The Pollster's Apprentices

 


Think of it as the political equivalent of a guy yelling "squirrel" to his dog. 

Politicians will stand up on their hind legs when the bones cast and entrails read lean in their favour.

Justin Trudeau isn't trolling his bag of loot across the country for our good. He's doing it to improve his electoral fortunes that, at the moment, suggest an election victory is his for the plucking. And Mr. Trudeau does know a thing or two about plucking.

Then there's his main adversary, the Pillsbury Doughboy, Erin O'Toole.  When he rose to top the Tory ranks, O'Toole pledged to do everything in his power to bring down the Liberal government and liberate Canadians from Trudeau's reign.

However, the same polls that show the Liberals with a solid, if modest, lead show Mr. O'Toole in a possible race for second place with the NDP's Jagmeet Singh. And so the Tory leader has taken to sucking his thumb and whining that this is no time for an election.

Speaking to reporters at a campaign-style stop in Belleville, Ont., O'Toole said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is only considering an election now — just two years into his mandate — because of his "own self interest." CBC's Poll Tracker suggests the governing Liberals have a sizeable lead over the opposition parties in national polling.

"My biggest concern right now is the potential fourth wave of COVID-19," O'Toole said. "We shouldn't be rushing to an election. Mr. Trudeau always seems to put his own self-interest ahead of the interest of Canadians."

The answer to your question is no, these people have no shame. They're harlots, through and through, and not the fancy kind either. 

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