, this has been a great few days. May 1: Osama is dead May 2: Conservative majority AND the death of the Bloc.

Seriously, this is awesome

No kidding.

[scarecrowe]

meee223 meee223:

scarecrowe scarecrowe:

Mooooramar or Hugo would then suit you fine!

Uh, what you talkin' 'bout Willis?

A potato sculpted into the form of a phallic symbol; i.e. a "dick 'tater".

[HaRdLy]

Oh STFU May you stupid C***T!

[GreenTiger]

Toro Toro:

commanderkai commanderkai:

Man, this has been a great few days. May 1: Osama is dead May 2: Conservative majority AND the death of the Bloc.

Seriously, this is awesome

No kidding.

Indeed, I would also add Prince William and Kate Middleton Wedding. That wasn't too shabby either.

[Toro]

I wonder if the Bloc will disband?

[saturn_656]

commanderkai commanderkai:

Man, this has been a great few days. May 1: Osama is dead May 2: Conservative majority AND the death of the Bloc.

Seriously, this is awesome

I'll second this. Awesome couple days.

[Zipperfish]

Well at least the NDP will be official opposition. That'll make for some fireworks at least.

[scarecrowe]

Dryden is OUT ... serves him right, a Toronto boy playing for the HABS.

[Toro]

Ignatieff and Duceppe are done.