Random thoughts....
1) It's a "French Language" and an "English Language" debate, not a "Quebec" and "Rest of Canada" debate. UNFORTUNATELY, if you're going to allow the Bloc to participate in one, you've got to allow them in the other. There are plenty of Anglophone Quebecers and Francophone RoCers. Also unfortunately, the leaders treat the French debate as their chance to pander to Quebecers, and Gilles treats the English debate as an opportunity to ... I don't know..?
2) It's a "Leaders' Debate," not a sh*t-disturbers' debate. Lizzie May has no more claim to a spot in the debates, IMO, than the leader of any other communist parties may exist in Canada right now. If you allow 15 people in, it's no longer a debate...it's a round-table, or something to that effect. I want to know about the people who will lead the country...not the ones who will try to tear it apart by nipping at the heels of the actual leaders.
3) WTF are "Working Families(TM)?" Apparently they're the families consisting of people too dumb to realize that Jack is just using a euphemism for "blue-collar" workers. Why aren't blue-collar workers offended by this? I have a lot of respect for the tradesmen and their skills...why doesn't Jack? I work...my wife works...but for some reason I don't think that Jack's talking about me when he's referring to working families.
Ah well... now I'll go back and read what's happened in this thread since last night.
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