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Petra,

I haven't seen folks from the US trying to run down candidates from YOUR country in your next election, how about you focus on fixing your own problems and leave us to ours? Canadians should be happy, your money is worth the most it has perhaps ever been (certainly in my memory) versus the US dollar. I used to visit Canada and at times our dollar was worth $1.25 or more Canadian. Now the Canadian dollar is worth roughly $1.05 US Dollars. And in Canada, you guys are more than happy to drill for oil and sell it to the US. We get 1/3 of our oil from North America, much of it from Canada.

By the way, at 1.33 per liter Canadian, that means, with conversion (3.79 liters to the gallon) and the difference in currency values, that you are now paying $5.29 US per gallon of gas. Makes our $4.00 per gallon sound much better. But since the overwhelming majority of your entire population lives within 100 miles of the US border, as long as you have a passport, you could much more cheaply fill up here in the US and save a LOT of money.

But I digress, since most other countries have their own long list of problems, I always find it annoying to have outsiders weigh in on our politics. We don't tell you who to elect (though we certainly prefer the latest leaders of France, the UK, Israel and Canada than some previous leaders even though our current president has turned his back on all our biggest allies) it's really none of our business to get involved in your elections before they happen and try and influence the outcome. Unless you are a US citizen, who cares what you think of our candidates? You don't vote here. (Excepting the illegals from all countries who are registered and using US citizen stolen IDs).

Brian