Barring an unforeseen meltdown of voter confidence, the Conservative Party of Canada will win today’s federal election. Many in the Liberal crowd will shake their heads and wonder how foolish Canadians could be to elect conservatives what with their neighbors to the south being governed by 'those stupid conservatives'.

There will be the inevitable excuses that the Liberals “lost” the election. That if they had just run a better campaign they would have survived. There might even be finger pointing at the RCMP for dropping a bombshell during the campaign in their announcement of a criminal investigation into the Income Trust scandal (See Captain’s Quarters Who Will Investigate The Liberal Insider Trading Scandal? and follow his blogging the election at Canada's Day Of Reckoning. Other bloggers following this event are Michelle Malkin: CONSERVATIVE REVOLUTION IN CANADA; Kate at smalldeadanimals , Angry White Males -AWM - The Webcomic, or the Blogging Tories.)

In the recent US election, the pundits were aghast that the public re elected George Bush to a second term. Some even went as far as setting up a web site (Sorry Everybody) to apologize for their country’s so called ‘stupid’ decision. If they had elected John Kerry they would have been considered to be making a wise choice, however, to re elect  Bush was folly to the uttermost.

One of the main reasons offered for this folly was the fact that President Bush is up front with his Christian faith commitment. When asked who the most important person was in his life, Bush stated unreservedly that is was Jesus Christ. Such religion in politics was inexcusable to those liberals who control the media. (See the BBC Documentary Jesus Christ and George Bush)

Here in Canada, according to the liberal pundits we are about to make the same mistake. Charles Adler’s recent column Harper tugs on Canada's G-string mentions a NY Times piece (A Conservative Evolves, And Leads a Canadian Race) that uncovers the hidden “God” agenda in the Conservative party. Not surprisingly, given their slant, the NY Times never mentions the large number of believers in the Liberal party.

Faith in the workplace, especially in the political workplace is not foolishness, it is the foundation we need for integrity in government. This not about social conservatives “taking over” Canada as some predict, this is about men and women of integrity serving the best interests of their country willingly and with self sacrifice. That is what faith in the political workplace looks like. Lloyd MacKey, Canadian Christian journalist   addresses these concerns in his recent book - The Pilgrimage of Stephen Harper.

For more on this, please see my post, Fear of Faith at Work makes the Front Page - Globe & Mail: Christian Activists capturing Tory Seats.)

It makes me wonder who is more intelligent, the Canadian public or the liberal media elite's who pass judgment on them.

James Surowiecki, author of the book, The Wisdom of Crowds, demonstrates the intelligence there is in large groups of people making choices. It seems the Canadian public is about to demonstrate its intelligence in choosing Conservatives despite the outcry of the liberal elite.

In her comment on the wisdom of the American electorate’s choosing Bush over Kerry (The battle isn't always to the brainy), National Post columnist, Barbara Kay cites Surowiecki’s book. “He amasses persuasive evidence to show that it is not intelligence from the smartest people, or experts, but rather the aggregate knowledge gathered from groups -- smart, dumb, average people -- that produces an optimum solution to a question or problem. Crowds -- so long as they are diverse, with each individual exercising independent, private judgment -- express "the common sense of the common people."

Kay goes on to apply this principle, “Accordingly, if Kerry wins we will say: the People have spoken. If Bush wins, liberal elites will say: the People are stupid.”

No matter what the liberal elite's say, Canadians are not stupid. They know when it is time for a change and they are smart enough to judge for themselves who is best to govern our country, even if it is leaders with a clear and faith full commitment!