Jack Layton was in Regina, barren turf for the NDP, which has not elected a candidate in Saskatchewan for the past ten years. There have been several hundred write-in votes for the Tommy Douglas statue in Weyburn, and twenty-four votes for Kiefer Sutherland.
Michael Ignatieff was in Missisauga, buying bagels; Gilles Duceppe was in Montreal getting off more bilingual one-liners; and Elizabeth May was sticking close to the Vancouver Island riding in which she hopes to unseat Gary Lunn by convincing voters that it is, really, easy to be Green.
Stephen Harper's handlers had arranged a photo-op in Saanich involving a number of small children and their parents, or possibly an entire cast from Victoria's Belfry Theatre, in which the Prime Minister promised tantalizing tax breaks if people will only keep him in power for another five years.
Reflecting on the Libyan situation, Mr. Harper said, "Obviously I don't agree with the Colonel's nastiness, but hey, I don't think forty-two years is too long to rule a country, provided you have the right man."
One of the children dropped his Prune Smoothie.
No comments:
Post a Comment