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To: Stephen O who wrote (89585)	9/14/2002 10:07:09 AM
From: E. Charters	Respond to of 116764

I think Chretien got elected by the Ontario political machine who did not think they could elect an english prime minister. What they get is a Trudeau liberal, who as long-gone observed is a fr. socialist. It seems when it comes to gov't power, there are damn few non socialist CDN politicos. The Ontario power boys of political populism thought that Chretien and liberalism would be good, because it would forestall Quebec seceding, and Chretien was electable. (He did not make really egregious comments like Day, and was not a religious Nazi like Manning, at least image-wise.) Manning was far more electable than Clark or Chretien, but he suffered from his party being a little too off the wall. You gotta be some smarmy to impress Canucks you are a statesman. Day was even more off the wall than his party but no worse than Clinton. At least Bill C. did not think the earth was 6,000 years old, just that the only years that mattered were since he was born. If we had a conservative that could pass a post grad liberal arts degree and was as good with sound bites as Bob Dole, only more serious, we would have it made. But he would lose the welfare vote of Atlantic Canada, and the fr. vote, since he spoke English. Still a majority is possible. With attack dogs like Landry in PQ, it is unlikely that the Quebecois will plump for separation this time around. The secession vote has become a rite of passage for the politically polarized Quebecer, that if it succeeds, will rival only the lemmings' travel ceremony in common sense approaches to mass political migration. EC<:-}