Courtesy of Paul Wells

[c9]

... But here's an ad I'd run this weekend, if I was a Grit and seriously worried I was about to lose big:

BLANK BLACK SCREEN

TYPE APPEARS ACROSS SCREEN AS DEEP, URGENT VOICE READS TEXT:

"Foreign Minister Stockwell Day"

SCREEN DARKENS; RELIGHTS ON LIBERAL LOGO; BRIGHT WOMAN'S VOICE READS:

"On January 23, Vote Liberal."

Comments

[c9.livejournal.com]

True -- PM made a really good Finance Minister. Too bad he wanted a different job.

[skeezix1000.livejournal.com]

I always wondered what Paul Martin's tenure as PM would have been like had Chretien not left him with the pile of dog sh*t that is the sponsorship scandal.

[c9.livejournal.com]

I think if Martin had been willing to just sit down, shut up, and wait for the never-defeated Chrétien to retire on his own terms, sponsorship would have pushed him out instead of tarring Martin. A great "what if" for history.

[jamincan.livejournal.com]

Also, I think Martin completely lacks the leadership ability of Jean Chretien. Despite all his flaws, I'm almost entirely convinced that he would have managed the scandal far better than Martin has.

[c9.livejournal.com]

Oh totally. His appearance at the Gomery commission alone proved that to me.