As I blogged after the game 4 loss to the Bell Center, Iggy using it as a platform for shameless self promotion in the face of bad karma may have cost Montreal their season. It is a theory. Just what consequences does he face for cursing the fabled franchise? The Liberals have 12 seats in the Greater Montreal Area (roughly 15% of their caucus). Note that I include rural ridings that touch Greater Montreal as being part of the GMA, because I assume that large portions of their populations are close to the metropolis. If you live 20 minutes outside of Montreal, you are probably still a Habs fan.
So let's pretend that 1 in 4 Montreal Liberals are pissed off that Iggy's little PR stunt cost their team a magical playoff run and defect to the Bloc. The Liberals would lose 5 seats, or 40% of their Montreal caucus. The guy is bad luck and Montreal's season is over. Will Ignatieff pay a price? I hope so, though the Tories have virtually no chance to win any of those seats. In the same city where they held their hapless thinkers conference no less...
Those fans might vote conservative out of spite.
ReplyDeleteIggy ended the last hope for a Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup, just like he'd kill off our hopes for a "champion" Country if he ever got to be PM.
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Iggy's like that character in the old comic,"L'il Abner" ,Joe Btfsplk,who walked around with a little black cloud following everywhere he went, and bringing disaster to all those around him.
DMorris
Also why was he allowed to discuss politics on a hockey program..He knows nothing about politics..CBC that is why...And they say they are not biased.
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