The Times They Are A Changin'

Greetings one and all (given my traffic one is probably the most correct)! Three and one-half months of inactivity and my-oh-my how the world has changed. Had you asked me back in September about the Tories chances of forming the next government I could have at best mustered the typical half-hearted platitudes of hope. Things apparently do change and these are heady days for we of the right leaning persuasion. The Conservatives lead the polls from coast to coast and the Liberals are self-immolating in desperate attempts to turn the tide.

Ill conceived and outrageous attack ads have today flooded the airways as the Fiberals take the nuclear option. As with the real thing there can be no winners in a global thermo-nuclear exchange (nods to “Wargames”), so this can only be a political version of MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) as the Liberals enact a scorched earth policy. Painting Stephen Harper as the anti-christ personified they care little that the only positive outcome from their perspective can be to disillusion Canadians about politics and politicians in general. They want to leave behind a jaded and cynical political landscape that offers the Tories no chance to establish a base in the hopes of overturning a short lived minority once they get their house back in order. First up against the wall is Paul Martin as the Cretinites secure their revenge for the Martinite coup.

Still 12 days to go and I never underestimate Ontarians willingness to swallow anti-Tory scaremongering hook, line, and sinker. Cautious optimism is the rule of the day and I await E-day with fear and loathing.