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We're going to the polls!

#1 Post by ontellen » Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:26 pm

Yep. Prime Minister Stephen Harper called a federal election today. Guess when it is? October 14th, 2008. We don't mess around.
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#2 Post by a1mamacat » Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:05 am

ontellen wrote:Yep. Prime Minister Stephen Harper called a federal election today. Guess when it is? October 14th, 2008. We don't mess around.
What's it work out to? 5 weeks total?


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#3 Post by Partie L'apathie National » Mon Sep 08, 2008 1:27 am

EOM
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#4 Post by ulysses5019 » Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:24 am

Partie L'apathie National wrote:EOM

I think your avatar needs to be bilingual as well.
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#5 Post by peacock2121 » Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:04 am

Who are you electing?
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#6 Post by National Apathy Party » Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:48 am

Partie L'apathie National wrote:EOM

This is an outrage! I didn't approve an international chapter! I'd track you down and bust you a good one in the chops if I didn't have better things to do....
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#7 Post by minimetoo26 » Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:49 am

ulysses5019 wrote:
Partie L'apathie National wrote:EOM

I think your avatar needs to be bilingual as well.
Yeah, well--I understood the French in his avatar...
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#8 Post by a1mamacat » Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:23 am

peacock2121 wrote:Who are you electing?
We are electing the whole government, including the Prime Minister. Currently, we have a minority government, the Conservatives, lead by Stephen Harper, garnered the most party votes, so Harper is the Prime Minister. The other parties, The Bloc Quebecois, Liberals, New Democrats, and several independants, together have more seats than the Conservatives, so they have quite a bit of control.

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#9 Post by nitrah55 » Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:32 am

Six weeks.

They're going to go from calling elections to an election in six weeks.

Is there such a thing as poll-envy?
I am about 25% sure of this.
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#10 Post by Bob Juch » Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:29 am

ontellen wrote:Yep. Prime Minister Stephen Harper called a federal election today. Guess when it is? October 14th, 2008. We don't mess around.
Actually only the Governor General, Michaëlle Jean, can dissolve Parliament and set the date for new elections.
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#11 Post by Beebs52 » Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:53 am

Partie L'apathie National wrote:EOM
If I gave a shit (about the avatar, not that I don't give a shit about your elections-in fact I'm astounded and amazed and ditto Nitrah's poll envy question)I'd complain about the lack of an "e" on "National." But, with the Admiral being non compos corpus and all, I don't have any backup to help me with whatever it is I was not railing about.
Well, then
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#12 Post by Admiral Stockdale » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:02 am

Beebs52 wrote:
Partie L'apathie National wrote:EOM
If I gave a shit (about the avatar, not that I don't give a shit about your elections-in fact I'm astounded and amazed and ditto Nitrah's poll envy question)I'd complain about the lack of an "e" on "National." But, with the Admiral being non compos corpus and all, I don't have any backup to help me with whatever it is I was not railing about.

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#13 Post by Beebs52 » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:42 am

Admiral Stockdale wrote:
Beebs52 wrote:
Partie L'apathie National wrote:EOM
If I gave a shit (about the avatar, not that I don't give a shit about your elections-in fact I'm astounded and amazed and ditto Nitrah's poll envy question)I'd complain about the lack of an "e" on "National." But, with the Admiral being non compos corpus and all, I don't have any backup to help me with whatever it is I was not railing about.

That's the ticket! Let's blame Canada!

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#14 Post by gsabc » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:50 am

nitrah55 wrote:Six weeks.

They're going to go from calling elections to an election in six weeks.

Is there such a thing as poll-envy?
Let's just go to random dates for US elections, any time from 6 months to 6 years after the last one, and 6 weeks notice for each new one. THAT would force the politicians to produce instead of just bloviating, being uncertain when they'll have to justify their positions to the constituents.
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#15 Post by a1mamacat » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:54 am

Bob Juch wrote:
ontellen wrote:Yep. Prime Minister Stephen Harper called a federal election today. Guess when it is? October 14th, 2008. We don't mess around.
Actually only the Governor General, Michaëlle Jean, can dissolve Parliament and set the date for new elections.
OMG, Canada has been Juched! :shock:
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