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December 15, 2005

Fill In The Blank Conservatives

In a comments thread below, I wrote in response to some interesting polling numbers regarding the solidity of the Liberals' base; "Remember what I said a couple of weeks ago? The one word that makes Liberals' blood run cold is this - "motivation". Please, oh God Of January Elections, please let it snow like a bastard."

Reader "JulieM" was inspired with a marvelous idea;

Okay, this is my first post here but that reminds me of the 2000 elections (I'm an American). I'm one of those "broken glass" Republicans who would crawl through broken glass (the pundits said) to vote against the Clintons.

Maybe someone can come up with some witty Canadian equivalent, perhaps "broken snow plow Conservatives," or "dead battery Conservatives," or, "Where in the #*@( are my mitts Conservatives."


It's a contest of sorts. I'll pick a "top three" in a couple of days.

Posted by Kate at December 15, 2005 9:13 AM
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I'd crawl through a cavern of razor sharp icesicles chased by a 1000 rabid skunks to rid myself of PMPM.

Posted by: John Dingelstad at December 15, 2005 9:28 AM

I'm a "40 below" Canadian who would crawl through an arctic blizzard to vote against Liberal entitlement, corruption and privledge.

Posted by: Fred at December 15, 2005 9:28 AM

How about "knee-deep conservatives"?

I'd wade through knee-deep snow to get Stephen Harper elected.

Posted by: Bill at December 15, 2005 9:29 AM

I'm a "Methane Snow" Canadian who would wade, stripped to the waist, through rivers of liquid oxygen to rid Canada of Paul Martin and his odious horde.

Posted by: Garth Wood at December 15, 2005 9:31 AM

"I'd rip my tongue off a frozen steel stopsign at 40 below to stop the Libranos from donating our hard earned tax dollars to third world kleptocracies while Canadian employees working overseas are tortured in Saudi prisons."

Or something like that.

Posted by: Plato's Stepchild at December 15, 2005 9:31 AM

Maybe this is better "I'd drag my ass over salt covered road with my tongue stuck to a frozen piece of metal to rid this country of PMPM" a little graphic I know.

Posted by: JohnDingelstad at December 15, 2005 9:34 AM

A molten lava conservative

Posted by: john g at December 15, 2005 9:34 AM

I'd push myself face-first along ten klicks of salted gravel road to plant my boot firmly up PM's bum.

Posted by: Garth Wood at December 15, 2005 9:36 AM

I'm so eager to vote against the Liberals that I'd actually go out and vote.

"An actually-voting Conservative".

Posted by: Stephen J. at December 15, 2005 9:46 AM

** "Damn the Tim's"! Where's the polling booth? **

Posted by: Alan at December 15, 2005 9:50 AM

An "uphill both ways" Conservative moniker would appeal to the older CPC base. I'm thirty-five years old for heaven's sake, and my grandparents still regale me with stories of travelling through thick snow to school and work, and they're always trudging "uphill both ways."

Posted by: Damian at December 15, 2005 9:53 AM

Survivor Conservative. I'll survive any situation to get to the polls.

Posted by: blueright at December 15, 2005 9:55 AM

Ooooooooooh.  I really like Alan's (above)!

Posted by: Garth Wood at December 15, 2005 10:04 AM

1 year winter conservatives.

You'll take another year of winter to another year of Martin any day.

/hard to come up with slogans for the "other" team.

Posted by: Ted L. Nancy at December 15, 2005 10:06 AM

A Postal Conservative.

Angry enough to trudge through any sort of weather to deliver my vote.

Posted by: Cal at December 15, 2005 10:18 AM

Put your touque on and go vote so I think perhaps the

"Touquing Torries"

Duke

Posted by: Duke at December 15, 2005 10:25 AM

I would gladly volunteer to be rolled naked in front of a huge speeding ministry of tranportation snowplow in minus 40 salted slush through all the areas of Ontario were bears rule since cancelling the spring bear hunt unarmed whistling zippidy do dah through my ass to cast my conservative vote.

Posted by: richfisher at December 15, 2005 10:26 AM

Willing to screw Scott Reid (literally and figuratively) to get Martin elected. Okay, maybe I sound more like a Liberal....

