you knew it had to happen...

[skeptacally]

ken dryden flaps his gums about things south of the border:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061108.wcanpol1108/BNStory/Front

pity... he used to be my favourite hockey player as a child.

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[ex_mrflagg]

Ms. Black rebutted: “I can tell that you Donald Rumsfeld doesn't think it's very silly or funny.”

this is about the level of stupidity i expect from the NDP these days

[skeptacally]

actually, while i think the timing of the statement may not be appropriate -- i think the house of commons should simmer down on american issues until we see how the dems are going to run the show -- i agree with her in principle. afghanistan is a mistake.

[clairespawprint]

"actually, while i think the timing of the statement may not be appropriate -- i think the house of commons should simmer down on american issues until we see how the dems are going to run the show"

I agree with this as well; we should make no assumptions about the way this new government will act, or it's group perspectives and ideologies. The Dems in the US are still pretty far right, after all. And they still have to woo the voters.

[bokhorne]

Yeah, Dryden is an idiot, but that's what happens when you take a few hundred frozen pucks to the head over the years. :)

[skeptacally]

actually, i think ken is pretty darned smart. he is a probing and intelligent writer, and is capable of thinking deeply.

he's just prone to saying some stupid things.

which means he's intelligent, but not necessarily a good politician.

[allhatnocattle]

Are those metric inches? If not then they shouldn't count on this side of the border.

[ackerboy]

This coming from the party that historically has not been above ratcheting up the anti-US rhetoric to try and buy a few votes. It also took the Americans twelve years to get to this place while we've only had oh, I don't know, about nine months of Tories in power.

[warrioreowyn]

And because he doesn't like the Republicans.... he is no longer a good hockey player?

I don't think the Cons are very much like the Republicans - or at least, at worst they're Republicans-lite, or have to play like it as long as they're a minority. And the comparison to Afghanistan is off - whether or not you think it was a good idea, it is different from Iraq both in motivations and the means used to fight it. And Bush has been getting 70+ disapproval ratings over his handling of Iraq for the last while; in contrast, little over half (if that) of Canadians oppose the war in Afghanistan.

I heard on the CBC that the Dems are traditionally "more protectionist" that the Republicans, so it could mean they try to give us even more trouble on the NAFTA front.

[zeronobus]

I heard on the CBC that the Dems are traditionally "more protectionist" that the Republicans, so it could mean they try to give us even more trouble on the NAFTA front.

I was wondering when somebody was going to bring that up.

Time the love-in lasted: about 20 hours.

[allhatnocattle]

The left, no matter if they're American Dems or Canuck Grits are traditionally more protctionist. In promoting social freedoms the left generally wants to degrade relationships with other nations. At least that's how I read it. In contrast by promoting traditional views conservatives are willing to export this vision. And import ideas from afar.

[zeronobus]

I don't know how much I'd agree with everything past the first sentence of that comment, but yeah, the left is very often quite protectionist.. kinda like how, for some reason, social conservatism tends to go along with fiscal conservatism. Makes no sense to me, but that's how it is.

And that's why I'm surprised more people mentioning that heavier Democrat control could further hurt our trade relationship.