It was another step backward towards the abyss. Ontario’s Tony Clement must have found a hat somewhere to throw into the ring of the Conservative leadership contest. It was a pathetic pronouncement by a pathetic politico.
It was no surprise. Tony has been on the list of likely losers in the Conservative contest for some time. He is another 100 to 1 long shot. Maybe if we have a list of just losers, one of them has to prove us wrong.
And we have no intention of risking our reputation for accurate forecasting by making any prognostications at this time. We will tell you who is going to win sometime next February. That is when in Canada; Hell freezes over, the Toronto Maple Leafs look like winners and nobody answers the telephone for the pollsters.
Tony is joining losers such as Maxime Bernier from Quebec and fellow Ontario MPs Michael Chong and Kellie Leach. Everyone expects Peter McKay to finally and reluctantly enter the Conservative race but the truth is that he will be as much inspiration as a bowl of oatmeal.
As for Tony, he would have had a better chance of success if he had joined Jason Kenney and headed west with him to fight the fight for the heart and soul of Alberta.
Tony has gone a long way to convince Canadians that he is not very bright. His wonderful washrooms for his electoral district that he built for the G-8 summit will live on much longer than his political career. His killing of the long-form census gave hope to stupid politicians everywhere. His artful control of federal spending in the dying days of the Harper Regime actually got RCM Police officers killed because they did not have the carbines and training that the government had so publicly voted for them.
As a promising product of the Michael Harris government in Ontario, Tony Clement has always put party before people and doctrine before doing. He brings nothing to politics but his ego. He was an eager henchman and lackey for Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
When Tony’s offer to lead his federal party is rejected, we will expect him to return to Ontario provincial politics in support of his friend Patrick Brown. He will have a triumphal return to provincial turf to run in the 2018 Ontario election. He will be expecting Patrick to make him Finance Minister. If anything could guarantee the return of Kathleen Wynne’s impoverished Liberal government, that should be it.
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