Political courtship

[garran]

A couple of days after Christmas, Blair Wilson, the Liberal candidate for my riding, came to our door. He introduced himself to my mother and asked her name, at which point she panicked, and shut the door in his face.

"What was your impression of him," I asked, "In the brief moments before you shooed him off?"

She pursed her lips. "Used car salesman."

We live in a very populous riding, though. If he means to personally visit every home in it, I'm pretty impressed.

Comments

[feedbacksolo.livejournal.com]

"Flee to the wilderness! Even now, they claw at our door..."

[(Anonymous)]

Hey, I did say "thank you " first!

[lady-panther.livejournal.com]

Blair Wilson stopped by my work a couple days before Christmas and gave out Christmas cards to us all. Maybe he *is* trying to personally visit every home in the riding.

Also, I still think it's odd that you and I live in the same Riding. You're in West Van? Or are you in North Van? I get confused about where the boundry is. Anyway, I still don't think that West Van or North Van have much in common with Powell River.

[garran.livejournal.com]

I'm in North Van; as far as I'm concerned, West Vancouver begins at the Lions Gate Bridge, though the reality of the borders may disagree with me. And yes, it's a very peculiar arrangement (I think I read somewhere that we live in the largest-populated riding in the country).


-Andy H.

P.S.

[garran.livejournal.com]

What was your impression of him?

Re: P.S.

[lady-panther.livejournal.com]

I like the "used car salesman" description, 'though he didn't really seem like a salesman to me, more like he was just a friendly guy who was wishing us a happy holiday. And giving me one of the only Christmas cards I got. But that's not the point. Also, I haven't exactly given out my address to many people.

I can't remember the impression I had of him from last election either. 'Though I think it was a good one overall, but last election I didn't want to vote for anyone besides Nicholas Simons. Now he's the provincial MP here. ^_^

Also, I got a call on behalf of Blair Wilson the other day. I wasn't home, so they left a message: "Hi, I'm phoning on behalf of Blair Wilson, we'd appreciate your support this election." They likely said that they were from the Liberals too. I don't remember.

Further also, I like the commercials on TV about "Why wouldn't you speak up when everyone is listening?" reminding us all to vote.

The end.