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In reply to the discussion: Entire Canadian Parliament chant 4 more years after Obama address (VIDEO) [View all]BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)44. First post is my favorite.
Because that's what I would've said.
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Entire Canadian Parliament chant 4 more years after Obama address (VIDEO) [View all]
egbertowillies
Jun 2016
OP
It was an expression of friendship and admiration, not a call for a vote. Not embarrassing at all.
Hekate
Jun 2016
#7
No. Canadians know ten times as much about US as Americans know about Canada.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2016
#19
Those are not uninformed people. They know he can't run again. It's was tribute to him.
brush
Jun 2016
#29
No term limits, but also no fixed terms. Governments can fall at any time, so no Nixons either.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2016
#12
Our Founders had a choice of a Parliamentary system (Canada, Britain) and they chose Republic....
Hekate
Jun 2016
#20
... Gerrymandered House. Canadian districts are set by independent commissions
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2016
#22
IIRC, a woman approached Ben Franklin as he emerged from crucial Constitution negotiations...
Hekate
Jun 2016
#32
There's usually not much of a chance of the government falling to a vote of non-confidence unless
TrollBuster9090
Jun 2016
#24
Of course they know he can't run. The Canadian Parliament isn't full of Palins and Goemerts.
LuvLoogie
Jun 2016
#30
It has GOT to drive Republicans nuts to think of Obama as an "elder statesman"....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2016
#13