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Re: I ROBOT

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From: Jon Flamming
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 08:28
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In <5e501ca3.0407242218.9ba8e2c@posting.google.com> Joel wrote:
> "Brian Bagnall" <bbagnall@mts.net> wrote in message news:<nYhMc.
> 516$tK5.3394@news1.mts.net>...
>> "Siobhan Medeiros" <sbm2004@telus.net> wrote in message
>> news:baa03ba8.0407222027.d7fd38c@posting.google.com...
>> >
>> > There's a big reason why Fox News isn't seen up here.  It's because 
>> > no one wants it except for a few brainwashed rightoids.
>> 
>> Idiot! By *definition*, 50% of the population is right of center and 
>> 50% is left of center.  - B
> 
> Brian, didn't you even gander at the election results from last month?
>  Here's a quick recap for you
> 
> This is popular vote:
> 
> Liberal 36.7%
> Conservative 29.6%
> Bloq 12.4%
> NDP 15.7%
> Other 5.6%
> 
> From cbc [http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/]
> 
> Now consider that the Bloq has a platform similar in polital standing
> as the liberals you're looking at 30% right and 70% at varying degrees
> of left.
> 
> 50/50 my ass


We could take that one step further and say that given that Harper has 
selected plenty of moderates for his shadow cabinet, while shutting out 
the hardliners in the CPC caucus, it's clear that no one would take 
FoxNews seriously even if it was broadcast in Canada. Besides, few in 
the US take FoxNews seriously anyway, judging to be little more that a 
rant channel that goes 24/7.




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