Ludicrous

I watched part of the NDP leadership convention, but only part of it because I could bear it no longer.  People were getting up on points of privilege and points of order, but not on substance.  No, they were complaining about incorrect gender identification and who missed his-her-they-their turn at the mic.

It was to weep.

How do they expect to be taken seriously when all they whine about is gender and other related nonsense?!  So, they elected Avi Lewis as leader.  No surprise there, but I'm sorry to break it to you, Canada is not ready for a Jewish prime minister.

Current NDP leader Lewis, on his way to defeat.

This is in no way a racist comment, but Canadians are basically small-c conservative; they don't want a member of a closed sect, cult or religion running the country and the Jewish community is a closed one, as are the Mormon, Muslim and Jehovah Witnesses sects, i.e., cults.  JFK almost lost the Democratic Party leadership because he was Catholic, another perceived cult back then.  So, it's not gonna work for Canada.

Then again, neither do they want a woman.  Remember Kim Campbell's disastrous tenure?  How long did it last, five months?  Then she was thrown out on her a-s in an election, which saw the Conservatives reduced to two seats.  Let's face it, she was no Margaret Thatcher.

Same thing happened to Larry Grossman, when he tried to become premier of Ontario.  Ontario is -- or was then -- a very conservative province à la John Robarts.  And just ask Bernie Saunders in the U.S. how his religion figured into his defeat.  Just ask Elizabeth Warren what happened to her hysterical and strident campaign.  

So, now the NDP are facing complete destruction.  Good riddance, is all I can say.  Government-run grocery stores, are you kidding!?  But all radical leftists, like Lewis, are personally rich, so they can afford to be idealogues.  Must be nice.