PM Luongo

It was the Politicolympics match-up everyone had been waiting for:  the Ottawa Ottawins versus Luongo's Backbenchers.

Prior to the game, Stephen Harper told Roberto Luongo he had drafted some of the Ottawa Senators.  

"Good team," said Luongo.

"I'll say," said Harper.  "We have Mike Duffy in goal.  Hard to get anything around him."

Then the puck was dropped and the game was on.  Luongo, in the nets, faced a tough first line: Jack Layton, left wing; Michael Ignatieff, centre; and Stephen Harper, extreme right wing. 

At the second intermission, with the score Backbenchers 7, Ottawins zip, Harper asked the referee to prorogue the third period.  But the striped shirt said, "No way.  You made me look bad last time."

When the game-ending horn was sounded, Luongo had shut out Harper's team in both official languages.  The crowd rose to its feet and declared Roberto Luongo the new Prime Minister. 

Good sport that he is, Harper sat down at the Pacific Coliseum organ and played "It's All in the Game."  Michael Ignatieff delivered a speech on "The Salutary Impact of Competitive Athleticism on Post-Modern Society," and Jack Layton tap-danced.

The evening ended when Prime Minister Luongo took the entire Coliseum crowd for lobster linguine.