2011 Canadian Election Thread

[kevman]

Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder

Is he wrong?

Yes.

The Liberals are a centrist party, not a left wing party.

For every new orange Liberal there is a Martin era blue Liberal. To suggest every Liberal voter would have chosen NDP in a 2 party system is simply wrong.

[Kjesse]

Igantieff's concession speech makes him look like the leader he never was. Very good speech.

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

yes, because I bet if you ask most liberal votes they would consider themselves more in the center-right than far left

so more likely to side with the Conservatives than the NDP

Well that is merely your speculation. Is it based on anything more than conjecture? I would think a lot of Liberal supporters are anti-Conservative myself.

[Kipperriffic]

Love how BQ basically epically failed. Shows me that people in Quebec don't want anymore of this separation crap. They know that Quebec is better off as a part of Canada

[zamler]

Both Duceppe and Ignatieff lost.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Delgar

Igantieff's concession speech makes him look like the leader he never was. Very good speech.

Reminds me of John Kerry in 2004.

Emotion, passion, and leadership when it was way too late.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Delgar

Igantieff's concession speech makes him look like the leader he never was. Very good speech.

It's because he spent his whole campaign writing it knowing he was gonna get smoked.

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Originally Posted by evman150

If the NDP is an "extremist" party, then so is the CPC.

What a ridiculous statement.

/thanked

[nik-]

So when do the storm troopers start marching?

I'll be pretty disappointed if this doesn't happen.

[Flames in 07]

Originally Posted by Delgar

Igantieff's concession speech makes him look like the leader he never was. Very good speech.

I don't like the party, but I like him.

Remember he killed the coalition that brewed up in late 08, which would have crushed Canada. He was the only leader of those 3 that did what was best for Canada and not his career.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by zamler

Both Duceppe and Ignatieff lost.

How can Ignatieff not resign on the spot?

"I will serve as leader as long as they'll allowed me too"

Really? you don't have a seat!

[Jbo]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I swear to god these are comments on Facebook in the last 20 minutes.

I know, just ignore them, they are morons. But seriously this is ####ing crazy. I honestly didn't know people were this stupid. Not my friends, comments on my friends pages.

I only share them because even my Liberal friends aren't so ignorant and uneducated to say such things. It isn't like we elected GWB 2.0 or anything.

I don't really want to comment because they are friends on your facebook..

But wow..

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder

Goldman Sachs?

Clever but utterly wrong.

his was a grasssroots campaign that grew and grew and grew....20, 30, 50 bucks at a time.

[Kipperriffic]

Can we listen to Layton now please CBC. lol

[Azure]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Just an stunning night.

The NDP got SIXTY seats in Quebec. I never ever thought I'd see that.

Why not? Layton promised them a bunch of crap so they voted for him.

[evman150]

Originally Posted by Flames in 07

The last 2 years have been very good mgmt out of the recession. The NDP would have been a disaster. All those new party members have approaching zero real life experience. Managing financial policy is hard and increasingly important. Jack is just a populist and and collects protest votes, the exact opposite of what you'd want in a governing party.

What a ridiculous reply

WTF? I didn't say anything about how the NDP would have done the past two years.

And minimal experience makes a party extemist? What on earth are you talking about?

[TheyCallMeBruce]

Whoa, the hottie won.

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by Delgar

Igantieff's concession speech makes him look like the leader he never was. Very good speech.

ya if he talked like this for the last few years I think the Liberals are still the opposition

[-TC-]

is he ever going to stop?

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by kevman

Yes.

The Liberals are a centrist party, not a left wing party.

For every new orange Liberal there is a Martin era blue Liberal. To suggest every Liberal voter would have chosen NDP in a 2 party system is simply wrong.

The Liberals were a centrist party. They tried to go left, and discovered Layton does it better than they do. You'll see Ignateff's replacement head back to the right. I wonder how much this result will hurt Bob Rae's chances of becoming leader? People flatly rejected the idea of a socialist Liberal party.