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Overall, I'm not displeased with Harper's cabinet. I think that most of the picks are good ones, and that he was very shrewd in how he handed out portfolios. However, I dislike the Emerson pick (talked about elsewhere), and I strongly dislike the Fortier pick. Here's why... 1) It's frankly...

As many of you know, I'm not a big Paul Martin fan. I felt that he was an excellent Finance Minister, but a very poor Canadian Prime Minister. Most of all, I didn't care for him as a person at all. I found his talk of "values", and "unCanadian", to be highly divisive, and actually quite...

Far and away the most hatred I've seen on this board is from leftists to Stephen Harper. I read the words of the left, and it's like reading wild-eyed, sleep-deprived, diatribes screaming "The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!" or some such nonsense. I have seen nonsensical wild...

I recently found a site providing riding by riding poll numbers. Liberal "Star candidate" Belinda Stronach is currently well behind CPC candidate Lois Brown. I've always disliked crossing the floor. This is because, in my view, the candidate is only one part of three factors in any vote for...

One thing that really stands out for me in this election is how it breaks from most of the federal elections of the past decade... in media coverage. Sadly, I haven't been able to watch much CBC election coverage due to my work schedule, but CTV has become decidedly...

I didn't watch it in its entirety due to my working schedule, but I did catch some of it, and I did watch highlights on the news. The funniest portion of the debate was when Paul Martin accussed Jack Layton of being against "a woman's right to choose". LOL! :lol: Jack, probably not...

It actually amazes me that Liberal support hasn't eroded even more than it has. I understand that political ideology is important, and can certainly play a key role in how we vote. I understand that a left-leaning Canadian would want little to nothing to do with a Conservative government...