President Gingrich Would Be Good For Canada

Recent tradition has indicated Canadians have been far more approving of Democrat American presidents in comparison to their Republican counterparts.

From Kennedy to Clinton, even many self-described ‘moderate’ conservative Canucks have given thumbs up to the more liberal of U.S. leaders. Bush-haters were just as prevalent in Canada as they were in any nation of the West, and our liberal population joined their American cousins riding the wave of Hope and Change when Obama won in 2008.

But those of us on the outside looking in have watched Obama’s first term unfold and have witnessed what the American people have experienced from the unique vantage point of ally and neighbor. It is no wonder, then, that those Canadians who were sucked into Obamamania have fallen relatively silent. They, like many of the Americans who suffered the same affliction, can no longer make excuses for the actions of the president or deny that fact that his time so far has been a failure.

Obama’s record is well-known and is increasingly reviled. International opinion is that he is disturbingly week on foreign policy – an opinion shared by friend and foe alike. A mix of inaction and bad policy reaction on the economy has created an undeniable crisis in the U.S.

What has destroyed any confidence people may have held in Barack Obama isn’t an image of being ‘aloof’, which would be a convenient yet pathetic way to explain his mistakes. What has reduced the President’s credibility and has many wondering with trepidation what his real agenda is, is his highly-suspicious decisions that go run counter to common sense.

The Keystone XL is not only the perfect example of this, but it is also going to become the albatross around Obama’s neck. With that one decision he did more than just choose alarmist environmentalism over labor unions and thousands of jobs (not to mention the boon for the local economies of communities along the proposed line). It also signaled President Obama’s true allegiances. He chose OPEC oil over a safe and secure source from America’s closes neighbor.



Gingrich: Pro-Keystone XL



All of this can explain why Canadians are following the current GOP race with heightened interest. Like most Americans we have been watching and waiting for someone – anyone – to launch into the clear cut number one position. We’ve been waiting for a star to emerge from a rather ordinary crop of hopefuls.

It’s becoming increasingly clear that Newt Gingrich may be the one we’ve been waiting for. In spite of been seen as part of the old school Republican establishment and having a questionable personal life (it was years ago, people!), and that Green ad with Pelosi will always be hard to live down, when you consider the pressing issues of the day, he’s the one who has the right answers.

We believe Gingrich will reverse Obama’s ill-advised flirtation with government ownership of private business. We trust he will continue to stand up in the face of leftwing politically-correct maladroits and their chants of ‘racism’ when speaking the truth about the dangers of Sharia law.



P.M. Stephen Harper


For Western Canadians especially, we know a Newt Gingrich administration will quickly reverse Obama’s latest Middle-East appeasing ‘bow’ and sign off on the Keystone XL. To Obama’s dismay, it looks like the pipeline is going to be a major issue in the fall if Gingrich has anything to say. As reported on Sun TV, Gingrich went so far as to mention not only the Keystone but Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper directly during his victory speech in South Carolina:

"What Prime Minister Harper -- who, by the way, is conservative and pro-American -- what he has said is he's gonna cut a deal with the Chinese and they'll build a pipeline straight across the Rockies to Vancouver," Gingrich said Saturday night. "We'll get none of the jobs, none of the energy, none of the opportunity…

…Now, an American president who can create a Chinese-Canadian partnership is truly a danger to this country."

What happens in the States inevitable has an impact on Canada. The Harper government has done a masterful job steering the nation through choppy economic waters, but the prospect of another Obama term in the White House may be too much to defend against.

That makes the prospect of shared economic prosperity and security, and the thought of a Harper-Gingrich partnership, more and more appealing.