Better Obama than the CPC of the south

[renard_ruse]

With the "GOP" transforming into the Conservative Party of Canada southern branch, and our very own version of Stephen Harper as the nominee I can proudly say:

NO PHONY CONSERVATIVE STEPHEN HARPER CLONE IN AMERICA!

"Go OBAMA, 4 more years"!

 

[KingOrfeo]

Oh, c'mon, even Mitt has got to compare favorably with this creep.

Reasons to dislike him

* Started creating significant deficits before the banking crisis,[15][16] and sent Action Plan checks disproportionately to important party ridings[17]
* Eliminated the long form census which powers Statistics Canada,[18] considered one of the best of its kind today[19]
* Reduced GST rates everywhere else, a move criticized by almost every economist in the country[20]
* Appears to be a hardcore fan of supply-side theory[21]
* Reagan-smashed the Canadian Wheat Board while the majority of farmers said otherwise,[22] possibly putting them at risk to harmful agribusiness practices
* Has taken a weird stance on Israel, saying that he will "defend it whatever the cost"[23][24]
* Seems to have zero idea of what a logical fallacy means[25][26]

Reasons to hate him

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* Blindly supported the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, and has now begun to quietly emulate Dick Cheney[27]
* Is sleeping around with Blackwater[28]
* Attempted to reinstate a gay marriage ban immediately after taking office,[29] then shut down 12 out of 16 federal Status of Women offices[30]
* McCarthy-esque crackdowns on government dissenters[31][32] and liberal university professors[33][34]
* A dismal record on global warming,[35][36][37][38] muzzling climate scientists[39][40] and calling Kyoto "a socialist scheme to suck money out of wealth-producing nations."[41][42] He then formally withdrew Canada from its commitment to the Protocol, making it the first country of the 191 ratifying signatories to do so.[43]
* Enacted controls on the Ottawa press gallery,[44][45] thus effectively limiting (or even silencing) journalists from asking questions
* Prorogued Parliament twice in two years, the latter in fear of facing oppositional criticism over the Afghan detainee scandal[46]
* Wasted almost $1 billion in three days for security and other costs during the 2010 G20 Summit in Toronto.[47][48] The resulting protests were the largest mass arrests in Canadian history, making the the 1970 FLQ crisis under Pierre Trudeau look like Quebec never wanted to separate from Canada (just watch this). If you're not raising pitchforks yet, G20 military records were found to equate "embarrassment to the Canadian government" to terrorism,[49] which speaks for itself.
* Tried to steal ballot boxes, make stimulus plan signs permanent,[50] filled the government lobby with photos of just himself,[51] continues to have the Government of Canada listed as the "Harper Government" in official communications,[52] and used Fox News lookalike Sun News to concoct an act of propaganda worthy of Failblog mention.[53]
* Was influential in halting a UN resolution to declare water as a basic human right,[54] has pressed to maintain the freaking asbestos industry[55] reluctantly ended funding for the Chrysotile Institute in May 2012 after international condemnation[56] (plus a good mocking by Jon Stewart), drastically cut foreign aid to Africa,[57] and literally wants the poor to starve[58]
* Negligence over the $7 million Bev Oda scandal[59] and the "In and Out" scandal
* Let the Treasury Board President take $50 million from the G8 fund to spend on gazebos in his own constituency[60] and allowed the Defence Minister to use a search-and-rescue helicopter as a personal limo[61]
* In a terrifying hilarious move, fully copied one of Tim Pawlenty's 2012 presidential ads[62]
* Blatantly lied about the cost of 65 F-35 fighter jets (you know, the ones loved by John McCain[63]), expected to be tens of billions of dollars more than official projections[64][65] Oh, and they also have a nasty habit of losing communication in the High Arctic. Good thing Canada isn't trying to enforce its ownership of the North!
* Is in the process of imposing American "tough on crime" laws, while all evidence points to the current system working since the 70s.[66] And fibbing about the cost.[67] Shocker!
* Apparently stuffed the ballot box, using robocalls to send Liberal voters to the wrong voting locations, in the very election where Stevie won his majority government.[68][69]
* Used his majority to ram a 400-page "budget bill" through Parliament, damaging everything from the environment to social protections and opposed by almost every scientist and constitutional expert in the nation.[70][71] Once the Harper-instituted budget office realized it was probably illegal, they were told to fuck off.[72]
* Made John Lennon cry out in terror from beyond the grave

...and finally, after all of that:
* Being the first ever PM to be held in contempt of Parliament, something never before seen in the British Commonwealth.[73] Enjoy, eh.