Sunday Morning Post
A collection of ramblings:
- Saw the first election sign yesterday for the upcoming Provincial election. It was a 3*3 for Cathy Galt in the hillside at Benlock Rd. Amazing how some can't wait until the writ is dropped on September 10th. Loo's Cobourg office looks impressive but it would look better if people were actually inside it!
- This "Highway of Heroes" thing, I don't like it, people shouldn't gush their emotions about death and venerate the dead publically quite as much as they do. This outpouring of feelings I think is repressed guilt about sending these boys off to get killed and when they do get killed the gushers can assuage themselves by "honouring" them in this manner. Dalton McG should be ashamed of himself for jumping on this political bandwagon, but what do you expect he is in the middle of an election he might lose.
- I hear more and more of my friends and acquaintances murmuring about the paucity of the choices in the next election, I fear it may have the lowest turnout ever causing much handwringing amongst the pundits. How about this: next time you hear anybody moaning about not voting because they have nobody to vote for ("Don't like the Fiberals, Tories screwed it up with Mike Harris and the NDP - well they have had their chance!"), tell them to go to the voting booth and take a ballot and then decline it unopened. Imagine if 20% of the voters did this thus voting for "none of the above". The effect would be startling and probably upset civil society.
- I read that the Mayor has volunteered to be in the "dunk tank" for the St. Mike's Parish Fair. That should be entertaining for all, especially if the people who demanded a public meeting, which they never got, turn out to put him in the water.
4 comments:
I saw a Galt sign on HIghway 30 near Warkworth. It appears her minions are busy.
Seeing as this is the first time for a fixed election date in modern political history, one would think a strategy would be carefully planned, checked, double-checked, to ensure no miscues or mistakes are made. Previous elections were often short, scrambled affairs with little time to organize.
It will be interesting to see how campaigns are handled in this context. Can those backroom experts with savvy at pulling together a brilliant campaign amidst the chaos of a old-style election be able to handle the plodding precision of a long-haul. I guess we will see.
Also, speaking of Delanty sightings, he was spotted at the Cobourg Library reading program celebration Saturday. Once the speeches were done with the endless "thanks", the prizes were handed out and cake was served. While the kiddies and parents enjoyed the treats, Delanty was talking with the chief librarian. His back was to the crowd the entire time. Normally, at past presentations, he interacts with the parents. What does this tell us?
The observation about how fixed election dates are going to impact the campaigns is very intriguing. As you say most of the previous campaigns, and I know this intimately, have been hurried and seemingly unplanned, just responding to the writ being dropped. This time most of the parties have no plan and are still waiting for the writ to be dropped. I guess the backroom boys haven't figured out how to fiddle the rules yet. And the absence of rules seems to have made the locals apprehensive.
As to Delanty's public persona it must be stick with what you know and just turn up to go through the paces. The real sign of his boredom, especially if he doesn't intend to run again, will be the appearances of his deputy or his designated substitute at events in the future.
So Ben will you turn up to dunk the Mayor at the parish fair?
Dare you!
I don't think that me appearing with a tennis ball in hand ready to hit the bullseye to knock Peter on his you know what will do much for his discomfort that day. He will have enough of it just trying to figure out who likes him on any one day. You know as well as I do that there isn't thickskinned politician alive in the land. Peter's paranoia is of his own making and it would be cruel to add my contribution.
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