The debate

I found myself watching the debates last night with a buddy of mine, and while we shared a few jokes, I was enthralled by it.

Things that I noted last night:

1. No one gave a flying F--- about the questions asked. While Mr. Harper answered the questions posed to him, the other clowns would give a one-liner and then immediately attack Harper and a plethora of issues, half the time not even pertaining to the question posed by the viewer.

2. Jack Layton is retarded. This guy knows he won't win, so he does everything he can possibly do to promote his communist ways in front of 30 million Canadians that couldn't care less about his stupid and unrealistic ideas. He did give me a good laugh when he questioned Dion's ability to lead the Liberal Party, but nonetheless, hes a commie. Instead of giving $500 dollars in tax cuts a year to Families to compensate for their children's various art programs, a plan proposed by the Tories, he wants to give $400 to families a year to keep them off the street. ??? Wouldn't the $500 be more beneficial to the cause? Not only is it $100 more, but it gives them incentive to send their kids to piano or dance lessons. Well thought out Jack!

3. Stephane Dion has less knowledge then the common chimp. Seriously, this guy can't barely speak the English language, yet he wants us to trust him with leadership of all Canadian people when he cannot put a coherent sentence together. Dion's Carbon tax is a fraud, no way in hell does that work in the Canadian Economy. He can make all the comparisions he wants to European countries. but difference in economy and currency and balance make those claims irrelevant. Dion's Idea of a "Fun Canada" is childish, his so-called appreciation of the Arts was less the believeable.

4. Gilles Duceppe, while irrelevant to anyone outside Quebec, is always good for a laugh. I laughed out loud at his poke at all the leaders when he said "I know I won't be prime minister and three of you won't be prime minister, neither," he said, gesturing at his colleagues around the table. "Some of you know it, but you won't say it." Pointing at Layton, Dion and May. Everything Duceppe days starts and ends with the noun Quebec. While he will never be a Prime Minister, he will always be good to stir the pot and then sit their and smirk. He has nothing to lose.

5. Elizebeth May. Completely Irrelevant. She got way to much time for having one seat in the house. Her campaign managers must have told her before she went in to say things that Canadians want to hear. So she sat there, completely lied to everyone in Canada, took what all the other parties wanted and molded them together and then said them out loud. She would pipe up with useless quips, even at the end of the debate when she was defending this debate over the Palin vs. Bidden. She gets a 1/10 for trying, and a 0/10 for material. None of it mattered.

6. Stephen Harper. Dude looked good after the apparent steam rolling he got. He knew what questions where coming his way, and responded to the criticisms by the other Parlimentarians rather well from what I saw. He dodged a few Bullets I'm sure Canadians would have rather had answered, but he remained steadfast in his ways. He outlined what the country has become in his short tenure as PM. He defended and even hit out at some of the things levied against him. He didnt have to do much, he wans't going to win or lose the election last night, so he remained calm for the most part and gave pre-planned answers in a safe and monotone way. I would have liked to see a platform from Harper, but does he need one right now? Many have pegged him with a huge margin victory from last night.

If anything last night, the Tories won on a couple fronts. There are two types of voters in Canada at this point. The first is the ones that know it will be a Torie Government. This will affect their voting, as some may not even do so. This hinders the Liberals and the NDP who would like to see those votes come their way. In turn this helps the Tories because they aren't losing any votes to the Liberals or the NDP. Pretty Simple, no?

The second train of thought is that the race is close. Close is good for all parties, but it helps the Tories out again, as long as these swing voters agree that the Liberal party is in shambles, this swing vote will go to a more compotent party, one that wont be calling another election or changing leaders in the next year. Moreso, if votes go the NDP way, then the Liberals will lose those votes. This is a two horse race, and most Liberals second vote would go to the NDP if not satisfied with their own party. This just helps the Majority that the Tories are yearning for.

I rather enjoyed the debate, i havent seen the numbers yet as far as viewers go, but i would hope that Canadians took some interest in what they complain about.