Necrotic Obsession

Okay, if any of you here voted Conservative, I want you to tell me right now so I can smack you.

I can't believe the amount of support that smug bastard Harper has.

Although, at least they didn't win a majority. Just thinking about it makes me nauseous.

hey im in NL there were no conservatives elected here :-p and i certainly didnt do it because Danny wanted me (and everyone else) to!

I've noticed Newfoundland has been doing quite well and setting a nice precedent.

Being in Ottawa, I am kind of stuck in the middle of it all, seeing as the parliament buildings are down the street
Thankfully though, the party I voted for in my riding was re-elected. The NDP don't seem to do well in a lot of areas, but in Ottawa Centre they've been doing good the last few elections.

I don't know what the Libs were thinking with Dion. I mean, apparently when they chose him, he was doing well and had good ideas, but I think it's pretty obvious he lacks the charisma, composure and speaking abilities required to reel in a win for the Liberals. Watching him was just...awkward and uncomfortable. I almost wonder if they thought people would see him like Chretien, but Chretien had a lot of charisma and was quite the character. Despite his flaws, a lot of people liked him as PM as he stayed there for a damn long time, and it's not like he lost the election, he retired/stepped down.

I don't know who they will pick to replace Dion, but considering many already dislike Bob Rae from when he was NDP and Ontario Premier, he probably wouldn't be their best shot at toppling Harper's roll, but I think they might pick him anyway.

Did anyone watch the pre-election debate? That was....interesting.
Harper sat there, quiet and smug looking while the rest of the candidates verbally jumped on him. Sadly I think that helped him, because it made the other party leaders look too aggressive and angry, well, perhaps minus May, she kept herself fairly well composed.
But really, Harper looked like he'd been shot with a tranquilizer dart before the debate, and maintained a look on his face that seemed to say "Uh huh, keep talking, I know I've got this in the bag, whatever you people say is inconsequential."

i didnt watch the debate but i watched Mansbridge One on One with both Jack Leyton and Dion
I was actually surprised by Dions interview.. it was pretty good but obviously not enough to get even the same amount of seats as the last election.
I voted NDP in my riding and the candidate for the party won with a huge majority ... in most ridings here NDP has picked up in the vote but only 1 NDP candidate was elected.. the rest were Liberals

as for the province itself we are doing better, defiantly more jobs in the service sector with wages going up in most cases but nothing in my field of work and for the bf the wages havent gone up a whole lot in his field so we'll probably be moving out of here in the next yr or two anyway.
Oh and apparently we'll be a HAVE province soon... who would have thought we could do it .. unfortunately its all based on the oil so its really not sustainable but oh well im not really worried about have and have not like some people. nothing really changes for me one way or the other