Who’s winning the YouTube election? Four hilarious videos lend some insight
Elections are crazy times for many reasons, but one of our favourite parts of any big election is the onslaught of thousands of amateur video producers armed with little more than a laptop and a YouTube account. How is Canada’s latest election measuring up on this score? Here are some examples we’ve found that don’t involve works copyrighted by Yoko Ono.
It took us a while to find it, but here’s a video that’s pro-Conservative—or at least a video that echoes all the fear-mongering about the coalition, which is basically the same thing.
Who doesn’t love babies? This particular video seems to be urging us to vote Libertarian or something, but seriously, who doesn’t love babies? Oh, wait. (Apolitical version here.)
Women breaking up with Stephen Harper, exploring in some detail why he’s failed to connect with them on a personal level. We’re shocked to discover that somehow the Conservative leader isn’t connecting with women voters. It’s as if they didn’t like The Beatles or something.
“Very ethnic” voters attack with this video that’s a parody of a) Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”; b) Conservative campaign strategy; or c) both. It should definitely be viewed after lunch, unless there’s a decent selection of ethnic food carts near your workplace. Wait–that’s crazy talk.
Women breaking up with Stephen Harper, exploring in some detail why he’s failed to connect with them on a personal level. We’re shocked to discover that somehow the Conservative leader isn’t connecting with women voters. It’s as if they didn’t like The Beatles or something.
“Very ethnic” voters attack with this video that’s a parody of a) Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”; b) Conservative campaign strategy; or c) both. It should definitely be viewed after lunch, unless there’s a decent selection of ethnic food carts near your workplace. Wait–that’s crazy talk.){kind=link}
The videos bring topics to mind to think about before going out to vote.
Don’t forget the other issues: the airport taxes that drive people to US border aiports, lack of gas refineries in Canada-only 2 and last year, 2 of 3 were down for repairs-plus those gas taxes, Canada Post’s slow delivery of mail and the HST on almost all postal services (GST-only please bring it back!), proroguing of Parliament twice, JOBS, the G20 Summit and Muskoka payouts for the G8 meeting, a federal finance minister who said there was no economic problem in November 2008 but turned around about 3 months later and acknowledged something different, PMO that deliberately is acting like a dictatorship not a democracy, etc. MPs represent the people and their votes should also represent the people, not the party.
Make election of Senators a reality, not a partisan exercise. I understand that Supreme Court of Canada Justice appointments are due soon–will they be above criticism or be about partisanship?