4 years and two months ago there was one elected provincial Liberal. Today (7:52 PM) we have a new Liberal majority! Nicely done.
Congratulations Robert! Monday, May 28, 2007
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29 May 2007 at 01:18 am | #
That’s what I love about you HB...you are gracious even when you are wrong. Now if you could just give some lessons on losing with grace to the now displaced Conservatives…
29 May 2007 at 04:37 pm | #
Well, he’s had a lot of practice of course…
29 May 2007 at 04:55 pm | #
I am not quite sure where I was wrong. I have said from the start, that the ‘soft vote’ in the middle would swing the election - it did. I also said I would not make a bet on the outcome - and I would not have done so.
Where I was wrong, I suppose, was that all my instincts were indicating a Tory reduced majority.
The only hard prediction, was the Trek poll - but we all know that most dogs are smarter than most people. I should have trusted the pup.
29 May 2007 at 07:13 pm | #
If I was an English teacher I am sure I would come up with a name for your explanation. You said :” I am not quite sure where I was wrong.” then followed it in another paragraph with “Where I was wrong,” which was followed with a very qualified “ I suppose”, leaving the reader to think “Hmmm, he doesn’t think he was wrong, but then he admits he was wrong.”
Writing that it would be a “reduced Tory majority” really does put you in the “wrong” category doesn’t it? Or maybe just a mild mode of “denial?”
Locke...I may need some assistance here.
29 May 2007 at 08:15 pm | #
ah shaddup
30 May 2007 at 08:46 pm | #
Is that why you didn’t stop in this evening whist out crusing?
31 May 2007 at 06:20 am | #
That was not me - I was riding in the opposite direction.
31 May 2007 at 07:38 am | #
If around 5 it was I, Jean. I beeped and waved. If you cannot tell the difference between me on my Fatboy and a wizened 60 year old pushing an ancient pink Geezer Glide it’s time to hang up the whipper snipper.
31 May 2007 at 08:15 am | #
Me here.
Remember the night back in November at Locke’s place?
You were all with me (in body and spirit) throughout these past 7 months, and I thank you.
31 May 2007 at 09:05 am | #
Cyn, we thank you! You put on a wonderful show and by panicking the Tories pretty much created the tipping point: their panic reaction to your poll lead and the ill-considered school announcement. That said loud and clear to everyone that they were deeply worried about what is probably their core heartland seat - their equivalent of Cornwall. It was icing on the cake that even after that electoral bribe, the good burghers of Stratford still decided to paint the town red.
31 May 2007 at 01:06 pm | #
Oddly, all my bad feelings about PEI seem to have lightened.
31 May 2007 at 01:59 pm | #
And if they make Cyn Minister of Beer, your little heart can be totally content.
31 May 2007 at 04:53 pm | #
Actually, Locke, I knew that was you , but you know how I get when I am using the whipper snipper. Admittedly, it was later on that the vision of you on your Fatboy came to my mind and I thought “ that wasn’t HB...he rides a girly cycle. That was a man’s bike, it had to be Locke.” Thanks for confirming. However, in HB’s defence, it really does take a “real man” to ride a pinkie.
31 May 2007 at 04:55 pm | #
Good Lord! Imagine someone who answers my emails having authority over a liquor commission.
31 May 2007 at 04:58 pm | #
Hey, Cyn! Way to go,girl. Congrats on a stellar campaigning job. Monday night was the payoff for seven months of hard work. You will make one kick-ass politician and whether you ride the back benches or become cabinet minister the people of Stratford will be represented the best they have been for many years. One thing we know we can expect from you is that you are a straight shooter and honesty and accountibility will come before politics.
All the best to the very best.
31 May 2007 at 07:10 pm | #
Puuullleeeze...lets make one thing very clear - there is no mistaking my manly figure astride the Ruby Goddess, and I would never never be mistaken for an old guy with a pony tail riding a purple fat boy named Barney! Sheech!
...and that manly rumble and roar that shook your dodads on the window sill a few nights back - that was me - as I passed the pig shit wagon going up the hill in front of your house.
31 May 2007 at 07:17 pm | #
You see how he had to wait for the pig shit wagon to slow down on the hill so he could get by. Probably pushing with one foot as he did. The roar was the rattle of the knee brace on the gas tank.
31 May 2007 at 08:09 pm | #
Locke, HB...you two crack me up!
HB...I heard the bike pass the wagon and then I smelled shit and I thought the biker must have shit himself because he was so scared! He must have been going 30 kms an hour to pass the wagon. I didn’t realize it was the shit wagon that was smelling.
31 May 2007 at 08:27 pm | #
Jean let me tell you a secret. Never mind looking for the pink girlie geaser glide or the stud carrying purple Barney. Put your glasses on girl and check out the seat ON the seat. The iron ones are HB’s (I tested them at his b-party and found them to be real iron) and the new and improved titanium ones are Locke. The guy with the inflated ego is the shit wagon driver thinking you are eyeing him.
31 May 2007 at 08:55 pm | #
I have to behave, I may need HB’s expertise and I have to say, he is always quick to rise to the occassion when called upon.
31 May 2007 at 09:04 pm | #
Good grief, you make him sound more reliable than a whipper snipper.
01 Jun 2007 at 10:12 am | #
Definitely more reliable than my whipper snipper. Just last night I complained to himself that I couldn’t understand why every whipper snipper we buy requires pulling on the cord until I have dislocated my shoulder in order to get the darn thing started. Never have that problem with HB.
01 Jun 2007 at 10:59 am | #
And he’s quick to rise. What a paragon.
01 Jun 2007 at 06:32 pm | #
L’Acadienne...does premature and quick mean the same?
01 Jun 2007 at 06:38 pm | #
Not in my book Jean, not in my book. Quick to rise should not be equated with premature (hopefully).
01 Jun 2007 at 06:56 pm | #
Why does Murray call HB 140 lbs of dynamite with a half inch fuse?
01 Jun 2007 at 06:56 pm | #
Upon further pondering of your question Jean, I would like to add a few thoughts. One may be quick to rise which doesn’t make him premature, unless he presumes, which could make him premature in a number of ways.
01 Jun 2007 at 09:46 pm | #
Psssttt..I am in the room, people.
01 Jun 2007 at 09:58 pm | #
...and up for the occasion?
01 Jun 2007 at 10:02 pm | #
Psssstttt.... listen to the silence. HB’s awake again!
02 Jun 2007 at 12:04 pm | #
Such a beautiful day today. I am going to pull up a llawn chair and watch for bikers!
02 Jun 2007 at 07:02 pm | #
If either L’Acadienne or Locke have ever wondered if there is sweet justice in the world, I suggest that at this moment, my buddy HB, who probably still has the super-sized smile glued on his face would be the first to answer with a resounding “YES!”
Whilst I was minding my business this afternoon and mowing the shoulder of the road, as we Islanders tend to do, I clearly had the bejesus scared out of me! A ruby red, (notice HB, I’m being contrite here and did not say ‘pink’) motorcycle quitely snuck up behind me and then “gunned her” making a noise that woulld equal the explosive noise made by the lift off of the Columbia space ship. Thankfully I have a storng heart, but the nerves took a terrifc beating.
Immediately I recognized the rear view of the BOS and even though the driver was experiencing fits of laughter there was no denying it was HB himself! Yep, he felt quite proud of himself and muttered something about “the Gods being lined up today.”
02 Jun 2007 at 07:13 pm | #
God is good, God is great! <sigh>..and I had just left the “blessings of the bikes” gathering conducted by the very pious Christian bikers (just for the record, I am not one of them).