i do. he was as a political pundit's wet dream--a deeply-religious, far-right social conservative with aspirations of becoming canada's prime minister. good-looking, well-spoken and humorous, it was easy to forget that stockwell was well and truly batshit insane.
he was a bit ridiculous at times, like when he justified the construction of more prisons by saying that an alarming number of crimes go unreported or when he showed up to a lakefront news conference on a sea-doo.
but let's not forget the downright menacing qualities of our friend, day. i don't harbor any ill-will towards creationists--hey, whatever gets you through the day--but claiming that educational standards shouldn't be set by the government, but rather by god; that "women who become pregnant through rape or incest should not qualify for government-funded abortions unless their pregnancy is life-threatening;" and that homosexuality is definitely a curable mental disorder are just a few of his less zany, more frightening opinions. but in his defence, we shouldn't judge him too harshly on that last point, as he hails from a province with a mental health code that officially lists homosexuality as a mental disorder, right behind bestiality, pedophilia, transsexualism and other disorders of psychosexual identity.
but our friend day, for all of his idiosyncrasies, did make politics interesting for a while. he's recently stated that he won't be seeking re-election in the next federal elections, which is a downright shame. but don't worry, old stockwell will be back sometime soon, i know it. if not because he's a politician at heart with big dreams, then because he's the fucking antichrist.
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