Now here is a damn fine reason to vote for the Conservatives cause they ain't no femmy, gay loving, limp wristed, bunch of liberals.
They are MEN, even their women. They are a man's party. They are tough rugged, strong, brave and free. And they are Men. No eye shadow here. Not a Metrosexual amongst them. Tough guys.
Nope these are Cowboys, arm wrestling, beer drinking, average Joe Canadian. And if you elect them, Canada will no longer be a whimp in the world. We will be the bar-room brawlers in North to Alaska. We will rightly take our place amongst the manly nations of the world. Those willing to step up to the plate and squash someone.
Well that's according to American columnist John O'Sullivan in yesterdays Chicago Sun Times. He says;
In 1945 Canada was the world's fourth-largest military power. Its soldiers, sailors and airmen had played a major part on D-Day and in finally defeating Nazi Germany. And its national image was that of a tough, self-reliant, stand-up guy whom you would like on your side in a barroom brawl.
From 1945 to the present the history and changing national image of Canada was brilliantly summed up in the Monty Python song that begins "I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK" and gradually develops into "I put on women's clothing and hang around in bars." In other words, not necessarily someone you would like on your side in a barroom brawl.
This new Canada was the child of the Pierre Trudeau and the Canadian Liberal party. As the government in power for most of the postwar period, they remade Canada in their own image: left-liberal in politics, tightly regulated in economics, welfarist in social policy, officially bilingual and multicultural as regards national identity, allied to the United Nations and the Third World in foreign policy, and therefore self-consciously different from (and sometimes even hostile to) the United States.Above all, Tory leader Harper is not a very good candidate for demonization. He is a cool cerebral politician who has fought a controlled campaign on a distinctly moderate conservative manifesto. Too moderate, some would say, since the Tory manifesto concentrates on cleaning up government after the Liberal scandals, offers only modest tax cuts, is willing to offer the United States a "free vote" in parliament on joining a missile defense system (rather than supporting it outright), and proposes raft after raft of government assistance programs rather than a smaller state
That said, the Tories do want to rebuild Canada's shrunken military, to retain the democratic safeguard of the "notwithstanding" clause, to strengthen border security against terrorists, to advance Canada's interests by better relations with the United States rather than by pointless insults, and in general to revive the more vigorous Canada that existed before Trudeau. Harper's moderation is a recognition that the Canadians have become accustomed to the easy chair of all-encompassing government since then. He is inviting the modern Canadian to take the first small steps back to self-reliance and national pride.
But is there still a lumberjack under all that mascara?
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