[via Relapsed Catholic] Here’s a breathless writeup of a pro-Bush rally organized by the unintentionally funny site FreeDominion.ca (“Show up and be counted”, the banner ad for the rally says).
Judging from the photos, I think I get more people at my birthday parties, and I’m not a world leader. Yet.
A funny moment: The “Queen Amidala Decoy” trick actually works in real life!
motorcade and we cheered, not quite certain if this was the real thing.
Fortunately, the Secret Service intervened and held us back, at which
point everything clicked for those of us who weren’t certain. In
hindsight, it seemed a little strange that the President was driving
his own cadillac.
In addition to being unlikely to solve quadratic equations anytime soon, they’re also bad hosts:
10 to 1 at our pro-Bush rally. Nevertheless, the Americans who showed
up displayed the class as the President — after the pre-rally, they
approached each of us Canadians and personally thanked us for giving
the President a warm welcome. (They also showed American hospitality
when, despite our protests we should treat them as our guests, they
picked up the tab for coffee and donuts at Tim Horton’s between the
pre-rally and the rally.)
Yup, despite outnumbering the guests 10 to 1 and being more likely to
have the local currency on hand, the FreeDominioners completely fell
down and let the visitors
pay for coffee. The poltical right, in spite of the fun I poke at
them, are generally much better with the social graces than their
cousins on the left, but ours completely fell down on the rules of
hospitality while the Americans went above and beyond the rules of comity. We’re not talking chateaubriand-and-claret dinners here, folks, but coffee! No wonder we Canadians have a rep for being bad tippers.
5 replies on “Our Pro-Bush Contingent Can’t Draw a Crowd, Didn’t Learn from "Star Wars" and are Cheapskates”
What, no entry about the passing of Pierre Berton? You must be busy… :-/
Probably tomorrow. Lots of things to do at work!
In the meantime, may I suggest The Colbinator’s elegy for Mr. Berton?
Thanks for the pointer to Cory’s piece, sir! I’m also interested in hearing your take on Mr. Berton’s life and work… you and I have some very similar life experiences (well, once you arrived on our fair shores) and are of the same age. I don’t always agree with or share your opinions, but I’m always interested to read your next entry.
Oh, and incidentally, thank you so much for the Lupo video. On that particular piece, you and I are in STRONG agreement. 🙂
Cheers,
Sven
Sounds like someone is jealous of the people who met the President. Guess those pro-terrorist freaks on parliament hill didn’t have any impact at all.
No, someone merely knows etiquette and how to put on a proper greeting for a dignitary,