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Old 02-27-2008, 02:41 PM   #143
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The rest of the presidents, especially the ones that had to deal with Trudeau, Chretian and Martin for the most part treated Canada with a fair shot of distain.
Didn't Bill Clinton and Jean Chretien have a pretty good relationship? This speech Clinton gave to Parliament in 1995 seemed to imply that they were quite friendly:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...31/ai_16989060

It's not surprising that a Republican president would have a better relationship with a Conservative PM and a Democratic president would have more in common with a Liberal PM. That being said, the gap between Liberal-Republican is far greater than the one between Conservative-Democrat.

What your statement really boils down to is the fact that Nixon didn't like Trudeau and Bush Jr. didn't like Chretien and Martin. That's not exactly shocking, since most Canadians have a very unfavourable opinion of Nixon and Bush.
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