25th August 2008, 10:38 PM
Quote:In Canadian politics, Alberta would be Canada's bible belt or the closets thing to it, Most of the population is very liberal and left leaning even a conservative goverment that came from "christian evangelical constituent's" could never hope to take or maintain power without conceding to the whims of the largely liberal country.
This may be a typing error on your part, but I'd just like to butt in here and let you know that Alberta is extremely conservative and closely eschews most of the values that those in the Bible Belt holds dear. Albertans love fetuses, Jesus, and pick-up trucks, and hate fags, taxes, and marijuana. If we had any black people, I'm sure we'd hate them too! But we seem to make do by being a little bit extra racist and discriminatory to the large Native population. The Progressive Conservative party has been in power in Alberta since 1971 and won 72 seats in the last election (as opposed to 9 seats by the Liberal party, and 2 seats by the socialist NDPs). Also, in the last Federal election, every single one of Alberta's 28 seats was won by a member of the Conservative Party. Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, is from Calgary. He's a horrible leader and given his stance in the popularity polls, people seem to support all the backward steps he's taking in the country's domestic and foreign policies. Fuck Stephen Harper. Sometimes I'm ashamed that I live in the same province as him, but not really.
I feel like I should contribute something to the topic at hand, though. Biden and Obama? McCain and whoever? What's the difference? John McCain might win this fucking thing. McCain on the moneyline right now is at +155. Incredible! I'm tempted to put a bunch of money on him to win because it's such a great value bet. And I better hop on this soon, because pretty soon he'll be on the minus side and I'll have missed out on a good chunk of change. Given how much the people hate Bush and the current state of the Republican Party and the country as a whole, the fact that he even has a shot is mesmerising. Basically, the people might elect an extension of George W. Bush, a man who is currently enjoying a 28% approval rating. HUH? I spent a few weeks in the States earlier this month and the political discussions I overheard and participiated in (which seemed to be the only types of discussions people were willing to have) were very much in favour of McCain and very much against Obama, mostly because he's a "nigger." It was outrageous, the vehemently racist and ignorant sentiments that every single American I encountered harboured. Unbelievable. And all these people were from the very progressive and tolerant state of Mississippi. Am I to assume that all Americans are like the ones I met? Throw in the towel America, because your country is BEAT!