It's no great secret that the BushCo White House has been decidedly chilly towards Canada ever since GWB was elected in 2000. Then, out of the "blue", Harper receives near immediate congratulations upon winning an election. Hmmm - along with some fairly convincing evidence of connections between Harper's conservatives and various US "conservative" lobby organizations, one might just suspect that the crew in the White House is fairly salivating at the possibility of having an ideological "kindred spirit" that they can manipulate in Ottawa. (Something that they haven't had since Brian Mulroney retired) It is notable that even after the last election, Bush took "his time" before calling to congratulate Paul Martin - rather makes me wonder what would happen if we had the collective audacity to elect Jack Layton as our next Prime Minister?
Even CNN - which is fairly moderate as US news sources go, makes the following statement:
But while his ideology runs parallel to that of the Bush administration, Harper failed to win a majority and will be constrained by the need for an alliance, which could limit his ability to move Canada to the right.
One can only imagine the fantasies that are rippling through BushCo minds tonight as they size up their prospects for gaining control over Canada's water supplies, oil and other natural resources. (or for that matter, access to our youth for their next expedition into foreign lands)
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