That said, I think you might appreciate this photo, taken just yesterday. :)

And yeah, Layton and Chow aren’t perfect by any stretch, but again, it’s more a matter of “who’s more likely to best represent their constituency?” than it is a matter of “who’s going to be the perfect MP for this riding?” To this day, no candidate running for any seat anywhere has perfectly met my standards for what I’d like to have representing me. But this doesn’t mean I should just throw up my hands in exacerbation and not bother with the process.

(And thank you for praising the execution of this practical joke. I guess this proves that I can pull one off affter all.)

(olivia chow and jack layton are far from perfect but they manage to capture more of what i think politics should be about than the average politican does in canada. the NDP party are the only party that is willing to vocally endorse one party over the other. each other party, even the conservatives, will not say one way or the other. i think the conservatives are hoping for the republicans and martin’s camp are just a bunch of opportunistic chameleon asshats who will use either party to their advantage and manipulate them accordingly).