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September 13, 2008

Craig Ferguson on the U.S. election campaign

Posted by mason at 04:17 PM ET

Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson totally nailed it in Thursday night's monologue on the U.S. election campaign (run time: 8:45):

In it, Ferguson delivers a passionate criticism of media election coverage, voter apathy and the circus around Sarah Palin. I hope a lot of people see it, especially the part where he says he believes U.S. voters are smarting than the news people are giving them credit for. I know whenever I go down to the States I'm really pleased with how Americans are always friendly and willing to help out others. I think Americans are great. Too bad about their government, and the side of them that is shown to the world through pop culture and media. But I'm with Ferguson on this one -- I have faith that voters will do the right thing in November and come out in large numbers to support Obama.

(CROSS-POSTED TO propeller)

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Reader comments:

I like Americans too - in fact two of my grandparents were born in the United States, but came to Canada as teenagers. I have a lot of American friends. But I also think it's nice to have Canada too, and it seems to me that Obama and the Democrats represent a strong threat against Canada. Let's face it - the Americans are split almost exactly 50 / 50 which has resulted in "stolen" elections, and great hatred of the likes of Ralph Nader and Ross Perot for splitting the vote and enabling the other guys to get elected.

At the same time, there is a common undercurrent in the "Canadian" psyche that the Democrats are more our kind of people than are the Republicans. It's a pretty safe assumption that the Democrats have picked up on this assumption. What better way for them to lock away the next half dozen elections than by taking over Canada and giving us the vote, within an eight year period?

Posted by: kakola at September 14, 2008 01:51 PM

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