Canadian Election

...stinks.

Really stinks.

It seems pretty clear that the Conservatives have engineered this election in order to get a shot at a majority government.

They have spent millions this year on "attack ads" against the Liberal leader. Apparently, since Jan 31st, the Liberals have had 150 ads on tv; the NDP about 1000; and the Tories 6,200.

The attack ads are fear-based. In fact it looks like the whole Conservative campaign will be fear based. Sadly it seems like Canadians are into it - some dislike the dirtiness, but for most, stability is key. Better the devil you know (even if that devil is leading the country into a mess in a couple of years - huge deficit with a very complacent attitude).

I don't know how anyone could vote for a party that twists the truth so much. What ever happened to politicians being fine, clean, upstanding members of the community?

"Hate Ignatieff - because he's been a professor at Harvard" (broader world view is a negative these days?), or the like. Ugh.

Stinks.