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Robyn Doolittle’s bit on Rob Ford made me remember this.

The only politicians you should take a selfie with, IMHO, are already dead. They're the only ones who can't do anything corrupt or venal.

— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 26, 2016

Further to my politician no-selfie rule: they almost always end up breaking your heart. They leave you with cold ashes & a plate of regrets.

— Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 26, 2016

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Let’s summarize, shall we?

• National Enquirer releases highly detailed report on Evangelical favourite Ted Cruz, just as Holy weekend begins
• Trump way, way ahead in California, which has 172 delegates at stake
• Every front page is filled with stories about how the Islamic State is expanding the battlefield to the West

This thing is over, folks. Trump is the nominee. 

So, if you’re like me, you’re going to do all you humanly can to get Hillary Clinton elected president. 

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Rockin’ the Malcom X shirt, baby, while waiting for the idiots in SFH to finally arrive. 

X has great significance to me, but you’ll never guess why. 

  

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Justin Trudeau, showing considerable wisdom and restraint. I am impressed.

  

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And what the judge said: the complainant “breached her oath.” Wow. Is the Crown now compelled to explore whether perjury occurred? Extraordinary.

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My view has always been the same: he’ll be acquitted.  He may be reptilian, but the three complainants were an unmitigated disaster in Court, and the Crown was almost as bad.

What do you think?

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I am very sad to hear of Leon’s passing. I have known him since we were both students at Carleton – more than 30 years. I worked with him when he was a journalist at ‘OH, and also on campaigns for Dalton McGuinty. He was always the most cheerful and optimistic guy in the room.

My deepest condolences to his family. He was a shining light in a business that is often too dark. 

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Brussels was a horror, Rob Ford was very sad, Hillary lost Utah and Idaho, Justin Trudeau didn’t get credit for making the biggest contribution to the welfare of First Nations in generations.  Yesterday was therefore an unhappy day. 

Until the end of it, that is. Late – too late – the results started to come in, in an important Calgary provincial by-election. The Calgary-Greenway contest saw the once-mighty PCs returned, but not by much. Wildrose came second, but not by much. And, nipping at all their heels, was the Alberta Liberal Party. 

Whose candidate, Karbani Khalil, beat out the Alberta NDP. You know, the government.

I know I shouldn’t read too much into a by-election result, I know, I know. But the Alberta Grits were the first political party I belonged to, and the one to which I will always be loyal.

The PC win will effectively put the brakes on the unite-the-right efforts currently underway in Alberta. The results also mean the Alberta NDP is a one-term aberration – because it is. And all of that creates opportunity for my party.

I will be in Calgary next month for a series of meetings and seminars with my Alberta Liberal friends. When I have more details, I will share same here for those who wish to attend. In the meantime, forgive me for the lengthy post. 

Yesterday was a crummy day, for lots of reasons. But it ended not badly, if you are an Alberta Liberal like me!

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Just when you thought this piece of garbage couldn’t sink any lower, he does. 

  

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