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Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Michaelle Jean: Important to all humanity
Boy, aren't we full of ourselves today:
Fluent in five languages, the 48-year-old former CBC broadcaster was approached recently to replace Governor General Adrienne Clarkson.
With her daughter and husband by her side, [Michaelle] Jean also told a press conference last week: "You know I know exactly where I was born. I know exactly where I'm from ...
"Having a person like me as governor general of Canada will mean a lot, not only to Canadians, but all abroad.
"I think it will mean a lot for humanity."
Let's see here. The Governor-General is an essentially a figurehead for a monarchy that itself has extremely limited powers. In this case, this particular Governor-General is fulfilling that role in a country that prides itself on having no opinions, no military, no reason for anyone to be angry with it, or even notice it.
A lot for humanity? Unless there is a high-tech lab tucked away in Rideau Hall where Michaelle Jean plans to find a cure for the common cold, I think that humanity will, on the whole, will be utterly indifferent to her tenure as Governor-General.
It'll be just 30 million or so Canadians who will have to put up with her.
[Cross-posted from Angry in the Great White North]
Posted by Steve Janke on August 10, 2005 | Permalink
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Get out. She could not have possibly said that, could she? LOL
I keep hearing from her admirers in the press corps (and that includes the esteemed Norman Spector) that she has what it takes upstairs to fill the role of our head of state's representative.
Frankly, I haven't seen it so far.
Posted by: The Cyber Menace | 2005-08-10 9:14:09 AM
"I keep hearing from her admirers in the press corps (and that includes the esteemed Norman Spector) that she has what it takes upstairs to fill the role of our head of state's representative."
Talk about a back-handed compliment.
Posted by: Justzumgai | 2005-08-10 10:08:02 AM
Wow, what an incredible woman!!!! Don't get me wrong, we have Hillary Clinton who will unite Islam and the West after she is elected our president, but she said nothing about all of humanity. Consider yourselves lucky, Canada, for electing such an awe inspiring person for governor general. I'm so happy for humanity I think i'm going to dance around the flag pole as if it were May Day!!!
Posted by: Derek in Seattle | 2005-08-10 12:38:28 PM
Electing?!? Look again and you will be in for more of a shock. Although Ontario and Qubec would probably elect her.
Posted by: Mallard | 2005-08-10 1:01:23 PM
I'm always amused at liberal elites who think that an patronage appointment reflects general consensus. Liberal MSM sycophants think of these hollow symbolic appointments as some sort of holy sacrement in the establishment of the single party state. Frighteningly enough, most of the unwashed masses believe only a democratic mandate can legitimize these office fillings as representing consensus. PMO superficial presumptions about the "political correctness" of his appointment choices may make Martin feel like he's satisfying his mandate to cure the "democratic deficit" but then, this is the guy that thinks that ignoring the appointment of Alberta's elected senate candidates and installing knee-walking partisan butt-surfers instead is a cure for "western alienation".
Posted by: WLMackenzie redux | 2005-08-10 2:58:47 PM
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