Federal fish minister Loyola Hearn got lost in his own metaphor in a scrum on Monday trying to explain something or other about the Premier and his anti-Harper crusade.
He said, in part,
It's something like demanding Santa give you what you want, when all you have to do, instead of standing on a chair and shouting up the chimney,'Santa, I want everything or I'll light the fire,' sit down and write a letter and make sure it gets to the right people, and you might get what you want," Hearn said. "That's providing you've been a good boy - if you haven't been a good boy, then it depends."
How many ways is this wrong? Just a few:
- Just as the war is over, Loyola takes a pointed shot at Danny. Talk about blowing it just when your side won the war, Loyola. This sort of nonsense just enflames people needlessly.
- Comparing Ottawa to Santa. Bad enough provincial premiers and others think of Uncle Ottawa in that sort of facile way already. It's worse when a cabinet minister actively encourages people to think in terms of irresponsible "gimme,gimme,gimme" attitudes.
Comparing Stephen Harper to Santa. Just not an image an adult should have in his or her head, let alone a picture to paint for a small child so close to Christmas. Gets your attention, like say Debbie suddenly popping up in red leather anchoring the news, but in a totally creepy way.
- Danny did write a letter. That's the problem. Danny wrote a letter. Danny got a reply and not from those whack jobs who sneaked into the Canada Post elves department recently. He got a big fat promise. He played nice. He got ashes anyway. That's why he's pissed.
- Warning: Small children, talk show listeners, members of the Privy Council and other easily led, impressionable types, turn away now...Seriously. Go read something else. Adults. Highlight to read beginning here...> Santa doesn't exist. Canadians just wish Harper didn't.
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