Another look at the election from National Review ... and it burns, oh, does it burn

Here's an acerbic look at our federal election from National Review. Excerpts:

While Martin and many Canadians consider themselves morally superior to Americans, simply better human beings, the implication that Canada is now the moral beacon for every other country on the face of the earth is astounding, even taking into account Canadians' deeply entrenched, obnoxious smugness. But this "We're better than them" boast is key to Martin's efforts to retain power in the January 23 national election.

... Martin will attempt to do to Harper what he did in the last election, paint him as a right-wing lunatic with a "hidden agenda." In fact, apart from policy differences on immigration, Canada-U.S. relations, and possibly crime, there is little reason to believe Harper, especially with a minority government, would differ substantially from Martin except, one would hope, in competence and ethics.

For risk-averse Canadians, especially those in Ontario where the Liberals hold most of their seats, to abandon the warm familiarity of a Liberal government would be similar to a baby giving up its pacifier. This, despite the fact the arrogant, tired, corrupt Liberals deserve to go.

While "Time for a change" is a slogan that energizes many American voters to turf out a sitting president, those same words strike fear in the heart of the average Canadian. Voters may tinker with the idea of a non-Liberal government, but come January 23, beaten into submission by the Martin fear machine, they are likely to do as they are told, just like the good little Canadians they are.

Ouch!