Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Iggy's Montreal Loss

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...

3 comments:

  1. Those fans might vote conservative out of spite.

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  2. Iggy 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.

    Think of a more multicultural Greece.

    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

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  3. 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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