"Tories hope Gomery fallout will help them in Quebec"
And the laughs just keep on coming...
Seriously, one doesn't expect a political party to acknowledge failure before the election even starts. But this reminds me of when Nancy MacBeth proclaimed she could still win a majority government in Alberta a couple of days before the Liberals lost half their seats (including MacBeth's) in the 2001 election finishing with a grand total of seven out of 83 seats.
Nevertheless, Josee Verner seems determined to give Ms. MacBeth a run for her money for political optimism. Not that the Conservatives could hope for as many as seven seats in Québec. Now it is true that the Conservatives could make some 'inroads' in Québec this election. After all, when you're virtually at rock-bottom, there's nowhere to go but up... So how many distant second-place finishes would be defined as a Conservative success anyway? One? Two? As many as six?
And of course I can't miss noting "Verner denied the opposition had chosen unwisely in unleashing an election." Oh no, of course not; wouldn't want to miss the opportunity to make those 'inroads' in Québec...
Yep. "It's time to make another gargantuan effort to move Field Marshall Haig's drinks cabinet six inches closer to Berlin," (Rowan Atkinson in Blackadder Goes Forth BBC TV).
And the laughs just keep on coming...
Seriously, one doesn't expect a political party to acknowledge failure before the election even starts. But this reminds me of when Nancy MacBeth proclaimed she could still win a majority government in Alberta a couple of days before the Liberals lost half their seats (including MacBeth's) in the 2001 election finishing with a grand total of seven out of 83 seats.
Nevertheless, Josee Verner seems determined to give Ms. MacBeth a run for her money for political optimism. Not that the Conservatives could hope for as many as seven seats in Québec. Now it is true that the Conservatives could make some 'inroads' in Québec this election. After all, when you're virtually at rock-bottom, there's nowhere to go but up... So how many distant second-place finishes would be defined as a Conservative success anyway? One? Two? As many as six?
And of course I can't miss noting "Verner denied the opposition had chosen unwisely in unleashing an election." Oh no, of course not; wouldn't want to miss the opportunity to make those 'inroads' in Québec...
Yep. "It's time to make another gargantuan effort to move Field Marshall Haig's drinks cabinet six inches closer to Berlin," (Rowan Atkinson in Blackadder Goes Forth BBC TV).
posted by Quynn at 11:13 p.m.
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