With a couple elections looming or in full gear, there's a number of interesting comments over at Musings, the weblog of Enter Stage Right. Many of them concern the sorry state of conservative politics in Canada. I can sympathize, particularly with regards to the provincial election in Ontario. Although she has gotten somewhat of a bad rap across St. Blog in recent weeks, what we really need in Canada is a visit from Ann Coulter.
Let's look at the leaders of the three major parties. Ernie Eves is the current Premier of Ontario and the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. (Keep in mind this party tends to emphasize the adjective more than the noun). He's currently shacked up with some woman who heads a state-funded television station. He's also flip-flopped on the gay marriage issue. Fiscally, he's nowhere as brave as his predecessor. So basically, if Ernie Eves were an American politician, he would be the 1996 election campaign -- he's got the morality of Bill Clinton and the fiscal policy and charisma of Bob Dole.
Moving on to Dalton McGuinty, Jr., head of the liberal party. Dalton became MPP when his father, Dalton McGuinty, Sr., suffered an untimely death during his term of office as a Liberal member of provincial parliament. Dalton Sr. was a good Catholic and solid pro-lifer. Dalton Camp Sr. can justly be compared to Democrat Governor Bob Casey who stood up to Clinton over the abortion issue. McGuinty Jr., unfortunately, never seemed to have come out of a teenage rebellion and thus couldn't wait to jettison his father's moral legacy. I cannot really compare Junior to any American politician -- it's hard to envision Janet Reno as effeminate, but calling Junior a Kennedy Catholic would concede too much orthodoxy. Regardless, Dalton McGuinty Jr. is the type of politician that would make you seriously consider voting for Jesse Jackson if he were the only alternative.
The last of the three major leaders is Howard Hampton, leader of the socialist NDP. Howie's basically a cross between Grimace from the McDonald's commercials in terms of personality and Al Sharpton in terms of policy. What distinguishes him from Dalton in terms of leadership is that Howie is at least honest.
I am unclear as to how Ann Coulter could help. Do you want her to push people to write in a candidate or to run herself?
Heck, if Hillary can run for the Senate in New York, Ann Coulter can run for Premier in Ontario.
We need someone with Ann Coulter's stylish good looks and sharp tongue to call the main candidates for the bench of hapless idiots that they are.