Mr. Soul

Canada is the only country in this hemisphere who has recently elected a conservative government! What a bunch of idiots!

Honestly, think about it. Down here in the US, we were smart enough to vote for a centrist in Al Gore, so the conservatives had to steal the election. Same thing just happened in Mexico, they voted for a leftist so the right had to steal it. The easiest way to tell when an election has been stolen is when the official results do not match the exit pools. Exit pools are always accurate, if you're looking for who the people actually voted for.

In Central and South America, the only way right wing regimes hold up is through brutal military repression.

So what's the deal with Canada? They actually elected this religious, far right conservative Harper character!? I'll concede that I don't follow Canadian politics as closely as I should seeing as live so close to them, but come on. I know that the centrist party who was in charge for the past decade became insanely corrupt, but that's no excuse. They're not even a two party system like us! They have a center/left alternative called the NDP! Yet they went ahead and elected a guy who wants to govern based on the bible.

I'll tell you what you guys have in store. Forget your budget surpluses, expanding economy, universal health care, and decriminalized drugs. Get ready for massive debts, wars, restriction of your personal freedoms, and a "war on drugs". Not to mention, your health care system is going to be slowly chipped away at until it collapses, like the conservatives are trying to do with our social security.

So, Canadians, if that is your real name, answer for yourself! What am I missing here? I thought you were a compassionate, educated, modern people. You took in slaves and draft dodgers when we made stupid mistakes. Why are you the only country in the Americas who has legitimately elected a conservative federal government in the last decade? You've got some explaining to do.