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Originally Posted by Slava
I think that Obama and the democrats would be further right than the parties in Canada as well. Its hard to say in some ways, because there are a lot of factors and the whole left/right debate is a little simplistic...but I think they would be there. The amusing part is that while most Canadians would've voted for Obama in 2008 (IIRC the surveys said about 70%), if he ran in Canada he would get trounced.
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Well, I want to think that Canadians wouldn't be so easily duped by someone who can talk nice, but in the end has absolutely no substance at all.
Obama is more or less like many here described in leading up to 2008, even though everyone liked to argue with it. He can give a nice speech, talk about hope, talk about change, talk about reform.....but in the end he's just a puppet like the last 5 Presidents.
He isn't willing to dictate policy and he has absolutely no plan at all.
Everyone might have hated Bush, but at least he knew what he wanted, and he went out and did it. Might have been wrong, might have been stupid, but at least he showed leadership in those areas he felt strongly about. After 9/11? Afghanistan? Iraq? Patriot Act? Tax Cuts? He got people on board to support his plan. God knows we could do without many of the things he did, but as far as leadership goes, he knew how to get things done.
Obama is none of those things.