Bush family friend to be ambassador to Canada

[Spazito]

The United States' next ambassador to Canada is likely to be a close friend of U.S. President Bush.

CTV News has learned that Washington has officially asked Ottawa to give its blessing to naming David Wilkins the new ambassador to Canada.

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He has always lived in South Carolina, and it's unclear how much he knows about Canada-U.S. relations.

"It's like appointing a Hindu pharmacist as ambassador to the Vatican," said Chris Sands of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "It may work out, but it's just not an obvious choice."

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http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1113843112462_61/?hub=TopStories

[jeff30997]

1. As a Canadian, all I have to say is:

Baaarf! :puke:

[Kagemusha]

2. Tumultuous world of Canadian politics?...

That last line in the article is making me drop my jaw. Like, wha?...

[Maple]

3. Well we're a

pretty rowdy bunch up here ya know. :D

[Flammable Materials]

4. The Bush Administration Global Empire Group Photo:

[leesa]

5. Can it get more obvious that the Bush Family is empire-building?

[AlamoDemoc]

6. loooooooooool

"It's like appointing a Hindu pharmacist as ambassador to the Vatican," said Chris Sands of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

[AlCzervik]

7. i bet he'll be spending all of his time with the conservative party

helping to try and take over the government there---missile Shields all around, yeehaw.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Consider yourselves lucky

at least he seems to have done something in politics, which isn't a million miles away from diplomacy. The UK is scheduled to get a used car salesman as its next Ambassador from Shrub.

[bobthedrummer]

9. Plus you got the US Minutemen near the border looking for terrorists

coming in from your nation.
Sorry about that.
We have an extremist fascist leadership running things right now.

[MADem]

10. I have to say, the Sands quote is priceless!!!

Here's hoping our neighbors to the north take this with a cellar of salt, and realize that the monkey in charge does not reflect our sense or spirit...

[daleo]

11. I am guessing a religious nut

"Wilkins is the Speaker of the state Legislature in South Carolina and is described as a fiscal and social conservative."
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"CTV's Tom Clark said Wilkins isn't aligned with the religious right wing of the Republican Party."

Which will go over like a lead balloon here in secular Canada. The fact that they say he isn't aligned with the religious right (and use a CTV newsman to make the claim) makes me think he probably really is, using Bushworld bizzaro logic.

Perhaps someone from S.C. can educate us on that score.