Wow! Even we cats never dreamed that Pauline Maurois and her Parti Quebecois could have run the Canadian equivalent of a Steve Stockman campaign. But apparently they did.
The Liberal Party simply squished the PQ in yesterday's provincial election, grabbing the majority in Quebec City and running Marois out of town on a rail. She couldn't even hold onto her own seat, and has resigned as party leader. Ouch.
We cats are relieved. We were worried that the minority PQ government was going to be able to win its own majority, pass their ridiculous "charter of values" and start the province on the road to separation.
Instead, with a string of goofs and gaffes — and remember, a "gaffe" is when you accidentally blurt out what you secretly believe — they came off as a bunch of haters who wanted to rip head scarves off of people, kick Muslims out of their swimming pools and fire Jews who refused to remove their kippas in government offices. And if that were not enough, they also unmasked themselves as the fist-raising separatists they are.
Quebeckers — and maybe even those who would someday like to leave Canada — have clearly decided that their pocketbooks are more important than their pipe dreams. And since we cats also have no stomach for a third referendum, nous ronronnons.
(PHOTO: Like the teabaggers, PQ supporters wear silly hats.)
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