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

[jdhorner.livejournal.com]

Hope that helps a bit.

:: nod ::

[c9.livejournal.com]

More Stockwell Day trivia: one of the big planks in the CA platform was a willingness to allow voter-sponsored ballot initiatives, like in the US. He said (paraphrased) "if 3% of Canadians sign a petition, we'll hold a binding referendum on the subject." First, that's hugely scary -- re-open abortion? (Canada has no abortion laws, pro or con) Re-open capital punishment? We're all about the "don't offend and don't argue" on huge huge issues, most of the time, so that idea bothered a lot of people.

Secondly, Rick Mercer (comedian you'd probably seen on CBC) started a website petition to force Stockwell Day to change his first name to Doris. Within about 72 hours he had enough signatures to meet the 3% requirement. After a month or so, there were almost two million, if I recall correctly.

http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2000/11/17/bc_dorisday001116

[ratonil.livejournal.com]

Secondly, Rick Mercer (comedian you'd probably seen on CBC) started a website petition to force Stockwell Day to change his first name to Doris. Within about 72 hours he had enough signatures to meet the 3% requirement. After a month or so, there were almost two million, if I recall correctly.

THAT WAS BRILLIANT!