Cat Lover?!
Well blow me down. A cat lover. Isn't that nice? Anyone who likes animals cannot possibly be all bad, now can they? Who would have thunk? Stephen Harper loves his wife, he loves his children. And evidently he also loves his cats. So what's not to like about the man?See here, there was a great photograph of this man, the next prime minister (-elect) of Canada, in the newspaper. And there was a wee kitten in the crook of his arm. How disarming. How perfectly sweet. How can any man who cradles a kitten possibly be the stuff of socially progressive nightmares?
Something must have been wrong with the camera, though. For here was a photograph of a man who, admittedly, has been much photographed of late, so that anyone who is unfamiliar with that signal face within this country can certainly not have been awake much of the last several months - with a cat! Actually, there were several photographs, one of which showed him back in 1999 with a few of his pet cats. And what was Mr. Harper doing? Oh cute! you'd never guess. I'll put you out of your misery: he held, in each hand, detached beaters evidently used to whip up what? whipping cream for a delectable cake his wife had doubtless baked, and he was proferring each to each one of his cats. Each of which responded predictably, quite as a cat should. Lickety-lick. Hey, nice practise.
What a lovely man. What's more, he addressed the nation today, in this, his very first news conference since becoming prime minister-in-waiting. And he sounded, well, prime ministerial. He spoke first in French, then repeated his address in its entirety in English. A not-very-subtle message - we get it Mr. Harper! Hop on board, Quebec.
Take a long walk on a short pier, Ambassador Wilkins. Who cares whether you're spouting the official American line, telling us Canadians that you don't much care for the Conservatives' intent to have Canadian ice breakers patrolling our far northern coastline. That's our Stephen, yay! Prime prime ministerial comportment, if I ever saw/heard it, yes indeed.
A new governmental accountability will be put in place. Bet your life on it. Parents of young children will be assured that they will have choice (conservatives believe in some types of choice) when it comes to child care, and watch that money roll out! Health care will be vastly improved, and waiting times will be significantly shortened, be assured! The streets of our cities will be safer because those criminals who have us cowering in fear will henceforth face tough, tough, tougher sentencing, mark his words! There is more, lots more, lots to encourage trust in this new government.
This new government which will govern in a most careful manner for the next little while. At least until it's toppled for some reason or another. But it will have left behind in the sake of its short governance a sense of well, well being? In the sense that nothing truly earth-shaking will have occurred during its tenure, anything like revealing what we all fear: God help Canada!
Um, then we get a chance to vote them back in, right? Keep the Liberals in the dungeon of public opinion where they deserve to be (and they certainly do deserve that) for a little longer; good game plan. Where were we? oh right, vote the Reform/Alliance conservatives back in, invite them to govern with a majority. And the gloves are off!
Hey, he's a cat lover. Funny, that icy blank look of no depth which seems to this onlooker to indicate it belongs to a misanthrope is still there. Disinterested cat eyes.
Gawd, what a misery I am.
posted by Pieface @ Thursday, January 26, 2006
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