Posted by: Iron Lady at December 15, 2005 10:32 AM

I'd sleep with Hillary Clinton to see the Tories win (The "Ultimate Sacrifice").

Posted by: Dante at December 15, 2005 10:32 AM

God help me, I've lost it. That should have read ...To get Harper - HARPER - elected."

Posted by: Iron Lady at December 15, 2005 10:34 AM

I will vote Conservative in the January 2006 Federal election even if the Mayor declares a "Snow Removal Emergency" and the Canadian military has yet to show up.

(I would guess Toronto specific)

Posted by: Andrew Sefton at December 15, 2005 10:38 AM

"40 below Conservative" just has to be one of the finalists. It's so Canadian it even comes with Cancon theme songs: Randy Bachman's "Portage and Main - 40 below" and the infamous Rodeo Song (language warning).

Well it's 40 below and I don't give a ****
Got a heater in my truck and I'm off to the rodeo

Just substitute "polling booth" for rodeo.

Posted by: TimR at December 15, 2005 10:41 AM


I'm a blizzard ...

Posted by: Wimpy Canadian at December 15, 2005 10:42 AM

I'm a vote the FROZEN HEARTED BASTARDS out Conservative!

Posted by: capt_bob at December 15, 2005 10:46 AM

K.I.S.S.

"I'm a Blizzard Conservative..."

Something Duffy will quote, and chuckle about.


Posted by: Mad Mike at December 15, 2005 10:48 AM

TimR

"40 below Conservative" is great, too. Always better with a jingle!

Posted by: Mad Mike at December 15, 2005 10:51 AM


I'm a "200 Mile" Conservative who would walk 200 miles naked and bare-footed in 12 feet of snow up the side of a mountian while carying 6 disabled conservatives so we can ALL vote to boot out the Libranos.

Posted by: Warwick at December 15, 2005 10:52 AM

Make this one of those memorable moments to tell your grandkids:
"Why, I remember the winter of 2006 when we had 30 cm of snow and the snowplows couldn't get down the street, and I was waiting for the doors to open at the polling station."

Posted by: gellen at December 15, 2005 10:53 AM

I'm a taxed into muck luking them out canadian.


Posted by: DrWright at December 15, 2005 10:55 AM

Even if the only polling booth was in Ottawa, I'd crawl on my hands and knees across Canada over Jean Chretien monogrammed golf balls with a blistering Alberta Clipper at my back, southern Saskatchewan hailstones on my head and highway 401 smog down my throat.....wearing nothing but a Speedo!

Posted by: Eskimo at December 15, 2005 10:56 AM

great names...

but we'd better watch out for the "TIM HORTONS LIBERALS".....

...they love PMPM so much that they'll willing forsake their Chai Lattes for regular double-doubles if the Tim hortons is closer to the polling station.

Posted by: GM at December 15, 2005 10:58 AM

How about "crawl through mountains of yellow snow Conservatives" ? :)

Posted by: Russ at December 15, 2005 11:03 AM

"Crawl a mile uphill through the snow while barefoot" Conservatives?

"Crawl through a mile of beaver shavings" Conservatives?

"Crawl through a mile of moose dung" Conservatives?

Posted by: kennethk at December 15, 2005 11:08 AM

"More than willing to get up off the couch to kick Paul Martin's ass" Conservatives.

By the way, it's "Portage & Main, *50* below."

Posted by: Mississauga Matt at December 15, 2005 11:09 AM

How about...
I'm a "drier than a popcorn fart" Conservative?

Posted by: tss at December 15, 2005 11:10 AM

Gotta go with the "40 below Conservative". Just to hear Puffy say 40 below instead of minus 40 Celsius.

Posted by: rebarbarian at December 15, 2005 11:14 AM

Actually, you can vote now.
Check with your local returning office. Or your MP's office for details.
The weather scare was a Liberal hoax.
You will surely have one nice day to go and vote between now and Jan 23.
gordon m

Posted by: Gordon McMann at December 15, 2005 11:22 AM

A brown envelope conservative.

Would climb over a mountain of brown envelopes in a blizzard to get to the poll.

Posted by: Shaken at December 15, 2005 11:23 AM

A beer and popcorn conservative.

