And we got an astronaut elected.

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Jacob — 10/16/2008 3:21:15 PM (archived)

Marc Garneau, Canada's first man in space,
got himself elected into Parliament.

He joins the swelling ranks of politician-astronauts
over the past 40 years [John Glenn, Jack Schmidtt,
and a couple of ex-cosmonauts.]

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Looks like another Conservative minority government in Canada - Laurie Street - 10/15/2008 2:56:27 AM
- And we got an astronaut elected. - Jacob - 10/16/2008 3:21:15 PM
  - Thanks, Jacob, I hadn't heard that - has to be good for the CSA (n/t) - Laurie Street - 10/16/2008 3:24:17 PM
- Shrug. (n/t) - Jacob - 10/15/2008 4:06:05 PM
- Dayam! I gotta go commiserate with a Canadian acquaintance who was hoping Dion would win. - Eri - 10/15/2008 3:39:25 AM
  - There was the faintest glimmer of hope - Laurie Street - 10/15/2008 3:56:44 AM
    - re: There was the faintest glimmer of hope - Andrew - 10/17/2008 3:36:30 PM
    - Trudeau--a well-known name, even down here in Missouri (n/t) - Eri - 10/15/2008 1:40:19 PM
      - A great statesman - McFly - 10/15/2008 5:39:13 PM

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