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Originally Posted by Cheese
a stupid question Im sure, but why not flog it?
Why would Canadians tune into an AMERICAN VP debate vs their own Political debate? Sounds an awful lot like apathy to me. I personally could give a about the US and its politics...regardless of who is on the podium.
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Its not a stupid question.
I think there's three reasons. One, people expect Palin to make a total ass of herself, which she assuredly has the potential to do. Entertainment over substance. Two, the politics of the US have a huge ripple effect on the world, and particularly, to Canada. Especially when we're mentioned (negatively or positively) with things like NAFTA, Oilsands, etc. Three, Canada's electoral debate has two non-entities that have zero chance of forming government, and one party who's only chance of any sway is to get in bed (again) with the Liberals. The messages of the two "governing" parties gets washed out by these three fringe parties. Too cluttered for many people to care about.