The War Room

LIBERALS=NEW COKE

Others may say things more profound or insightful on this topic, but the fact that Quebec has just given 41 seats to a right-wing party in its provincial legislature is quite an accomplishment.

There has been a growing conservatism growing in French culture for some time now; indications of this are in many places...from the Quebec documentary filmmakers who took socialism to task to (even in France) the potential for Nicolas Sarkozy to become the new French President.

Obviously, massive cultural changes occur on a very long time-line and this is now only two elections where we can see growth in French-Canadian culture, but it seems to be more than a passing fad.

41 seats is not just a protest vote. Especially when it is for a party which stands for things that are usually diametrically opposed to what Quebecers are supposed to stand for.

Given that I have some business dealings in Quebec as of late, I find this very encouraging.

Maybe the first Western culture to explore pure secular-aethism is now prone to seeing its flaws.

It also is a testament to the fact that the Liberal brand is increasingly not what it used to be.

Perhaps more and more people will begin to see it as New Coke.

posted by Nicol DuMoulin @ 7:21 AM