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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: The Fake Shemp on July 02, 2008, 09:48:05 PM

Title: America Jr., Canada, prefers American President to their own Prime Minister
Post by: The Fake Shemp on July 02, 2008, 09:48:05 PM
Canadians prefer Obama to their own PM: poll

OTTAWA (AFP) — Canadians hold US presidential hopeful Barack Obama in higher esteem than any of their own politicians, including their prime minister, a public opinion poll suggests.

Twenty-six percent of respondents to the survey for the Toronto Globe and Mail newspaper and CTV television identified Obama as the politician they "admire most".

In second place was conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper at 21 percent, followed by Obama's former rival for Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton, who easily bested all Canadian opposition leaders with 16 percent.

"It's one of those relatively rare moments when we look south of the border at their politics with something approaching envy," said pollster Peter Donolo of Strategic Counsel, which conducted the poll.

The Republican candidate for the White House, John McCain, was admired by just three percent of respondents to the poll that was published on Monday, the eve of Canada's national holiday.

Strategic Counsel questioned 1,000 respondents between June 12 and 28.
Title: Re: America Jr., Canada, prefers American President to their own Prime Minister
Post by: brawndolicious on July 02, 2008, 09:50:01 PM
well that's not hard to believe.
Title: Re: America Jr., Canada, prefers American President to their own Prime Minister
Post by: Boogie on July 02, 2008, 09:54:52 PM
Canadian politics is boring, news at 11.

Title: Re: America Jr., Canada, prefers American President to their own Prime Minister
Post by: The Fake Shemp on July 02, 2008, 10:00:15 PM
Sounds like bitterness from a Canadian mountie wishing he was a NATIONAL GUARDSMAN!

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Title: Re: America Jr., Canada, prefers American President to their own Prime Minister
Post by: Boogie on July 02, 2008, 10:01:38 PM
Quote from: Willco on July 02, 2008, 10:00:15 PM
Sounds like bitterness from a Canadian mountie wishing he was a NATIONAL GUARDSMAN!

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Like hell.

Mounties > all

But Obama >>>> Stephen Harper, Paul Martin, and Stephane Dion combined.

Chretien gets points for throttling protesters with his bare hands though.
Title: Re: America Jr., Canada, prefers American President to their own Prime Minister
Post by: Phoenix Dark on July 02, 2008, 10:18:57 PM
guess they don't know obama's middle name is hussein!
Title: Re: America Jr., Canada, prefers American President to their own Prime Minister
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on July 02, 2008, 10:23:27 PM
(http://www.thegreenhead.com/imgs/canada-americas-hat-tshirt-1.jpg)
Title: Re: America Jr., Canada, prefers American President to their own Prime Minister
Post by: muckhole on July 02, 2008, 11:55:24 PM
I'm pretty sure you could have stuck damn near anyone with a pinch of charisma in that poll and it would have turned out the same way.

"Canadians prefer Hulk Hogan over Prime Minister" would not be a shocking headline.
Title: Re: America Jr., Canada, prefers American President to their own Prime Minister
Post by: Mandark on July 03, 2008, 12:23:59 AM
The title implies that Willco has already called the current election in favor of Obama.

I like that.
Title: Re: America Jr., Canada, prefers American President to their own Prime Minister
Post by: Madrun Badrun on July 03, 2008, 12:27:24 AM
Who's king of Canada again?  They got rid of that mumbling french dude right?
Title: Re: America Jr., Canada, prefers American President to their own Prime Minister
Post by: Mondain on July 03, 2008, 11:41:17 AM
Harper is a bland, boring, unmemorable redneck with no character

quite telling that the press is still talking a lot more about that two months-old relationship scandal (the minister who went out with the woman who's had relationships with Hell's Angels members in the past) than whatever policies Harper and The torries have adopted
Title: Re: America Jr., Canada, prefers American President to their own Prime Minister
Post by: Boogie on July 03, 2008, 12:13:00 PM
Quote from: Father_Mike on July 03, 2008, 12:27:24 AM
Who's king of Canada again?  They got rid of that mumbling french dude right?

What the fuck do you mean, "they"?

Quote from: Mondain on July 03, 2008, 11:41:17 AM
Harper is a bland, boring, unmemorable redneck with no character


:lol @ Harper being a "redneck".  Have you seen how uncomfortable Harper looks in a cowboy hat?  Harper's no redneck, he's a policy wonk nerd.