Well, at least Joel and I agree
"Turning Canada conservative means leading them that way."
Too bad so many other Canadian "conservative" bloggers believe that "turning Canada conservative" involves analysing Stephen Harper's farts by graphing them on a pie chart then carrying the one and...
Did you know that spelling bee champs don't usually know the meaning of the words they can spell? The words are just a series of ciphers arranged in a particular order, and the goal is to memorize as many as possible then regurgetate them on command.
I really don't see the difference between those semi-autistic kids and "horse race" obsessed political bloggers.
Do "conservative" bloggers really care that kids are learning about the wonders of homosexuality in school or that recycling is a joke or that sharia is creeping up on the country? Maybe. But they still shrug "Well, what people do behind closed doors" and "well, who am I to say, it's awful but..." and dutifully take out the Blue Bag.
Because what they REALLY care about is watching little numbers go up and down, hoping their team's number is bigger than the other team's on a certain time on a certain day.
When you cheer for the Brazilian soccer team, you aren't cheering for "Brazil the country, a real place with real trees and houses and people and problems", but for "a bunch of guys with the word 'BRAZIL' on their shirts."
And the Conservative Party is just that bunch of guys with BRAZIL on their shirts.
"Getting elected" means nothing unless we change the culture.
But I don't think you want to do that, do you? Not really.