Canadian federal election - October 19, 2015: Official Results & Analysis Thread

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I will be devastated if Peter Stoffer and Megan Leslie lose. Ugh. I feckin' hate Justin Trudeau.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I will be devastated if Peter Stoffer and Megan Leslie lose. Ugh. I feckin' hate Justin Trudeau.

Not going that far, but yeah Stoffer is my fave Dipper MP by far.

You'd rather a Liberal? There's basically no difference, except these NDP candidates are known quantities and decent people.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I knew it was coming, but it still sucks. I tried to convince myself it wouldn't but... ugh. Liberal majorityyyy...

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I knew it was coming, but it still sucks. I tried to convince myself it wouldn't but... ugh. Liberal majorityyyy...

Just curious, what beef do you have with the Liberals?

My beef is completely with Justin Trudeau. I buy into the shallow politics of personality, and he is a smarmy worm who rose to prominence on the merits of his last name alone. He has no worthwhile experience that prepares him to be the leader of a country, lacks discipline, and is doing the classic maneuver where he twists the Liberal Party into whatever it has to be to win. I would absolutely love to see the Liberal Party turn back to the centre and choose a leader who's more grounded in reality. That's a party I could, and probably would, vote for. But right now it's just a silly fantasy that's about to form government for the next four years.

Yes, I know I'm a hyperbolic douche, but if we had a ranked ballot, Liberal would be number three on mine. Why not elect real progressives rather than Liberal opportunists? We'd get a prime minister with some chops, too.

tl;dr... Torie is right; personality matters more here, at least to me.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Sadly, I think this is it for Tom Mulcair. They should've nominated Brian Topp instead, so he could take the bullet for this loss. Then they'd have Mulcair to come in and be a long-term leader for the rebuilding (assuming he wins Outremont). Sigh.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Gosh, this speech.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Did Trudeau let anyone, you know, actually read this speech before he delivered it? It's the same empty platitudes over and over and over. You'd think someone would have told him to streamline it a little.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Justin Trudeau is the Largest Ham I've listened to in a long time.

See now why I so completely despise him?