Acceptance of Candidacy for Canadian Liberal Party Leader

[KD5MDK]

This is taken from a friend's LiveJournal, and my response.

Originally Posted by Ian

I thought I'd be safe -- my lifelong disinclination towards the Liberals should have been enough to save me. However, since it now appears that of the four most prominent potential candidates for Liberal leader, one has never been in political life before and has lived in the U.S. for the last twenty years; two have run for the leadership of the Conservatives; and the fourth is a former NDP premier, a disinclination towards the Liberals appears to be a requirement for the job.

Therefore, I'd like to follow in the footsteps of a great many other Canadians, and make a formal statement:



Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press,

Although I appreciate the interest expressed and the phone calls that have been made to me (one, from my wife), I have decided that it would not be fair to all my constituents in the Marxist-Hedonist Party of Canada for me to desert it in order to run for the position of leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. I wish whichever poor sucker they finally manage to rope into it the best of luck, and look forward to chatting with them in the back benches.

Solidarity,
ian.

Incidentally, he's not entirely kidding about that Marxist-Hedonist Party bit. It may only have a few members, but when it comes to politics, pick those you agree with.

My response:

Originally Posted by kd5mdk

If asked, I would serve, mostly because I need a job of some sort, Canadian Liberals seem to take in a fair amount of money, and when it goes to hell next week I can be on TV for the rest of my life.

It also doesn't appear to be much of a disqualification that I'm not Canadian. I have visited both Ottawa and Toronto, and drink Screech rum and Alexander Keith's IPA.

[jBirch]

Originally Posted by KD5MDK

It also doesn't appear to be much of a disqualification that I'm not Canadian. I have visited both Ottawa and Toronto, and drink Screech rum and Alexander Keith's IPA.

You would have to drink Poutine, speak un-intelligibly, continually rant about "our friends and neighbours to the south", play hockey, speak French, cut funding to the military, support gay marriage, not support gay marriage, increase funding to the military, shuck prarie oysters, use the letter "u" properly, use the phrase "eh?" properly and drink Blue.

Keith's never has the appellation "IPA" applied to it and is pronounced "Keats". Although I laud your progressive inclination, alas, you've got a long way to go before you could run for the Liberal party.

The Conservative party on the other hand....

James.

[KD5MDK]

I have eaten poutine, but never kittens. That kind of rules it out too, I suppose.

[SJB]

The Conservatives will also be looking for another leader in another 6 months or so.

[KD5MDK]

Yes, but their candidates probably will not have run for leadership of the Liberals or NDP. Maybe the Bloc...