How effed up ARE we when we can't appreciate Obama? Well according to Canadians....

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140. Poll taken on what Canadians really think about Harper, Obama and Putin...

What Canadians really think about Harper, Obama and Putin

"There are a host of differences between the leaders of Canada and Russia, but Stephen Harper and Vladimir Putin do have one thing in common: about 40 per cent of Canadians would describe both leaders as "secretive."

Polling firm Angus Reid Global surveyed more than 1,500 respondents and asked them to select up to six words from a predetermined list that they would use to describe various world leaders. Here are the most popular choices for each prime minister or president.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Canadians polled by Angus Reid were more likely to use negative words to describe Mr. Harper, with"secretive" the choice of 39 per cent, followed most frequently by"arrogant" (37 per cent),"dishonest" (31 per cent),"strategic" (26 per cent) and"boring" (26 per cent).

U.S. President Barack Obama

The most popular words picked by respondents to describe Mr. Obama were "influential" (46 per cent), "charismatic" (43 per cent), "compassionate" (33 per cent), "inspiring" (32 per cent), and "credible" (29 per cent).

"The love story with [Mr. Obama] continues," Shachi Kurl, vice-president of Angus Reid Global, said. "Canadians hold him in higher esteem than their own prime minister."

(And in higher esteem than Americans, who elected him -- the U.S. President frequently polls better in Canada than he does back home.)"

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/what-canadians-really-think-about-harper-obama-and-putin/article20076917/

The letter certainly iterated how Canadians feel as shown in this poll.

By your criteria, a Liberal in Texas would be hypocritical if they criticized Canada for electing Harper because Texans vote republican in greater numbers than they do Democratic, that's bizarre criteria, imo.