TOP 10 Endgames for a Long Election Campaign
The election campaign which began on an early August holiday weekend is finally reaching its rocky summit this Monday – so, what additional boons have there been?
- More opportunity for practicing those barbequing and slight of hand skills at public events
- Adds an even greater sense of relief that such additional expenses are funded, no problem, by the public
- More frequent flier points for candidates, staff, and media
- The hot outdoor air competing in August and early September reverts control to the hot air from speeches (more…)
the watch of time 
Memorable Quotes # 34
It’s federal election day in Canada – let’s recall how a famous humourist once described the scene…
“…everybody who has ever seen Mariposa knows just what election day is like. The shops, of course, are, as a matter of custom, all closed, and the bar rooms are all closed by law so that you have to go in by the back way. All the people are in their best clothes and at first they walk up and down the street in a solemn way… Everybody keeps looking in at the different polling places to see if anybody else has voted yet, because, of course, nobody cares to vote first for fear of being fooled after all and voting on the wrong side. (more…)
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