By Miss Kubelik
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau loves Western Canada, even if it doesn't always love him back. His mum's family is from British Columbia, and he spent a lot of his Wonder Bread years there. As PM, he seems to never miss a Calgary Stampede — the determined suitor who just won't take no for an answer.
Because the answer isn't really no. Or at least, not an across-the-board no. As we pointed out a few weeks ago, the Conservative Party's victory in the provincial election showed some rips at the seams, with the left-of-center NDP reducing the Tories' margin by 15 seats. (The NDP is really the only electoral game in town for anyone in Alberta who isn't right-wing. And nationally, the party is in a governing partnership with Trudeau's Liberals through 2025.) While the usual aggrieved, white-male MAGA types turned up to protest PMJT at the Stampede yesterday, his welcome was overwhelmingly warm.
That must have annoyed federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, who also attended the Stampede to show off his recent makeover. Someone told him to ditch his glasses for contact lenses, lose the suit, and get a new, less dweeby haircut. However, no style advice can cancel out his putrid policy positions, which still render him revolting.
Back in the day, JFK famously avoided wearing any kind of hat if he could help it. He was reportedly haunted by a photo of Calvin Coolidge, who posed for a 1927 photo op in a Native American headdress. (Michael Dukakis should have followed Kennedy's example, but sadly, he put on that helmet, climbed onto that tank, and promptly — well, tanked.)
And Justin Trudeau? He's always game. Occasionally, it doesn't work out very well. But this weekend was not one of those times. He sure looks nice in a chapeau de cowboy, doesn't he? We cats PURR.
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