Posted by: gimbol at December 15, 2005 11:58 AM

"Ice Storm" Conservative.
I'd travel through frozen and broken ice to vote Conservative.

Posted by: Snowbunnie at December 15, 2005 12:00 PM


I'd force feed Scott Brisson all of Svend Robinsons bi-polar medication during question period. Just to get the Libranos out.

Posted by: Bulwinkle at December 15, 2005 12:09 PM

Iraqi Conservative

Would risk life and limb to dip a finger in the blue ink.

Posted by: Cal at December 15, 2005 12:26 PM

Oops, I forgot my zinger. (And my laptop crashed after I looked at Darwin's picture.)
"I'm a snowshoeing true-blue, nose, finger and toes, Conservative."

Posted by: gellen at December 15, 2005 12:30 PM

Some very good ones. I would vote for:

"40 Below"

"Knee-deep" (also might imply we've been wading knee-deep through Liberal bullshit)

"Beer and Popcorn"

Posted by: Doug at December 15, 2005 12:37 PM

How about "surgeon's cue" conservative for those of us who would break a surgery appointment it took 6 months to get to vote out that health defunding Martin.

Posted by: WL Mackenzie Redux at December 15, 2005 1:02 PM

I like Shaken's "brown envelopes in a blizzard"

Posted by: kdl at December 15, 2005 1:08 PM

A few suggestions:

An "icy road" Conservative, A "three togue" Conservative (i.e. it is so cold you have to wear three toques), A "Coach's Corner" Conservative ( I would miss Coach's Corner to go vote for Conservatives)and for weather neutral fans A "Gramma's [insert car model]" Conservative (I'd drive Gramma's Ford Granada to go vote for the Conservatives)

Posted by: wade at December 15, 2005 1:08 PM

Ok. This thread definitely needs a beverage-spew warning.

(mopping up the keyboard...)

Posted by: spooky at December 15, 2005 1:12 PM

" I would crawl through "hell frozen over" to get rid of the devil we know".


or.... Iditarod Tories...... even if it is in Alaska... Yukon quest instead

Posted by: truthsayer at December 15, 2005 1:23 PM

How about "Brass Monkey conservative", as in cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.

Posted by: Brian at December 15, 2005 1:49 PM

"All-Weather Conservative". Simple.

Posted by: Erik Sorenson at December 15, 2005 2:00 PM

doug wrote Some very good ones. I would vote for:

"40 Below"

"Knee-deep" (also might imply we've been wading knee-deep through Liberal bullshit)

"Beer and Popcorn"
Posted by Doug at December 15, 2005 12:37 PM

so combine and get:

I'd wade through knee deep beer & popocorn in a 40 below blizzard to vote those bastards outta parliament

Kinda of a long version of Kate's original concept, . . . this is the response to "what kind of Canadian are you" ? or Do you love this country ??


Posted by: Fred at December 15, 2005 2:18 PM

I'd hack my way through my Liberal MP with a chainsaw to vote Tory.

Posted by: Mike F at December 15, 2005 3:03 PM

A " strap Lassie, the cat and the schitzhu to the toboggan if the snow plow doesn't make it" conservative

Posted by: S at December 15, 2005 3:06 PM

How about "broken plow" conservative as in, "I'd crawl through waist deep snow left behind by the broken plow"

Posted by: Boudica at December 15, 2005 3:31 PM

I'd get Michael Jacksons cosmetic surgeon to give me a John Chretien face transplant so I could vote Conservative in his home riding

Posted by: Bullwinkle at December 15, 2005 4:11 PM

I'd crawl through crackhead/whino infested xenophobic ghettos created by PC lieberals .... hey wait a minute that's precisly what I did last election.

Posted by: richfisher at December 15, 2005 4:35 PM

I agree with Brian's "brass monkey" conservative. Fits nicely. And Cal's "Iragi" conservative warms the heart. Not only does it mean "I'm ready to die just to vote", it's a nice "in your face" to the whiner give up and pack up Lib-leftie losers. Well done all of them. Tough call but I like those two in particular.

