Monday, January 23, 2006

Red is the "in" color in Canada

Congratulations to Stephen Harper for following Truepeers advice and leading the Conservatives to victory in Canada. May it be the first of many.

13 comments:

Jamie Irons said...

Rick,

I'm like, stoked!


Jamie Irons

Rick Ballard said...

Two continents down, three to go. (Antarctica can remain neutral.)

flenser said...

On some conservative Canadian blogs, people are pretty bummed, since even with all the scandals and running a terrible campaign the Liberals still managed about 100 seats.

That is one left wing country.

cf said...

Read the wonderful analysis about voting on RCP by Jay Cost cited downthread by Rick for a clue as to why it's so hard to defeat an incumbent. I expect the same thing is true in Canada--Maybe more true, given the greater monopoly of the CBC and the liberal press. Remember, FNC just got into Canada.%^)

buddy larsen said...

I guess their 100 seats is about like our Bush-by-.03. Victory for Truth, Justice, and the North American Way--but only a battle, not the war.

Happy for ya, 'Peers!

Charles Henry said...

I was one of the first in line at my local poll station this morning to vote the rascals out , and I can't remember ever casting a vote with a greater sense of purpose; it really felt like the future of our country was at stake this time.
It's been a night of mixed emotions for conservatives in Canada, we can't help but feel disappointed that we've won by so little, but a win is a win and we should be grateful to take anything we can get, with 64% of the population voting for left-wing parties.

Keep your eyes on our one independant candidate winner, former radio host Andre Arthur from Quebec City: a decidely conservative voice and as pro-US as he is anti-separatist, his victory is akin to Rush Limbaugh winning a seat in Congress as representative of Manhattan!

Anonymous said...

We have to remember that a Canadian "conservative" is akin to a far left US Democrat. In fact, Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi would be centrists north of the 49th parallel.

Still, it is good news. One of the most important things is that it finally gives a voice to those western Canadians in rapidly growing provinces like Alberta and BC, whose values are often closer to those of US conservatives and who have for so long felt shut out of national government. In some ways it is like the US South finding a voice in the Republican Party.

Rick Ballard said...

What a bunch of spoilers. Progressive politics (and politicians) are very similiar to athletes foot or herpes. You have to learn to live with them as they are treated and removed over a long period of time. Progressivism is a termite nest under a historical house worthy of preservation. They've gotten into the foundation and the rot caused is going to be difficult and expensive to repair.

Kudos to the Canadians for taking a good first step and hopefully the Conservatives will loosen the current stranglehold on the press and broadcast media so that voices from the right may be heard from Newfoundland to the far Yukon.

The progressive rot will be a long time dying but an ideology based upon lies and false promises cannot endure forever.

MeaninglessHotAir said...

Roger,

I don't know about Canadian cuisine in general, but last summer at the suggestion of a local I went into a Big Boy type of chain in Vancouver (Named "White Castle"?, no that's in Chicago) and ate the BC blueberry dessert and it was out of this world. They can export that to Colorado anytime they choose. Oh, and there was a Greek restaurant in the West End that has to be one of the best restaurant experiences ever.

Anonymous said...

RogerA, Meaninglesshotair:

I agree that this is western Canada starting to flex its electoral muscles. Good for them - and us.

And West Van has too many glorious dim sum places to even count. Meaninglesshotair, was it a Vera's Burger Shack? A White Spot?

Anonymous said...

RogerA:

However. When we were last in Saskatchewan, we tried some of our cousins beef - as in beef from the cows just across the barn. Fabulous.

MeaninglessHotAir said...

Skook,

That was it, White Spot.

truepeers said...

It's been a long and tiring campaign. I'm a little disappointed that the Liberal scoundrels were not more humiliated, and a little hopeful that out of his present difficult position, the best in Stephen Harper and his party will be brought out. I am presently writing up my thoughts in an essay to be posted later tonight or tomorrow.

As for Canadian urban cuisine (in the cities from which the Conservatives were basically shut out)... Yes, it's very good; from my experience, the person with a modest budget eats better, and with more choices, in Canadian than AMerican or European cities. We have many skilled immigrants and an economy that often brings them few opportunities and lots of low pay restaurant jobs. In contrast, the name White Spot evokes a whole other culinary tradition. (One of BC's oldest burger chains; I once read their official history because I wanted to know where the name came from. I thought, in the 1920s the name must have had racial connotations - Chinese-run cafes were considered dirty - and I'm curious that in our PC times no one calls them on it, boycotting their secret sauce... but the book just said the original owner took the name and the menu idea from a restaurant he had seen in California. That's a typical BC business story.) Anyway, I'm glad MHA had a good meal; it's a sign of how the whites can be improved by immigration! But then that's a cliche of whiteness now, isn't it?