This is brought to us by the never ending genius that is Rick Mercer:
"Usually when there's an election, there's a script that both sides follow and the rest of us read along - we all know our parts.
In a federal election the leaders then fly around the country, make all kinds of promises, which we all take with a grain of salt but based on those promises, we decide who we're going to vote for.
But the promises, whether they are kept or not, are generally within the realm of sanity. This time, it's completely different - the leaders are acting like this isn't a real federal election, or a provincial election or even a municipal election for that matter and for the longest time, I couldn't figure out what this reminded me of, then it dawned on me - HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL!
In high school elections, 90% of the candidates are serious, but there's always some guy that gets up there, high as a kite, makes all sorts of insane announcements and everyone loves him. When I was in grade 10, some dude with a mullet promised free beer in the fountains and a smoking room inside the school! My how we cheered, and that's what Martin and Harper are like: they're like two divorced parents trying to buy their children's love...We're the kids, they're our two dads!
Except this time, they're not trying to buy our love with just an X-Box or a few easy bake ovens here..NO!, they've gone completely off the head. Martin is spending like Belinda Stronick in a shoe store. We're talking billions of dollars every time he turns around and Harper is outspending him!
There's a rumor going around that tomorrow Harper's going to promise everyone in Ontario a ferris wheel and a pony!
This is not good Canada! I hate to be old fashioned here but STEPHEN! PAUL!, where in gods name is all the money coming from?
It is a very bad sign indeed when the worst case scenario is that whoever wins this election actually keeps their promises, because at the end of the day, free beer in a fountain is a great idea, I just don't want to pay for it!"
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