Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Tuesday Jan. 24, 2006 - Year 3, Day 309 - the next day
-3C/27F, Chinook winds whistle through tall grass as brown & dusty replaced the snow carpet
returning from my walk to write . . . work invaded, now abated
cities like Toronto, Montreal & Vancouver will have no members on the government side of the house & will feel under-represented . . just as the west & Calgary have felt before; this will be a challenging gap to bridge for a new Prime Minister without a majority, akin to a trapeze team working without a net as yesterday’s election produced that wave of change we wanted, but only produced a minority government for Stephen Harper. Our Prime Minister designate gave a strong victory speech; so too, in conceding & announcing he would step down as Liberal leader, Paul Martin showed class, respect & dignity
when things go badly, we are never as dismal as we think in the moment; when things go really well, we are rarely as good as we think we are - that’s true in many areas I suppose, but none more graphic than the win/lose equation in politics; to thousands of workers & candidates; with 3-5 candidates in most constituencies, most of you lost yesterday, but you lost in a worthy cause making democracy work
‘Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.’ – Theodore Roosevelt
today is the next day & will be followed by the next day, the next day . . Oh, Canada . . what a great country
today is off to a wonderful start . . all good calls so far . . I’m good !
Mark
returning from my walk to write . . . work invaded, now abated
cities like Toronto, Montreal & Vancouver will have no members on the government side of the house & will feel under-represented . . just as the west & Calgary have felt before; this will be a challenging gap to bridge for a new Prime Minister without a majority, akin to a trapeze team working without a net as yesterday’s election produced that wave of change we wanted, but only produced a minority government for Stephen Harper. Our Prime Minister designate gave a strong victory speech; so too, in conceding & announcing he would step down as Liberal leader, Paul Martin showed class, respect & dignity
when things go badly, we are never as dismal as we think in the moment; when things go really well, we are rarely as good as we think we are - that’s true in many areas I suppose, but none more graphic than the win/lose equation in politics; to thousands of workers & candidates; with 3-5 candidates in most constituencies, most of you lost yesterday, but you lost in a worthy cause making democracy work
‘Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.’ – Theodore Roosevelt
today is the next day & will be followed by the next day, the next day . . Oh, Canada . . what a great country
today is off to a wonderful start . . all good calls so far . . I’m good !
Mark
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