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Originally Posted by mykalberta
My only fear with a channel like this is that it might highlight some of the more extremist conservative viewpoints that the Conservative party knows they cant win an election on and yet those people are an important part of the fundraising process.
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Good point.
I read something in The Economist a couple weeks ago about how some Republican
have to adopt (or already believe) some of the extremist viewpoints of the Tea Party just to get on the ballot.
Here in Canada it's impossible to win anything if you are a (vocal) right-wing nut. In some parts of the States you don't have a chance if you
aren't a right-wing nut
.
Calgary is about as conservative as you can get in Canada, but any campaign (or television channel) based on jingoism, religious nuttery and immigrant-bashing wouldn't have a hope.