conservative bullying 101: the fall of dion

when i first found out about the upcoming election, i knew that it was my responsibility to goad the apathetic canadian population into action. i understood that this burden rested squarely on my shoulders and my shoulders alone. so i made a promise to myself and to all canadians that i would report on this election respectfully and reliably.

this guy just wasn't cutting it anymore

now, i'm nothing if not unbiased. i've read up on all the candidates and their respective parties--i've researched their platforms, policies, beliefs and ideals and i have come to the conclusion that canadian politicians, on the whole, are a bunch of bland nancy boys (and a few nancy ladies) with literally no redeeming features.

but ladies and gentlemen, i'm sorry to say that some way, some how, a little french boy with a green thumb, mr. stephane dion, has wormed his way into my heart.

and gang, i'm in love.

i recently had the opportunity to see dion speak in person and i've got to say, i was quite impressed. going into it, i wasn't expecting much--afterall, i really didn't know a lot about him before i heard him speak. sure, i knew he was leader of the liberal party until he was replaced by ignatidouche, and that he had a total hard on for the environment, but that was about it. honestly, most of what i knew about dion was gleamed from conservative attack ads.

well, you've convinced me!

but now i realize that stephane is a smart man, as well as a passionate man with a sense of humor to accompany that lovely thick french canadian accent of his. sure, he's not the best public speaker, but what he says is important and interesting and doesn't feel like the same sort of bullshit that other politicians spew in order to get elected.

and he can do card tricks! is there anything this man can't do!?!?

unfortunately, stephane had a rough time a couple years back when he was leader of the opposition party. the conservatives threw everything they had at the poor guy, spending oodles of money with the sole purpose of making stephane look like an incompetent, whiny child that could barely speak english and wanted to raise taxes by 32679% so that he could plant some more trees in his backyard. and it worked. in the end, no one really believed in dion, even his fellow liberals.

and really, the whole thing is quite unfortunate if you ask me, because i think that stephane, if given the opportunity, would have been an a-okay prime minister. but canadians didn't get the chance to meet the real stephane, nor to appreciate his various policies. the conservative party made it impossible for canadians to vote legitimately by basically--and i'm not going to hold back on this one--brainwashing canadians.

imagine what they could have done with this photo alone

now, i realize now that stephane's opportunity to be prime minister has come and gone, and now the liberals' only hope is some plain jane candidate who may or may not be british (or american) and hate all canadians. but i really do think that its in the best interest of all canadians to keep stephane around, because, for realz guys, we're going to need smart, patriotic, passionate politicians if we're going to keep democracy alive in this god damn country.

so stephane, you get up every morning and you repeat that mantra of yours and don't you dare let old steve-o bully you anymore! you keep on keepin' on, dion!