873...More Tory Propaganda

This time from a more credible source, Peter Worthington, in the Toronto Sun.

Mr. Worthington postulates that the next Prime Minister of Canada, Michael Ignatieff, may be getting bored with partisan politics and may just be gerrymandering an election so he can get defeated and go back to scribbling books and sipping champagne on the international smart guy circuit.

The emminent Toronto Sun writer goes on to say that he is speculating and that now that both the Bloc Quebecois and NDP seem to have backed off what was sure-fire election agitation a couple of weeks ago, maybe Mr. Ignatieff is now captive of election-mania rather than its instigator. He also makes the important point that since the Tories seem likely to benefit most if there's an election, maybe Stephen Harper will provoke one.

After a few hundred words disparaging partisan politics, Mr. Worthington does point out that Mikey I is an intriguing fellow and that it would be surprising if one as bright at the next PM wasn't distracted a bit by the goings on on the Hill.

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472...You Would Think The Greens Could Do Better

Peter Worthington wrote in all the Sun papers yesterday that Elizabeth May has determined that job one for the Green Party is to elect Elizabeth May.

"Now instead of saving trees and curbing gas emissions, the party's job is to find a riding in Canada where Liz May can win -- not easy, since nature has not made getting elected easy for May, who has an off-putting demeanour to go with her self-confidence."

Note to Greens: you could have picked a better horse to run in that race.

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