Posted by: Schwarze Tulpe at December 15, 2005 5:04 PM

Frostbite Conservative

Posted by: Norman Lorrain at December 15, 2005 5:26 PM

I really like "40-below Conservatives". It's very evocative and very Canadian. You could absolutely see Scott Reid saying, "Those %!#@$!* 40-below Conservatives!!!", as good an acid test as any. Many of the longer ones are quite amusing and I remember similar, American-style deprecations from the Clinton years . . .

Posted by: Meg Q at December 15, 2005 5:29 PM

Through a mile of snow without beer OR popcorn!

Posted by: Glenn at December 15, 2005 6:04 PM

I like "Sled Dog Conservative". For most of us the view is not that good, the going is tough and the rewards are few.

Posted by: James at December 15, 2005 6:19 PM

Yeesh, what's with all this crawling? Vitruvius (architect, engineer, inventor, 25BC) says:

I'd invent the snowmobile and build it an ice bridge to vote Conservative.

Posted by: Vitruvius at December 15, 2005 8:25 PM

Reidenbacher Conservative.....Beeeeaaaaaaahhhhh!!!

Posted by: Bernie at December 15, 2005 8:52 PM

SnowDrift Conservative!

Posted by: Richard Evans at December 15, 2005 9:00 PM

A Drunken, Starving, Polar Bear Conservative. I'd climb over a Polar Bear that had lived only on beer and popcorn for a month just to vote out PMPM.

Posted by: Paul W at December 15, 2005 11:15 PM

I would bite off my own arm in mid-shake of Paul Martin's hand as he was offering me a Senate seat whilst tearing off my shirt to reveal a "Liberals Suck" T-shirt in the middle of a room full of rabid "lefties" hell bent on tearing me to shreds with Federally Registered pointy sticks, then run dying to the nearest polling booth to cast one for Harper!

Posted by: section98 at December 16, 2005 12:50 AM

A 'three province' Conservative.

I'd walk three provinces east to where my vote might make a lick of difference.

Posted by: Gen. Lee Wright at December 16, 2005 4:59 AM

'seeing red conservative'

Posted by: blueright at December 16, 2005 9:31 AM

It has to be "40 Below Conservative" !!!

Here's our version of the song:

Well it's 40 Below and I don't give a f***
there's a heater in my truck
and I'm off to cast my vote

And it's Quebec left, Alberta right
Come on Ontario, get your right step right
Get Paul off the stage ya G** D**m goof's ya know

Piss me off, F***'n Liberals, get on my nerves

Well here comes Johnny with a pencil in his hand
he's a tax paying man and he's off to cast his vote

And it's Quebec left, Alberta right
Come on Ontario get your right step right
Get Paul off the stage ya G** D**m goof's ya know

Piss me off, F***'n Liberals, get on my nerves

Posted by: Colin at December 16, 2005 1:07 PM

My idea is inspired by The Arcade Fire's song "Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels)"...

Snow Tunneling Conservatives

or

Snow Mining Conservatives

I can't decide which one I like more.

Posted by: Sean Phelan at December 16, 2005 1:29 PM

"one-armed conservatives"

... after they sacrificed their left arms down the clogged snowblower chutes to get the paths to the polls cleared as soon as they could...

Posted by: Shaken at December 16, 2005 2:06 PM

oh hell, I'll go for it (I held back on the snowblowers)

As an homage to our free-enterprising, individualist fur-trapper nation builders of the dim dark past, I'm a "bloody-stump" conservative, who would gnaw off his own leg to get to the polls to turf the lying, thieving, hypocritical, power-hungry statist scourge that has turned Canada into a pompus, miserable mediocrity.

Posted by: Shaken at December 16, 2005 3:40 PM

I think "Frostbite Conservatives" has some mileage in it...

But my suggestion is "Cheer for the Leafs Conservative." Go Sens Go!

Posted by: ConvertMan at December 16, 2005 10:42 PM

I'm a Polar Bear Conservative.

I would walk naked through the polar bear invested Churchill dump, slathered in whale oil, and barking like a seal just to vote Conservative.

Posted by: Bullwinkle at December 17, 2005 3:21 PM

Sounds like there's going to be a whole lot of futile pain and suffering on election day. I didn't know cons were so kinky!

Posted by: lenny at December 20, 2005 8:10 PM
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