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Oscar: G’day. Why were you under your desk this morning?
Old Fart: Embarrassed about chewing up time of many kind tweeps responding to some comments on @CTV_PowerPlay last evening. Compliments unmerited.
1/8
Old Fart: Embarrassed about chewing up time of many kind tweeps responding to some comments on @CTV_PowerPlay last evening. Compliments unmerited.
1/8
Oscar: Well, it’s not about you. It’s about debased discourse in a public health emergency.
OF: Preach.
Oscar: You’re also too old to use lingo like that. Now, let me get to the bottom of this. 2/8
OF: Preach.
Oscar: You’re also too old to use lingo like that. Now, let me get to the bottom of this. 2/8
Oscar: Are you or have you ever been a federal political donor?
OF: Sporadically for years to Libs or Cons.
Oscar: Why?
OF: Supporting Ontario MPs who heard me out endlessly pressing for more $ for research/PSE. Outcomes imperfect, but at least they listened. 3/8
OF: Sporadically for years to Libs or Cons.
Oscar: Why?
OF: Supporting Ontario MPs who heard me out endlessly pressing for more $ for research/PSE. Outcomes imperfect, but at least they listened. 3/8
Oscar: Biggest Con donation?
OF: $1,000 in 2010. Who cares?
Oscar: @michellerempel. Old news, too low. I think you’re still dead to her.
OF: Is that a bad thing?
Oscar: Behave! 4/8
OF: $1,000 in 2010. Who cares?
Oscar: @michellerempel. Old news, too low. I think you’re still dead to her.
OF: Is that a bad thing?
Oscar: Behave! 4/8
Oscar: Now the sniff-test. Your closest drinking buddy ran twice for the NDP, true?
OF: Yes.
Oscar: Uh oh. @kevinsmithuhn says Premier Bill Davis fondly remembers your dad as “a good Tory”.
OF: True.
Oscar: Whew! Wait, that's just Ontario... 5/8
OF: Yes.
Oscar: Uh oh. @kevinsmithuhn says Premier Bill Davis fondly remembers your dad as “a good Tory”.
OF: True.
Oscar: Whew! Wait, that's just Ontario... 5/8
Oscar: Anything federal?
OF: Hmm. The old man spent a year in Ottawa as deputy director of the national PC party in the Diefenbaker era.
Oscar: (Groans) Jurassic Park! Red Tories! Nothing more recent?
OF: Nope. 6/8
OF: Hmm. The old man spent a year in Ottawa as deputy director of the national PC party in the Diefenbaker era.
Oscar: (Groans) Jurassic Park! Red Tories! Nothing more recent?
OF: Nope. 6/8
Oscar: Let’s go somewhere else. Views on current politics?
OF: Can I refer to this amazing column by Paul Wells? https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/i-think-this-parliament-is-broken/
Oscar: No. Your words.
OF: Partisan politics leads fine people to do strange things. 7/8
OF: Can I refer to this amazing column by Paul Wells? https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/i-think-this-parliament-is-broken/
Oscar: No. Your words.
OF: Partisan politics leads fine people to do strange things. 7/8
Oscar: Banal. Do better.
OF: Politicians are like fish in the fridge. They can go off pretty quickly. The virtue of democracy is we can keep them or throw them out.
Oscar: Not bad. I’m doubling your COVID pay... from 0 to 0. Now go back to work!
OF: Gladly… 8/8
OF: Politicians are like fish in the fridge. They can go off pretty quickly. The virtue of democracy is we can keep them or throw them out.
Oscar: Not bad. I’m doubling your COVID pay... from 0 to 0. Now go back to work!
OF: Gladly… 8/8
