Tuesday, October 04, 2005

 

Mercer on MacKay....

...maybe he has insider information - granted it would be dated?

Three years ago, the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival had Rick Mercer host a gala and I was fortunate to catch it. Mercer was so funny with his reference to Canadian and World political humour. It is debateable now whether Mercer or Brent Butt is this country's funniest comedian.

Mercer has a classic post on his blog about the adventures of Peter MacKay. Here are some of the better lines:

Boy it sucks to be Peter MacKay. Will he take the plunge? Will he get the hell out of Dodge? Will he give up the glamorous life as the safety critic in Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition to become the Premier of Nova Scotia? It must be very tempting for a guy who has spent his entire working life in opposition. For over a decade now he has been complaining about stuff but has never had the chance to actually run anything. Don’t get me wrong, Peter MacKay has held positions of great authority in the world of amateur rugby, but becoming a premier would entail at least twice the responsibility and workload. Personally, I know he could do it, he is definitely smart enough - in Question Period he has been known to wear glasses.

Of course, leaving Ottawa would be a big transition for Peter. I am sure there are many things that he would miss a lot about his life in the Conservative Party. As Deputy Leader I know he would miss the convenient way that he finds out about new Party policy: listening to the radio or reading Bourque.

It is worth noting that Inkless (Paul Wells) has a great spoof of the series of discussions between Pete and Stephen.

Enjoy.

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