Sunday, October 29, 2006

Thank you Lorrie Goldstein

... for giving Rick Mercer a well-deserved thrashing.

Word of advice, Rick. When you're a political satirist, it's probably not a good idea to take a paycheque from the government you're satirizing.


And Bob Rae got a little whack on his skinny-dipping rear too.

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Monday Update: Goldstein's column gets picked up by National Newswatch.
Alright, Lorrie!!!

9 comments:

RGM said...

Good stuff by Goldstein. Occasionally, when I feel like looking at my brain but need something to help me roll my eyes that far back into my head, I'll put on Mercer's show (or Stromboulopoulous). Works every time.

Jeff said...

joanne, it is very distressing to hear you suggest that rick mercer should censor himself because he disagrees with aspects of the current government's policies.
what about all that free speech stuff conservatives blather on about?
i didn't hear conservatives complaining while mercer took the pish out of liberal governments. as we know, conservatives are rarely in power in this country so a political satirist would starve to death if they only picked on right-wing governments...
ps. you really need to stop reading the sun. it's not a newspaper.

Tarkwell Robotico said...

yeah joanne, how dare you tell Rick Mercer to self-censor himself.

the way he's going, next time we want him to promote something - I don't, get healthy canada or something - we'll nab him for $17,000 instead of $85,000.

unless you censor him and all we remember are the funny days!

Anonymous said...

I found Lorrie to be less funny on this one than ususl. He could have skewered Mercer better.

How about Greg Weston, describing how flawed the accountability act is?

C. LaRoche said...

I personally like Rick Mercer -- well, I'd rather the Canadian TV landscape have him than be without him -- but satirizing politicians WHILE being in bed with them is a tricky game. Unfortunately for us, many of Mercer's skits/antics/stunts require the participation of politicians -- so he can't stray too far from the gravy train, lest he be cut off and have to perform without the cooperation of anyone on Parliament Hill.

Joanne (True Blue) said...

How about Greg Weston, describing how flawed the accountability act is?.

I have to take what Greg Weston says with a grain of salt. He's been bitter, bitter, bitter ever since the PPG fiasco.

Anonymous said...

Bitter enough that his view can be dismissed as having no merit?

Joanne (True Blue) said...

L.S. - I'm sure some of his criticism is warranted. It seems like a massive piece of legislation, with so many complexities, it's not surprising that there is so much discussion.

On the other hand, I've heard that some of the measures would do harm to the present Liberal leadership convention, and so everything is being stalled.

I guess it depends which pundit you listen to. What do you think about it?

Joanne (True Blue) said...

Good point, Vicki. There is a lot of political posturing going on right now.