Before he waved goodbye and fled the country for far flung hideaways, the Acting Prime Minister, Stephen Harper”, addressed a Caucus meeting where the Press, admitted in a rare pointless act of “openness”, screamed for answers to ignored questions. I saw the video several times and then dreamt of it. It reminded me strongly of the Jersy Kosinski novel, Being There, where a simple minded sort of idiot named Chauncy Gardener, because he is a gardener does not have a real name, becomes President of the United States. Being almost completely inane everyone is able to project all kinds of opinions about the deep thinking profundity of Chauncy, who really only wants to watch television.
Could it be that Stephen Harper has now suffered in his not very complex mind a complete nervous breakdown and the vacuous smile and shallowest of vocalisations indicate that no one is at home?
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