{"id":76568,"date":"2026-04-26T22:25:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.society19.com\/?p=76568"},"modified":"2026-04-26T22:25:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:25:05","slug":"10-times-american-politics-made-wlu-thankful-canadian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.society19.com\/ca\/10-times-american-politics-made-wlu-thankful-canadian\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Times American Politics Made WLU Thankful To Be Canadian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American politics. There\u2019s a lot that can be said about the election process currently going on in the states, and there is no one better than students themselves to describe what American politics means to them. I went around my school and asked over 100 individual students to describe American politics in one word. There was an overwhelming response as follows:<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Disaster, F&amp;*$ed, Inhumane, Oligarchy, A joke, Cesspool<\/h3>\n<p>It seems almost comical sometimes when you think about the current American election\u2026as if it\u2019s one big joke and the punchline will break come election day. But there is no punch line to this joke, this is real. Some of the things that candidates say are not at all political to say the least, and though we understand this is a serious matter and no one candidate is necessarily better than the other, we may as well laugh about it and be thankful we are Canadian. And of course come election day, we will welcome Americans with open arms like Canadians always do to those in need. I went around Wilfrid Laurier University asking students what their favourite moments of the election have been, here are our top 10:<\/p>\n<h2>1. Let\u2019s not forget the time Hilary Clinton refused to admit she had anything to do with privately leaking confidential emails, which she was then found to be guilty of.<\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2>2. How about that time Donald Trump claimed that Meghan Kelly was simply out to get him because she was \u201cbleeding from, you know where\u2026\u201d<\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2>3. How about that time Donald Trump had an actual song and dance written for him, performed by children.<\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2>4. When Hilary Clinton claimed she has an action plan to lower costs of post-secondary education across the country\u2026. but failed to mention that her campaign was funded millions by universities across the nation.<\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2>5. We all can\u2019t forget when Donald Trump claimed that \u201cwomen love me, I\u2019m good for women,\u201d but what about the time he said \u201cAriana Huffington is unattractive, both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man \u2013 he made a good decision.\u201d<\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2>6. How about that time a young African American woman asked Hilary Clinton to apologize to black people for mass incarceration after Clinton called black people super predators and all she could say was \u201cwe will talk about it.\u201d<\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2>7. In one of trumps speeches on environmental policy he said, \u201cIt\u2019s freezing here in New York, we need global warming.\u201d That\u2019s not exactly how it works Trump\u2026.<\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2>8. Remember that time that Hilary Clinton and one of her colleagues made a racist joke by saying they were running on CPT (Coloured people time).<\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2>9. Though Donald Trump has claimed time and time again that he is not racist, it is comments like this that make rational people think otherwise: \u201cAnd isn\u2019t it funny. I\u2019ve got black accountants at Trump Castle and Trump Plaza. Black guys counting my money! I hate it, the only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day.\u201d<\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2>10. Finally, let\u2019s not forget when Clinton made heat by saying, &#8220;I have a lot of experience dealing with men who sometimes get off the reservation in the way they behave and how they speak,\u201d when referring to Donald Trump. This sparked anger amongst Native American peoples because this comment refers to Natives being restricted to reservations among society. This is their land Clinton, we are just living in it.<\/h2>\n<p>All in all, this campaign trail has been one for the books. It has been entertaining and mind boggling; can America really be left to the hands of these two?? As many students I have spoken to have said, \u201cwe are left with a choice between two devils. Both of which have made extremely unprofessional and disturbing comments, I&#8217;m just glad the choice isn&#8217;t mine. To summarize this election: We are f*^#ed either way.<\/p>\n<h6>Featured image source: slate.com<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American politics. There\u2019s a lot that can be said about the election process currently going on in the states, and there is no one better than students themselves to describe what American politics means to them. I went around my school and asked over 100 individual students to describe American politics in one word. 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