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Canada group: I've been laughing and giggling like a lunatic! (Original Post) delrem May 2015 OP
A good tee vee show? A comedy album? shenmue May 2015 #1
A union/labor/dem-socialist party won in the most conservative province in Canada. delrem May 2015 #8
+ 100 applegrove May 2015 #10
My guess..... Grey May 2015 #2
Happy day! arikara May 2015 #3
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LiberalLovinLug May 2015 #4
Unbelievable healthnut7 May 2015 #5
HEEHAW! hahahaa! delrem May 2015 #6
congratulations azurnoir May 2015 #7
Let's hop this carries through Saviolo May 2015 #9
I've been in a great mood all day too. Joe Shlabotnik May 2015 #11

delrem

(9,688 posts)
8. A union/labor/dem-socialist party won in the most conservative province in Canada.
Wed May 6, 2015, 03:15 AM
May 2015

They'd have put you in a straight jacket and locked you away until they could figure out how to diagnose you if you'd even suggested such a thing just a year or so ago.

It's just SO GOOD!

(eta: and Canada is going into a Fed election in Oct '15, just a few months from now, and .... I better not jinx it but it's looking good!)

Grey

(1,581 posts)
2. My guess.....
Wed May 6, 2015, 12:27 AM
May 2015

Global predicting an NDP majority government in Alberta. Oh, now CTV too.
CBC says majority….. gotta love it.

A sea change in Alberta, and hopefully a good omen for October in Canada. I was a afraid that the NDP would win a minority and get stifled and obstructed into ineffective governance.


WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love it... Harper must be crying.

healthnut7

(249 posts)
5. Unbelievable
Wed May 6, 2015, 02:54 AM
May 2015

Angry population with the party in control for 44 years. Can you imagine 44 years? Conservative party much like the republicans. Believe in the same things. Tax the middle class, poor but nothing for the Corporations. They don't to like to say rich so they use the big word instead. The governing party had 70 of 87 seats. Ended up with 10 and in third place.

The NDP went from 5 seats to 53!!! How's that for a butt whopping!!! ha, ha, ha. A woman leader and 27 women out of the 53.
Party time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I saw this tweet and find it funny.

For you Americans confused about Alberta election

“Democrats won Texas’ state senate and Elizabeth Warren is now Governor

delrem

(9,688 posts)
6. HEEHAW! hahahaa!
Wed May 6, 2015, 03:00 AM
May 2015

oooooo joy, it's so gooood!

hehehehehehehehe.....heheh...
yah!

oooh, and in Oct. we get to collectively boot Harper!!!
oh joy joy joy!

(oh yah, and it'd be a rare NDPer indeed who isn't gung ho for Bernie! Oh, that too is looking SO GOOD!!)

Saviolo

(3,280 posts)
9. Let's hop this carries through
Wed May 6, 2015, 10:42 AM
May 2015

To the federal election. Time for the Harper Conservatives to receive their walking papers, and be escorted out the door!

Joe Shlabotnik

(5,604 posts)
11. I've been in a great mood all day too.
Wed May 6, 2015, 10:35 PM
May 2015

And I realized why; its not just that the NDP pulled off something epic, and we have an NDP govt. in Alberta, but also that victories are so rare for people like me who are very liberal on social issues, libertarian on Charter of Rights issues, and socialist on economic issues. We are so used to being let down in elections. I hope this is a watershed moment for Canada.

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