2011 Canadian Election Thread

[evman150]

Originally Posted by Azure

Maybe you should get out in the real world and start making some money too.

I have a full time job, have had since I graduated a year ago, but thanks for coming out.

[Flames in 07]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

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.

You HAVE to be kidding, at what point did they turn left? Ignateiff is far more right wing, at least financially than the last several liberal leaders.

[Fire]

Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher

Yep. You're either with us, or you're bat-wing crazy. That seems to be some of the sentiment in this thread.

Looks who's talking.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

....The Conservatives are a bunch of bible thumping gun toting red necks...

That's the same reason why I voted for them!

[Kipperriffic]

Originally Posted by killer_carlson

if I hear any of this garbage about the Conservatives being bible thumping gun toting red necks, the person who says it had better be ready to get an earful.

Quite frankly it was this arrogant opinion that dominated liberal campaign strategy - that only stupid people vote conservative - that led to their utter destruction. Sorry friends, the conservatives are educated business people - the kind that keep the economy moving.

Deal with it.

Yes. The conservatives of Canada are nothing like those idiots we see on Fox News from the republican party

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher

Yep. You're either with us, or you're bat-wing crazy. That seems to be some of the sentiment in this thread.

Oh please, you and a guy like 3 Justin 3 are two sides of the same annoying coin

[FlamesAddiction]

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.

Then the CPC would essentially become the PC Party again.

The PC Party was basically a right leaning centrist party before the far right separated and eventually absorbed the remaining conservatives that didn't defect to the Liberals.

If the CPC did start absorbing centrist liberals, it wouldn't be long before divisions tear them apart again.

[Flabbibulin]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

....The Conservatives are a bunch of bible thumping gun toting red necks...

my gay brother in-law voted conservative

[kevman]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

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.

And that shift appears to have helped the Conservatives. It looks like the threat of a surging NDP really helped the Conservatives. Not from vote splitting the left like one might assume but from chasing the right leaning Liberals to the Conservatives... (ie, Toronto)

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Flabbibulin

my gay brother in-law voted conservative

[Azure]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

It's not like the NDP hasn't promised Quebec crap in the past. The NDP was just irrelevant there. I'm shocked they took Liberal seats. Seats that have been Liberal since the 40s!

Well, Layton played it smart. Quebec is more socialist than the rest of Canada, so if you promise them free crap and get them away from the separatist morons, they'll vote for you.

But big wins in Quebec mean nothing. Layton will now be exposed for the half-assed leader he is policy wise, and his inept party will fall apart as the Liberals move back to the Martin era where they were the strongest.

[Flames in 07]

Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher

Yep. You're either with us, or you're bat-wing crazy. That seems to be some of the sentiment in this thread.

Pot, Kettle. Kettle, Pot.

[GirlySports]

Toronto got scared of the NDP and voted CPC

19 seats in the GTA went from Liberal to Conservatives

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Originally Posted by Azure

You also think Conservatives are more selfish than socialists despite being proven otherwise.

lol. You're funny

[Cecil Terwilliger]

abc

[Kipperriffic]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

What a fag.


That's a joke of course.

Not sure if serious

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Kipperriffic

Not sure if serious

That's why I instantly thought better of it and edited.

I'm joking. Probably too borderline so I got rid of it.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by killer_carlson

if I hear any of this garbage about the Conservatives being bible thumping gun toting red necks, the person who says it had better be ready to get an earful.

Quite frankly it was this arrogant opinion that dominated liberal campaign strategy - that only stupid people vote conservative - that led to their utter destruction. Sorry friends, the conservatives are educated business people - the kind that keep the economy moving.

Deal with it.

Sad part is that they don't even see it. The Canadian people obviously saw that the economy was the most important issue, and they ran with it. All the arrogant fear-mongering about Harper and his evil agenda resulted in a big loss for the Liberals.

But, I'm glad, because now the idiots can all leave the party and the fiscal conservatives can take over again. I'm looking forward to voting Liberal next time around.

[Rubicant]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Toronto got scared of the NDP and voted CPC

19 seats in the GTA went from Liberal to Conservatives

We remember.

[CaptainCrunch]

riginally Posted by Weiser Wonder This is a pretty significant far left movement. This could be a short term victory for the Conservative party.

The Conservative's have increased their seats from 99 to 168 seats since the 2004 election including a roughly 25 seat increase in this election. Yes the NDP gained massive seats from the Liberal's and Bloc, but its not like they bought down the conservatives in terms of seat count or popular vote.

As much as this was an incredible result for the Liberals, it has to be looked at as am amazing result for the boooga booga scary secret agenda Conservatives.