I read somewhere recently about an office game that some people play, I can't remember its name, where you make up funny statements about the war in Iraq, really ludicrous ones, statements that can't possibly be true.
Damned if I can remember any of them now...
Maybe Despite the whole world, including the US Army, wanting the opposite, Bush sends more troops to Iraq! was one of them.
Anyways, I've been thinking about that all week, which has been a lively one in Nova Scotian politics.
We had a SCANDAL, boys and girls.
Nova Scotian Cabinet Minister rear-ends Sports Editor and journalist going home after night in the pub and runs away!
Freelance photographer follows Cabinet Minister home and cell phone films him weaving across the carpark!
None of the media workers recognise the Cabinet Minister.
Eventually, Halifax cops get footage and tell photographer it is Cabinet Minister.
Photographer sells footage to the CBC and ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE!
Cabinet Minister resigns and takes extended leave of absence from Caucus and no journalist asks him why!
Desperate to keep story running, media discover that Minister's lease car - a second hand Jetta - costs taxpayers $880 a month.
Nova Scotians wake up to the real scandal of over-priced car leases and say hmmmm...
At this point Queenie does the same and checks all the lease companies and their directors against the Tory donation list - grand total $13,500.
Never mind that!
The Deputy Prime Minister, the Chief of Staff and the Director of Communications were all told about the fender bender on the night in question by the Tory Caucus Chairman who drove past the incident and said, jeez, that looks like Ernie's car.
Which is fine, except they'd all been pretending that they only found out two weeks later (giving the Minister time to sober up, presumably).
Upon finding this out, media who have been scrumming the Premier spot the Chief of Staff sneaking out of Government Buildings and abandon the Premier in mid-sentence to chase his elderly Chief of Staff down the road and pin him to some railings until he answers question.
Chief of Police holds press conference to point out that cops are not incompetent for failing to breathalyse the Minister - he didn't answer the doorbell when they called round.
Chief of Staff holds press conference and says he didn't ask Minister whether he'd been drinking because he didn't want to know. Then states that he had a drink with the Minister earlier on the night in question.
Media don't ask the Chief of Staff why he didn't want to know.
NDP filibuster bill on campaign finance and rip into the Government at every possible opportunity and House sits until midnight every night for a week.
Media chase every politician they can find wanting to know what they know about the SCANDAL.
Minister for Agriculture, who until today had been open about incident, now states that he has a lawyer and is not answering questions and gets chased to the railings. Three times in one day.
Liberals, who are propping up the minority Tory Government, say they are having serious discussions about not doing that anymore, in between voting for the Government's crappy campaign finance bill.
Queenie is very amused at the complete lack of dignity shown by everyone in this situation but the NDP.
This is a great game, all the same.
2 comments:
I was wondering how long it was going to take for you to comment on this one. Very funny!
Miss you can't wait to see you!
Amanda
God, thats very Irish. "I was drinking in the Dail bar with him since 2pm and I didn't want to ask him if he was drinking". Where's Charlie Bird when you need him?? Tee hee
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