Premier Ghiz lost Liberal seat up west
Kipling: Man Who Would Be King, sex, power and money lead to defeat, humility is called for
They say winners in politics only get what the incumbant party loses. This week’s election is proof of that.
There aren’t many Canadians in love with Stephen Harper but Stephane Dion gave him the win by bringing in complex new taxes based on obscure and complex principles before the election. What was he thinking? Obviously, he is not a man to be trusted in a crisis to come to the right conclusion. He had lots of good advice to drop it but his ego or stupidity kept him on the wrong course.
On PEI, Premier Robert Ghiz had the death wish in Prince County. He has been abusing West Prince since the election. Just to seal the loss for the Liberals, during the end of the campaign Ghiz sent Wes Sheridan to announce no support for Summerside Raceway.
Gail had a victory in that one dumb statement. Charlottetown can have a fancy Racino but Summerside can’t have anything. And what about taking away the slot machines from the Legion.
Even with that, Keith Milligan came close which is a testimony to the strength of the grass roots Liberals and Keith’s popularity. I bet he was blessing Robert the day after.
Premier Robert Ghiz, the boy who would be king?
There is a book by Rudyard Kipling called “The Man Who Would be King” about an adventurer who seeks fame and fortune and only finds defeat. He sucumbs to the three main vices of man: sex, money and power. It is an allegory, based on Alexander the Great to some extent, for those who seek fame and fortune only to lose their way to temptations.
Poor Robert is the boy who would be king. He has neither the intellectual nor moral courage to be a leader. We sort of knew that before the election. The talk was “he’s kinda young” We held our noses collectively and voted the boy-king in. What a mess he continues to make of the job.
The Immigrant Scandal is a perfect example of not enough depth to lead. Robert had several good opinions that the PNP scam was illegal and unethical. One was from a lawyer “from away” as we like to say. Greed and inexperience led him down the path to tempation, as it has many a man. I wonder what the sex angle is because there always is one where power and money are mixed.
Thanks for reading this blog during the election.
Gail Shea note – during the Provincial Election 2007, I followed the Tories and Liberals around doing information pickets in the rain and snow. At Athena School in Summerside one Friday night Gail asked me right gruff “What do you do for a job?”
“Follow you around,” was the quick reply. “Why did you have something for me at Public Works.” She shook her head and went inside. That running joke went on for awhile. She seems to have a sense of humour.
