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It's Wednesday October the 15 around 6:02AM and

Canada Votes 2008 Recap

It's post election hangover time in Vancouver. In the core of Vancouver (Vancouver Center) Liberal Hedy Fry continued her death lock grip on the riding, and conservative Lorne Mayencourt came in second. It was typical of Vancouver, to continue to send a do nothing, know nothing, someone like Fry back to Ottawa instead of someone who actually might matter in, you know, governing the country. Good news is that teflon Hedy's down to just 35% support, a nearly 10 point drop in support. One more point, Vancouver South charmingly chose, barely, to send Ujjal Dosanjh back to Ottawa. Are you serious?

Sure, it Steve Harper didn't get that majority he wanted but he did shake things up a bit. Maybe a couple of first downs. Bottom line is he move the game slightly and positively. He gutted Stephan Dion, which is good although maybe a little too good for the Liberals. And he probably gave himself a three year lease on office, as its unlikely anyone will be dumb enough to push for an election anytime remotely soon.

That said, Greater Vancouver support for Tory Blue was 39.13% (44% in BC) all round and that blue has started to creep back around the city gaining back North and West Vancouver, taking Richmond from the Liberals, amongst other gains. The Liberals turned into bronze medal winners, and for those keeping score all the Greens could muster was a lame duck 8.35%. You call yourself granola eaters people? Come on! In West Van, the sole Green MP, former Liberal Blair Wilson came in a distant third with only 14.4%. Then again, its clear that Canadians didn't really give a crap as they turned up in near record low turnouts. Not a good sign when the world faces a huge economic challenge that most of Canada chose to vote, "meh."

But here's the other thing that baffles me this morning. Why are there two, count 'em two, also ran lefty niche parties running in this country? The NDP and Greens are just killing each other. And don't get me wrong, its no secret that I think that concept in itself is pure awesome, but are voters just taking crazy pills? What makes you vote Green vs. NDP? Or either? Sure the NDP gained ground, sort of, but could they have won if in Vancouver Center it was either or? Yes. Combined they would have had more votes than the winner. What a total "fail".

And seriously, can you people just stop supporting the Green party. 2 independents won seats. And yet, not a single Green MP. Get over it. PS: Elizabeth May was in included in the debates and still got absolutely clobbered as she ran against Peter McKay. She should be the first leader to pack it in even before Dion. And here's dumbfounding evidence of Green insanity:

Adriane Carr says two losses provincially and now one federally under the Green party banner won't discourage her from continuing to run for politics."I'm here for the long run," Carr said of her defeat in Vancouver Centre to Liberal incumbent Hedy Fry. "A lot of people expressed to me they'd like to vote for me, like to vote green. I just hope that if it's not this election, it's the next."