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Dave's avatar

I agree with BJ Dichter (trucker convoy leader; see Triggernometry interview on Youtube): Trudeau is typical of a raft of Canadian politicians (in all parties) who are just not good enough. The best and brightest give politics a wide berth. We’re not the only country to suffer from impoverished leadership options and we pay the price every day. Painful!

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Bill Emerson's avatar

Before we get too carried away about Trudeau's shortcomings, we should look in our own backyard. The male model, er, Governor of California Gavin Newsome is getting a lot of press about being the Democratic candidate for President should our current Leader of the Free World get lost leaving a stage and not be found. Newsome is basically Trudeau without the accent. Watching him preen about what a great job he has done as Chief Executive of the 6th largest economy in the world indicates one of two things is true: He is either the world's most clueless twit or the glibbest liar. His response to the reason gas is over $7/gallon in California is a classic: "Yeah, it's terrible. Those oil companies are really screwing us." Don't snicker too much about Trudeau. That level of leadership (?) may be coming soon to a White House near you.

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MDM 2.0's avatar

I paid $3.25 this morning for gas

I am grateful to those mean, greedy oil companies for screwing Californians more than me

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Dave's avatar

I’m a Canadian, so... I mean, I hear you on Newsome, but not my governor😉

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LonesomePolecat's avatar

The best and the brightest don't go into politics. The people who run for office have to crawl out from under a rock to run.

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Bill Cribben's avatar

Daniel Patrick Moynihan was one of the last.

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Dave's avatar

Do we need a conscription system?

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LonesomePolecat's avatar

Someone once said we would be better off if we chose names at random out of the NY phone book.

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Bill Cribben's avatar

William F. Buckley

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LonesomePolecat's avatar

That's Baston.

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LonesomePolecat's avatar

Isn't that how it is pronounced in Baston?

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LonesomePolecat's avatar

You're missing the point. Buckley was saying if our politicians were picked randomly from the general population we would be better off.

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Freddy Dans's avatar

It's a shame. I'm a foreigner but it seems to me that Trudeau's father was a far more capable statesman.

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ALToronto's avatar

Trudeau senior was also more evil. Justin's damage is due to his staff manipulating him; Pierre's damage was all his own.

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LonesomePolecat's avatar

Trudeau is just another socialist tyrant.

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