Did you see the news clips of the prime minister the other day? They had him dressed in casual clothes to check out the flood problems out west. And with an open jacket, he was letting his growing corporation hang out. It shows the soft life he has been living. The guy has been growing a gut!
It is a shame the Hair is aging badly. It is not as though he has the angst of an American president. Obama, for example, entered the office with his curly black hair looking good and it has turned grey in office. Even George W. Bush turned grey and he never seemed to worry about any of his many missteps. Our Prime Minister went into office with greying hair that just keeps getting greyer—except for the darker front section that most people believe is a hair piece. His hair is greying faster than his hair piece.
Maybe, he just does not care any more. He knows he is in trouble with next year’s election. He knows the trouble he will be in if he fails to call that election as his own law provides. And there is less noise today from people who were predicting he might call an election early to catch his opponents off guard. What would that loss cost his legacy?
But what is happening is that the knowing pundits are starting to ask when he will resign and call for a leadership convention. He could wait until as late as November and call for a leadership convention of his party by next spring. That would give the new leader six months or so to put a new spin on things. It would be like when Jean Chrétien got people laughing over Prime Minister Kim Campbell’s summer job.
We have discussed the problem of a successor for the Hair a few times and the cabinet continues to prove as inept as ever. The favoured Jason Kenney (Employment and Social Development) and his Boy Wonder Chris Alexander (Citizenship and Immigration) are busy blotting their copy books over the treatment of foreign workers and refugee claimants. Justice Minister Peter Mackay, another supposed aspirant for the PM’s job who once ruled the military, cannot even comprehend how to fix prostitution. And do not even ask about our dear Foreign Minister John Baird.
You really have to believe that the Hair is in despair. He is going to seed fast. He has no solution to the present problem. He has no magic wand to wave to someone to succeed him. Who would have thought that Stephen Harper would be challenged in going lonely back to the West.
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Copyright 2014 © Peter Lowry
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