The Armageddon Factor

[CHIMO]

The Federal Conservatives have spent a lot of time and energy distancing themselves from the old Reform Party ... especially the socially conservative policies that were associated with the Reform movement.

But according to Marci McDonald, the conservative Christian activism that organizes around issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage is still a powerful and growing force in Canada. In particular, she says the Christian Right has a lot of pull in Ottawa.

Marci McDonald is an award winning journalist. Her new book is called The Armageddon Factor: The Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canada. She was in Toronto.

http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2010/05/may-11-2010.html

And we think that the tea baggers are from a different country.

With one third of the popular vote they are in the process of taking over.

Perhaps Flaherty, with some Jesuit logic, will save the country. Otherwise it may be ...

[Bragi]

1. Evangelicals in FPTP system

Evangelicals matter a lot to Harper because without them he would be an opposition leader, not a PM with a minority government. And he is definitely delivering for them.

The people who aren't a priority for Harper are the 65 per cent of Canadians who don't vote for him and never will. They are the ones who don't have a place in Harper's new Canada.

I want my country back!