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goo  ·  3396 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What did you think of the debate today?

I'm not sure! I was hesitant with all the candidates to begin with, but I was pretty impressed by Trudeau and May. Say what you will about Justin, but dude has some solid debate skills. May is a tad crazy and I don't really see her running a country, but she knows her stuff. Mulcair picked his words carefully and it made him seem quiet at times, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Harper, of course, just continuously said everyone else was wrong ("Let me be clear on the facts of the matter..." Tories and their repetition...). Basically it was just a "Harper sucks" party, and it was great.

I'm super disappointed this will likely be one of the only debates with the four major candidates this time around. I don't see how Harper refusing to participate helps his campaign much at all come October.

... Oh, are we talking about American politics? Damn it. Every time.





user-inactivated  ·  3396 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Phew. I knew there were a lot of candidates but I didn't think there were so many that I didn't know any of their names.

hogwild  ·  3396 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Is this that Canadian debate that CSPAN played while everyone's drinking games were focused on Fox?

elizabeth  ·  3396 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, pretty torn between Trudeau and Mulcair at the moment, I'll have to look into it... Justin has a better chance at winning but the NDP's platform is more appealing to me. I'll have to make up my mind!