Tuesday, January 18, 2005

They Dislike Me! They Really Dislike Me!

In other news, Ralph Klein has cracked the "top 10 most disliked Canadians". Courtesy of the Edmonton Journal, the winners from the Maclean's survey are:

1. Paul Martin
2. Jean Chretien
3. Brian Mulroney
4. Don Cherry
5. Stephen Harper
6. Jean Charest
7. Ralph Klein
8. Bernard Landry
9. Gordon Campbell
10. Dalton McGuinty

Personally, I'm just surprised Ben Mulroney didn't make the list. And you can bet that if the list was done now, Danny Williams would certainly crack the top 3.

posted by calgarygrit at 5:51 PM

4 Comments:

  • Did you notice that the only major party leader that didn't make the list is Jack Layton. The time's coming for a NDP government. That aside, I think my list would be a little different than the one from the Edmonton Journal.

    10. Celine Dion (there are such better singers than her in Canada, but somehow the outside world only knows about her)
    9. Kalan Porter & Ryan Malcolm (see 5)
    8. Gary Mar
    7. Belinda Stronach
    6. Lucien Bouchard
    5. Ben Mulroney (Canadian Idol is just embarassing)
    4. Don Cherry
    3. Diane Ablonczy
    2. Stockwell Day
    1. Ralph Klein

    By Blogger Socialist Swine, at 2:37 AM  

  • Celin Dion, of course! I'm shocked she didn't make the list. People must really have politics on their mind.

    It's interesting that Layton didn't make it, but I guess most people just see the NDP as harmless. Bernard Landry is the only provincial opposition leader who made the list...I'm surprised Bouchard or Parizeau didn't out poll him.

    By Blogger calgarygrit, at 1:09 PM  

  • Actually I was fairly surprised that Celine Dion didn't make it either given the whole Air Canada thing.

    As for Layton, I don't think it's because the NDP is considered harmless. I think that most people agree with the principles espoused by them (well maybe not people here in Alberta, I'm surprised by how worked up people get about gay marriage). I think the reason why people don't vote NDP is that they think that the NDP's views and positions are impractical.

    I actually hadn't thought of Parizeau either, he is a doofus. Who blames the "ethnic vote and the rich" for things not going their way.

    I'm surprised that Stephen Harper is so hated though. I think he's wrong about many things, and I think he's a bit slower than the other party leaders, but I don't think he's a bad guy. Just not very savvy, and a little bit more country bumpkin (that isn't a bad thing either, I grew up in rural Alberta) than I would like a PM to be.

    By Blogger Socialist Swine, at 12:37 AM  

  • Jack Layton never made the top 10 list because he is irrelvant, and soon, so will the federal NDP.

    By Blogger John Murney, at 3:05 PM  

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