Right here!

Now, off to Cap College to talk about values and words! And conservatives! And progressives! And exclamation marks!

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There is no campaign try.

There is only campaign do.

Arrived in Van last night, and talked politics late into the night with Bjorn and Babs. They gave me Yoda, who I plan to bring with me to Cap College tonight.

I said to them a book tour seemed kind of trivial, what with Sandy battering one coast, and earth quakes battering this coast. But I figure it might be interesting to discuss, at various media outlets in Van and Calgary, how various politicians are handling this Act of God.

Of such things, Yoda might say, are Presidents made.

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It’s amazing, when you think of it.

You know, it being the new century and 2012 and all. Us being civilized and advanced and whatnot.

Up to now, there’s been things like reaching the moon, the Internet, air flight, the works of Shakespeare and Da Vinci, the Pythagorean Theorem, Beethoven’s Seventh, antibiotics, circumnavigation, civil rights, the Bible and the Qur’an, the Magna Carta, and so on. So many achievements, we humans have had, with more presumably to come. Not bad.

And, then, after all that achievement, after all those things that suggest to you that we’re advancing as a civilization, along come Richard Mourdock and Todd Akin.

Mourdock and Akin are alleged to be human, but you’d actually never know it. In the press, the pair is most often described as U.S. senatorial candidates for Indiana and Missouri, respectively. Being candidates for high office, you’d think they’d be impressive, too.

But they’re not. Mourdock and Akin are scum of the Earth. They are lower than bacteria. If you are in any way human — and, more particularly, if you have had a mother, a sister, a wife or a daughter — that’s how you should feel about Mourdock and Akin, too.

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Got a Google alert on Fight The Right.reviewed in Calgary Herald. Good review. Even got a blurb out of it.

And then…gone. They took it down, and it hasn’t been up since. Weird.

Maybe they changed their minds, and don’t like it anymore!

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“Kinsella puts the left on the right track with new book…It’s not as if Kinsella, known for his combative work as a Liberal party strategist and outspoken blogger and columnist, doesn’t dutifully back up [his criticisms of conservatives]…This is not to suggest, despite his colourful way with words, that Kinsella is advocating simple name-calling. But exploring how progressives could use language for their benefit with the same skill as their conservative opponents is at the heart of Fight the Right…So, what is a progressive to do? Well, Kinsella’s long tour of duty on the front lines of Canadian politics has certainly given him an up-close look at what works and what doesn’t.”

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Does that mean I get an award or something? Is Lady Gaga nervously looking over shoulder, now?

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Right here. Jeremy’s done a very well-written, comprehensive piece. This guy actually read the book.

And it’s the fairest shakes I’ve ever gotten in the North Shore News! Thank God for the new management!

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I shall wear my trousers rolled. Dare I eat a peach, etc.

There’s all kinds of fun political stuff happening, and it’s exciting and positive and great.

But you know what preoccupies me, today, at this moment? Daughter is in Halifax, seriously considering Dal for next year. Assorted sons, meanwhile, hitting me up for dough for dances and girls and suchlike.

This is all happening too fast, thank you very much. Someone make it stop.

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I’ve been hearing about this all day, and now I’ve finally read it.

You will remember it for a long time. I hope Ann Coulter does.

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