Nova Scotia Is ON

Nova Scotia election on Oct. 8. During the #nspoli campaign, all projection data will be here: http://t.co/gYRwwc5HuK
— Éric Grenier (@308dotcom) September 7, 2013

I hardly ever write about Nova Scotia politics.  Who does?  But last time they had an election out there I was kinda the king maker.  This exclusive re then Premier Rodney MacDonald going and shaking his man boobs on a trampoline probably cost him the election.  And, while we're on the topic, these exclusives re the NS Liberals circulating topless photos of NDP candidate Lenore Zann probably kept them out of office.   I'm hoping for better behavior all around this time.  Can we have some issues, people?

Anyway, bottom line is don't fuck with BCLSB.  And, if anyone from team Trudeau is reading, this kind of stuff is why I deserve a Senate appointment, when you guys get in.

All Hail Lenore Zann!

Last night, NDP Star candidate Lenore Zann won the NS riding of Truro-Bible Hill by a good 18% point margin over her Liberal opponent. As you may know, early in the campaign, Lenore, who has starred in such movies as Def-Con 4 andVisiting Hours, suffered a Liberal Party instigated smear when topless photos of her from the tv series The L-Word were leaked to a number of NS media outlets. Party leader Stephen McNeil eventually apologized, but perhaps this set the notion of NS Liberals as scuzzy operators in the public's mind.

In any case, Ms. Zann overcame adversity to triumph in what was previously a Tory strong-hold. Congratulations, Ms. Zann! And, just to say it so it has been said and need never be said again: awesome rack, sister!

Some Of Their Ads Were Almost As Bad As Ours

Premier Rodney MacDonald discusses attack ads and explains why the Tories lost in Nova Scotia.

Conservative attack ads backfiring? Hmm! Where have I heard that before?)

(PS. That remark isn't in the ctv link above; I just heard McDonald say it on CBC. Also, waving his man-boobs on a trampoline didn't help)

(PPS. Libs as opposition? That's an advance! Drinks all around)

Which Way Doth The Wind Bloweth?

It bloweth Left, at least in Canada.

While some wonder whether the latest EU result portends anything for Canada, surely the fact that Nova Scotia will wake up Wednesday morning with an NDP majority government is more indicative of the state of our national politics.

And the NS result will be a good one, too. A party can only ensure its long-term viability by governing successful in some jurisdiction. The next generation of federal NDPers (post Jack Layton, may that day come soon) will soon be able draw from a broader pool of pols with experience in actually working the levers of power, rather than standing on the sidelines and kibbitzing interminably.

Nova Scotia Premier Shakes His Manboobs

...on trampoline, looking for bounce in polls.

If this doesn't lose him the election, everybody in Nova Scotia should be strangled to put them out of their misery.

(Yeah, Randy, at our age we all got 'em, but most of us choose not to flaunt 'em shamelessly)