September
9, 2008
What
Canadian Voters (Inexplicably) Want
“I'm flabbergasted about why people
would vote against their own best interests in a government
that doesn't care about things like the arts or the
environment.”
—Susan Sarandon while at The Toronto International
Film Festival.
I don't get it either, Susan. Yet this is how Canadian
political support looked according to a poll
last week:
|
Conservative Party
Liberal Party
New Democratic Party
Bloc Québécois
Green Party
|
38%
28%
19%
8%
7%
|
Meanwhile Prime Minister Harper,
while in Winnipeg on a campaign stop, apologized yesterday
for a Conservative Internet ad that showed a puffin
crapping on Stéphane Dion's shoulder. "It
has been removed," Harper said. "It was tasteless
and inappropriate. We have enough differences with the
Liberals without getting into that kind of thing."
You may recall that exact same Dion pose
from earlier Tory literature (apparently this is the
Conservatives' favourite picture of Stéphane!)
:
Does Harper's apology mean there'll be
no Photoshopped images of Dion being trampled by a moose
or being pecked on by Canadian geese? And what on earth
are the Tories going to do with their campaign if the
above has been ruled out? I mean, so far all I'm seeing
are attacks on Dion and warm and fuzzy pictures of Harper
in a sweater vest.
I suppose the latter is working, lulling
some Canadians into a false sense of security that a
vote for Harper is really a vote for Mr. Rogers.
Then again, maybe some Canadians are truly
in favour of this:
I just don't know anymore. Like Susan
Sarandon, I'm flabbergasted.
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