Hmm. The title might be misleading, sorry. *changes*
Basically, these are the Lil' versions of our party leaders (Well, save the Bloc Quebecois, although 4srs a separatist party desperate enough to try to appeal to Federalist voters is RIPE FOR LOLZ). We're having an election in a couple weeks, and this clip helpfully summarizes the plot of the campaign season so for.
I'm not sure it carries if you haven't been getting our headlines through September, but I'll give you the dramatis personae..
The kid in the sweater is the Conservative Party leader & current Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The one in the orange tie is Jack Layton of the New Democratic Party - for a US analogy think, uh, unusually left wing Democrats. The nerdy kid's Stephane Dion, Liberal Party - which is...
You know what, I am just going to link to MightyGodKing's A Primer on Canadian Politics (http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/03/19/a-primer-on-canadian-politics/), which has the benefit of being both already written and far more amusing on the subject than I could be!
Thanks ever so. I felt kind of ignorant after that, so I watched the kids in the hall head cruncher and felt better.
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"Step 1.) Canadians put Liberals in power. Step 2.) Liberals govern mostly competently for ten to fifteen years, and gradually grow corrupt with power. Step 3.) Canadians get tired of blatant Liberal corruption, and elect a Tory government. Step 4.) Tories stay in power for five to ten years, fuck up a lot, and remind everybody why they voted Liberal in the first place. Step 5.) Repeat."
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Basically, these are the Lil' versions of our party leaders (Well, save the Bloc Quebecois, although 4srs a separatist party desperate enough to try to appeal to Federalist voters is RIPE FOR LOLZ). We're having an election in a couple weeks, and this clip helpfully summarizes the plot of the campaign season so for.
I'm not sure it carries if you haven't been getting our headlines through September, but I'll give you the dramatis personae..
The kid in the sweater is the Conservative Party leader & current Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The one in the orange tie is Jack Layton of the New Democratic Party - for a US analogy think, uh, unusually left wing Democrats. The nerdy kid's Stephane Dion, Liberal Party - which is...
You know what, I am just going to link to MightyGodKing's A Primer on Canadian Politics (http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/03/19/a-primer-on-canadian-politics/), which has the benefit of being both already written and far more amusing on the subject than I could be!
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"Step 1.) Canadians put Liberals in power.
Step 2.) Liberals govern mostly competently for ten to fifteen years, and gradually grow corrupt with power.
Step 3.) Canadians get tired of blatant Liberal corruption, and elect a Tory government.
Step 4.) Tories stay in power for five to ten years, fuck up a lot, and remind everybody why they voted Liberal in the first place.
Step 5.) Repeat."
HAHAHAH
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...Also he has to wear orange all the time, I guess.
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And he looked so *proud* of his stamp collection.
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I knew it. Lil'Dion was trying to impress the valuable Katy demographic.Well, considering how you've lived only in countries which are not Canada, I am impressed you got even some bits!