Hey there?

[the_future_modernes]

Does any one want to talk about the results of the Canadian elections?

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[the_future_modernes]

I know absolutely nothing about Canadian politics, frankly. Haven't had the time to research.

[trouble]

The Conservative attack ads were quite shocking to me when I finally got around to watching them. I don't have a t.v. but we were staying in a place that did and I saw the same ad about a dozen times about how Iggy - and they were attacks on Ignattief, not on the Liberal Party, which I think is important - was going to ruin the country. Apparently a common phrase was "He didn't come back for you."

Here's some of the ads, which might give you an idea of what sort of arguments were being used to attack him.

[the_future_modernes]

I think I have been spoiled by the viciousness in US elections because...those look tame to me!

[trouble]

Well, one of the reasons often given by political historians about why the Progressive Conservatives lost so terribly in 1993 was because of the attack ads against Chretien. This is a discussion about it. It's probably important to know that Chretien has Bell's Palsy.