Everyone asks me if we are going to have an election. I think it has to do with my interest in politics. And to every person I answer the same way. I tell them to go ask Stephane Dion since it is the Liberals who will decide whether to prop up the Tory government via the old “Sit and Spin”. i.e. they sit on the hands when the bell tolls and they spin the stories to the press hoping to swing the polls….
Well tonight I had the luxury of sitting in some choice seats at the hockey game featuring the Leafs vs. the Senators. (Yeah!! My Leafs kicked butt 5-0). And not two rows back and two or three seats over is sitting Steve MacKinnon, the past president of the Liberal Party and someone who regularly appears on the Mike Duffy Live show doing much of the aforementioned spinning.
So at the first intermission, I turn and yell out “Hey Steve!”
He looks around until he spots who is calling him and I ask “Are we going to an Election soon?”
In a friendly manner, he replies “I don’t think so. What do you think?”
I tell him I don’t think so either and I let him go back to eating his hot dog with his two friends.
So there ya have it. Someone far closer to the fray saying he doesn’t think we will be having a spring election not 24 hours before the budget comes down.
(That’s him on the left in the brown leather bomber jacket)
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Steve is sitting with a Liberal MP – don’t remember his name. When Liberals are out on the town I always always wonder who paid for their tickets. Just habit I guess.
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It looks to me like Steve is sitting with Brian Murphy of Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe…
http://nbliberal.ca/web/images/brian_murphy.jpg
…and Tim Murphy former Chief of Staff to Paul Martin.
http://alumnireview.queensu.ca/pastissues/spring2004/images/Murphy.jpg
I don’t believe the two are related despite their common last names and apparently fondness for good hockey tickets.
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lorraine (#1) They re probably corp tickets someone gave them. Because the Liberals can’t afford hockey tickets and they are eating hotdogs. (albeit even hot dogs cost an arm and a leg at Scotiabank place)
Anon (#2) you are right on the Brian Murphy, that is definately him. I am not 100% sure on the Tim Murphy but you are probably right on the mark there too.
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the Liberals can’t afford hockey tickets
Well well, it’s no secret that the CPC can… So, who paid for yours?
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anonymous (#4) LOL you’re kidding right?? I don’t work for the CPC, nor do I work in politics, nor do I work in a job that is part of or related to the goverment in any way shape or form.
I work in high tech the high tech sector and to top it all off, I was the host, not the guest.
Any more questions??