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Alberta byelection today

Allan

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Byelection day in Alberta for Pierre Poilievre. Remember him? The man known as 'Trump lite', a tag he first embraced then unsuccessfully tried to shed as America became economically and territorially aggressive toward Canada.

The man who was able to snatch defeat from the hands of victory in our last federal election. The man who lost his own seat in Parliament and has been reduced to giving news conferences in the Parliament Hill parking lot.

He's expected to win in the safe Alberta Conservative riding. But he should have won in Carlton.

He's facing some headwinds today. Pierre is not considered Alberta enough for the riding. He tried to fit in by attending the Calgary Stampede riding a horse and wearing a cowboy hat (backwards).

One of his opponents is a separatist and popular local figure. Poilievre of course can't embrace sepratism so is having to perform an awkward fence sitting exercise.

There are 214 candidates running in the riding today, the largest in Canadian electoral history. Voters will receive a blank ballot and will write in their choice, a process that will make hand counting slower than usual. We may not know who won until tomorrow morning.


 
Lol, that kind of voting process would take 6 years in America with the liberal advanced counting methods, lol. Intelligent mathematicians who must add with their fingers, who keep counting them over and over till the result is to their liking.
 
redbeer said:
Lol, that kind of voting process would take 6 years in America with the liberal advanced counting methods, lol. Intelligent mathematicians who must add with their fingers, who keep counting them over and over till the result is to their liking.
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Are you saying that things are better in Canada?
 
redbeer said:
Lol, that kind of voting process would take 6 years in America with the liberal advanced counting methods, lol. Intelligent mathematicians who must add with their fingers, who keep counting them over and over till the result is to their liking.
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Your post makes no sense.
 
redbeer said:
Lol, that kind of voting process would take 6 years in America with the liberal advanced counting methods, lol. Intelligent mathematicians who must add with their fingers, who keep counting them over and over till the result is to their liking.
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That’s a dangling - Chad.
 
redbeer said:
Lol, that kind of voting process would take 6 years in America with the liberal advanced counting methods, lol. Intelligent mathematicians who must add with their fingers, who keep counting them over and over till the result is to their liking.
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Nothing to do with THIS election, but hey, some people have to rant about American elections because........................... someone once upon a time lost an election and some Righties are STILL upset about it 6 years later. Go figure.
 
SNOWFLAKE said:
Nothing to do with THIS election, but hey, some people have to rant about American elections because........................... someone once upon a time lost an election and some Righties are STILL upset about it 6 years later. Go figure.
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ROFL......the Biden administration proved they did not receive 81 million votes from the utter incompetence and corruption.
 
redbeer said:
ROFL......the Biden administration proved they did not receive 81 million votes from the utter incompetence and corruption.
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Still whining about something that happened 6 years ago and doing THAT whining on a thread about a Canadian election?
But do carry on, if nothing else, you are entertaining
 
redbeer said:
ROFL......the Biden administration proved they did not receive 81 million votes from the utter incompetence and corruption.
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Do you think the electorate in 2020 voted after the Biden administration had happened?
 
redbeer said:
ROFL......the Biden administration proved they did not receive 81 million votes from the utter incompetence and corruption.
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Using the descriptors of incompetence and corruption to legitimize the claim Biden’s election was rigged has got to be the quintessential irony of the month post.

Please; do keep on entertaining us all.
 
redbeer said:
ROFL......the Biden administration proved they did not receive 81 million votes from the utter incompetence and corruption.
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Since we're going off topic, check this out: This little bastard ate all the eucalyptus trees.
 
ANYWAY, BACK ON TOPIC:

@Allan how long before the numbers come in?
 
Allan said:
Polls close in two hours. Thirty minutes to an hour after that we should start to see something.
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I suppose, given that it's Alberta, that watching him get crushed like a bug is too much to ask for.
 
And the winner issssssss... Bruce Fanjoy! LOL

Bruce Fanjoy wins Battle River-Crowfoot by-election

CAMROSE, AB - In yet another shocking electoral upset, Conservative leader and former Member of Parliament Pierre Poilievre has somehow been defeated once again in today's by-election by Liberal MP Bruce Fanjoy,
www.thebeaverton.com
 

 
As to future strategy for Conservatives; this can be taken as a positive outcome for the Liberals. The ROC might interpret this as just more of the perceived Trump-lite adulation from the Alberta small “m” magas.
 
Brusan said:
As to future strategy for Conservatives; this can be taken as a positive outcome for the Liberals.
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The Liberal's best friend is Jenni Byrne. Although she has said she won't run the next Conservative federal campaign she still has Pierre's ear and every cringe thing he says can be traced back to her.

Pierre is in a tough spot. Carney hasn't made a deal with any other party to see his policies through parliament. If Poilievre decides to vote against any legislation he'll take the heat for another election. Looking at the current poll numbers that would be a very stupid thing to do as it would almost certainly result in a Liberal majority.

The bromance between Carney and Ford must be driving him mad

Pierre's go to strategy - railing against 'woke' didn't work out for him once Trudeau was out of the picture. Carney is even less of a target on that front as he's focused almost exclusively on the economy and his only real comments on inclusiveness are directed toward western provinces especially Alberta and Indigenous communities. Hard to attack that!
 
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