from another online conversation, I think part of the political approach difference may be because party discipline is much stronger here in countries with a Westminster / parliamentary system. I'm not in the states, so I can't say for sure, but there doesn't appear to be much control over the label "democrat" or "republican", so you end up with the whack jobs.
although who could forget Nova Scotia's own Roseanne Skoke? she who was so disapproving of "homosexualists".
and we've just elected Rob Ford here in Toronto, who rode into town on a wave of suburban anti-eliteism. his numbers seriously don't add up, but he's Mike Harris II come back to haunt us.
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Date: 2010-11-02 06:16 pm (UTC)although who could forget Nova Scotia's own Roseanne Skoke? she who was so disapproving of "homosexualists".
and we've just elected Rob Ford here in Toronto, who rode into town on a wave of suburban anti-eliteism. his numbers seriously don't add up, but he's Mike Harris II come back to haunt us.