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69. And yet she voted the same way as Sanders 93% of the time

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Canada votes progressive and we are likely to get Trump or Clinton. [View all] JRLeft Oct 2015 OP

Yep. RiverLover Oct 2015 #1

This country continues to circle the drain. We've been in a stool for 35 years and counting. JRLeft Oct 2015 #2

Canada voted centrist-left progressive. Hillary is centrist progressive at least, Hortensis Oct 2015 #3

Trudeau is to the left of Clinton, she's closer to Stephen Harper. JRLeft Oct 2015 #6

Liberal Party may be a bit farther left, but hard-core conservative Harper?! Hortensis Oct 2015 #10

She's a pro corporate politician like he is. JRLeft Oct 2015 #11

Balance, JR. Corporations are not bad, any more than salt is bad. Hortensis Oct 2015 #14

Stephen Harper and his Conservative party favored austerity and punitive tough on crime policies. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #20

Yup. But "austerity" is the anti-government conservatives word for Hortensis Oct 2015 #33

Third Way dems are pro austerity too. Even Obama. JRLeft Oct 2015 #34

Austerity advocates would not have passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 stevenleser Oct 2015 #47

I think you could pick a better example than that one Armstead Oct 2015 #84

Trudeau is to the left of Clinton because Canada is to the left of the United States... DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #36

This.nt sufrommich Oct 2015 #41

And that would make Muclair and the NDP, who were almost wiped out, Sanders. Good analogy. Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #53

National character is amorphous but that can not be discounted either. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #58

More's the pity Armstead Oct 2015 #85

60 years ago we had regulated capitalism and strong unions. People could buy a house, liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #67

Until we get back to FDR economics nothing will change. JRLeft Oct 2015 #70

exactly. liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #74

Canada is to the left of the US. RandySF Oct 2015 #28

BS artislife Oct 2015 #55

If enough people refuse to 'settle' then we could always get Bernie! peacebird Oct 2015 #4

Canadian voters tend to be more informed because their media they JRLeft Oct 2015 #8

CBC is their PBS. nt sufrommich Oct 2015 #18

PBS isn't what it used to be, neither is NPR. JRLeft Oct 2015 #35

I didn't say anything about the quality. I have relatives in Canada, sufrommich Oct 2015 #38

Yeah I know that. JRLeft Oct 2015 #42

And CBC actually is partly funded by advertising. Your claim was that sufrommich Oct 2015 #45

CBC actually informs Canada while our media lies. There's a difference. JRLeft Oct 2015 #48

CBC is quite popular with Canadians... Spazito Oct 2015 #61

And they should the CBC is awesome. JRLeft Oct 2015 #78

I agree, it is my go to media outlet n/t Spazito Oct 2015 #81

Peter Mansbridge provides better coverage of our issues than our media. JRLeft Oct 2015 #83

Peter Mansbridge is the epitome of a truly professional journalist... Spazito Oct 2015 #89

Agreed, I'm jealous of their media. We get lies and innuendo. JRLeft Oct 2015 #90

Oh Canada, my home and native land... PowerToThePeople Oct 2015 #5

Canada finally got rid of that piece of shit Stephen Harper JRLeft Oct 2015 #7

And we are going to fight to go progressive with Clinton or Sanders. NCTraveler Oct 2015 #9

Hillary is no progressive Liberal, and that's coming from her. She pleads guilty! RiverLover Oct 2015 #12

Clinton is not a progressive, you have to wake up to reality. JRLeft Oct 2015 #13

I never said she is to the left of Justin Trudeau... NCTraveler Oct 2015 #19

He voted against it because there was a provision in the bill that was anti worker JRLeft Oct 2015 #24

Tell that to the ten plus million people still not able to see the light in this country. NCTraveler Oct 2015 #27

In my view, in_cog_ni_to Oct 2015 #22

And yet she voted the same way as Sanders 93% of the time mythology Oct 2015 #69

And Trudeau supports the Keystone Pipeline. Which is why these sorts of comparisons are pointless. onenote Oct 2015 #72

Wrong. in_cog_ni_to Oct 2015 #15

Canada's voters voted for a center left party,by their definition. sufrommich Oct 2015 #16

Actually he ran against the TPP, and there is a chance Canada will pull out or force a modification. JRLeft Oct 2015 #21

He didn't run against the TPP,he said he would make sure sufrommich Oct 2015 #30

Oh please. Hillary was the 9th most liberal senator in congress. JaneyVee Oct 2015 #17

Please see Post #20... DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #23

Canada is pulling out of Syria and Iraq. JRLeft Oct 2015 #25

Canada lives under the American military umbrella. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #29

Well Prime Minister Trudeau disagrees with you and informed Obama he was pulling out of both. JRLeft Oct 2015 #32

Bernie supports keeping troops in Mid East, supports drones, and... JaneyVee Oct 2015 #40

Yes, he does and still more progressive than Hillary on foreign policy. JRLeft Oct 2015 #44

Clueless is not a progressive foreign policy position. JaneyVee Oct 2015 #50

I suppose you say that he should say... Armstead Oct 2015 #88

Hillary is financed by Wall Street so wake the fuck up. JRLeft Oct 2015 #26

Hillary broke fundraising record for 2 quarters with $75Million. JaneyVee Oct 2015 #39

And fuck us over with pro industry policies. I'm sure you will ignore those policies too. JRLeft Oct 2015 #46

"Pro-industry" = jobs. JaneyVee Oct 2015 #51

"pro-industry" = jobs....overseas. artislife Oct 2015 #56

Janeyvee doesn't view Wall Street as a problem, she views them as a friend. JRLeft Oct 2015 #60

Then who employs the millions of Americans here? JaneyVee Oct 2015 #62

Small businesses. artislife Oct 2015 #63

And Hillary has specifically stated... JaneyVee Oct 2015 #64

That just makes me laugh artislife Oct 2015 #65

Third Way dems view S-Corps as small businesses. JRLeft Oct 2015 #79

I prefer to break the "class" ceiling. eom Fawke Em Oct 2015 #71

+1 JRLeft Oct 2015 #80

the word " homeland " was a big tip off olddots Oct 2015 #31

Trudeau and the Liberals are center left, the NDP is normally considered the... Spazito Oct 2015 #37

Trudeau is in the center-left f a country that is to the left of the US.. RandySF Oct 2015 #43

You and I live in SF. Ed Lee is a piece shit. JRLeft Oct 2015 #49

Never heard of the NDP? Then you are forgiven for your erroneous conclusion about "progressives"! Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #52

Canada doesn't have the problems we have. HassleCat Oct 2015 #54

Especially not banking crisis. JRLeft Oct 2015 #57

Hillary would fit in well with the Liberal party of Canada, actually. Bernie would fit with the NDP, Metric System Oct 2015 #59

Those who feel the need to move to Canada better leave now and avoid oasis Oct 2015 #66

ah the yin-yang of North America azurnoir Oct 2015 #68

I feel I have an ace up my sleeve: a Canadian/American husband. Vinca Oct 2015 #73

They voted for their version of Third Way DemocraticWing Oct 2015 #75

my Canadian leftist friends are calling Trudeau the lesser evil m-lekktor Oct 2015 #76

Canada goes progressive and a good possibility America goes regressive. YabaDabaNoDinoNo Oct 2015 #77

We know Hillary is a regressive candidate. JRLeft Oct 2015 #82

didn't canada vote for a dynasty ? JI7 Oct 2015 #86

A progressive dynasty, to left of the Clintons JRLeft Oct 2015 #87