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The world rejoiced as tempest@gmail.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

What this says is that 29.6% voted in a fashion clearly "right of
centre," 15.7 voted in a fashion clearly "left of centre," and that
very nearly 50% voted in the "centre" positions.

Reality is that the Liberals are _not_ "left of centre," as far as
Canadians are concerned; they _are_ the centre.

You may consider them left of _your_ position, but since Canadians
keep electing Liberals, they can't be too far left of the Canadians
that vote...
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