Stand up for podium

For all those dutiful citizens researching party platforms and where their local MPs stand on fighter jets, I have the following suggestion: give up immediately. This election is all but over. Look at the podium Stephen Harper has. It says Canada on it. CANADA. Not "Let's stand up for Canada" or "Conservatives <3 Canada." Just "CANADA" plain and simple.

Harper does not have the mustachioed sex appeal of Jack Layton, nor does he have the gold-toothed scholarly elitism of Michael Ignatieff, nor does he have the teacher-slapping roguery of Gilles Duceppe (look it up, I kid you not), nor does he have the...the....the....crafty necklaces of Elizabeth May. All that being said, Harper and his Conservative advisors know one thing for certain: Canada is a nation that respects podiums. If a podium is truly representative of our unique national identity, we will band together and support that podium and ultimately, whoever stands behind it. PODIUM for PM 2011!!!!