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Nothing says "classy" like flying that flag.
Good Lπck Trudeau! (But also, don't let the door hit you on the way out...)
Saw a fπCK Trump flag in Canada the other day and had to do a double take. I don't like Trump, but I still don't like the flags.
Trudeau will be remembered for many things
including all the conservatives that wanted to fuck him.
Just finding out I'm a raging conservative. Oh god, I need to sit down... On his lap...
I loved that the original attack ad they had when he was first running for Prime Minister was that he was too young and handsome to be a leader.
He DID have nice hair.
I'll also always remember how the Liberals pulled a judo-reverse on the Conservatives by turning their main line of attack back against them. I knew from the moment I saw that ad with Trudeau on the escalator that the Liberals would win.
Oh, do you have a link? I'm not Canadian but that sounds interesting.
E: Nvm found it.
That's the one.
I don't know if my memory of that era comports with actual history, but this is how I remember it playing out:
It looked like the Conservative attack ads were going to win the election for them again, just as they had against Dion and Ignatieff. They were ahead and gaining in the polls, and the Liberals seemed to have no response. The slogan was, "Trudeau: he's just not ready."
Then the polls stabilized for a few days, and the Liberals released that ad. The polls started rapidly reversing, and the Liberals decisively swept into power. I don't think I even saw another, "he's not ready," attack ad from the Conservatives again after that.
EDIT: One can debate how much of an effect that ad had, and whether Trudeau's actions matched it's promises, but for me it will always stick out as a good bit of political strategy.
Nice hair, though
I guess that's why the cons dumped o toole he had no hair
In hindsight he was the best leader they had in a long time
But the Cons are kind of like the scorpion and the frog and I did not trust them one bit.
Most of the flags around here have already been swapped for "Fuck Trump".
Glad to see civil discourse making a come back.
I'm trusting he'll lead the country in the right direction through all this tariff nonsense.
By leaving the office
It really improved his popularity.