Yet another voter avoidance dance
How about those politicians? All of a sudden, there’s a new dance card in Ottawa, where the Reds and the Blues are trying a new version of the tango, called “avoid a summer election”. Personally, I’ve never understood their reticence over a poll when schools are closed.
I know, there’s the hardship of going to meet the public during our few weeks of heavy sweat season. And what if you called a BBQ and nobody showed up (because they do a better job at home on their own trusty two-burner). Maybe the expensive posters won’t stand out as well when there are leaves on the trees and blooms on the flower; election posters are our winter foliage, especially since the losers never seem to have the budget to take theirs down after the big day.
Word to the suits: we still recognize bad governance in the middle of summer, and we’re just as apt to vote for something different (as if that ever happens). You can forget the flimflam in Flin Flon. Sooner or later, we’re going to get another occasion to cast a ballot, and waiting for a winter storm isn’t going to save you from our growing anger. You can’t count, you can’t plan, you can’t govern with a mature vision. We can and will choose when the polls are finally open.
How about that tricky Dave Letterman? Without really doing anything of note, he’s managed to anger the “party that used to be in power”. Jokes about the governor from the winter wonderland, no less. I’ll bet her ripost has him shaking in his booties.
