I just got back from the MS Walk which is a great event except for the self-interested want-to-be MLA and his entourage who, rather than wear the MS Walk t-shirts like everyone else there to elliminate MS, wore red tee’s saying there were there to get votes for him. If you are such a busy person, you should have been out collecting pledges like I did. Instead, as everyone else wore personal (and moving)tags saying why they were walking (for their mum, aunt, friend), you and your gang were wearing political shirts saying they are running for you… Completely insensitive and opportunistic.You will never get my vote and you lost my respect.
—Support don’t Exploit
This article appears in May 21-27, 2009.
Self serving and opportunistic is what politicians do best – the less obvious they are about it the better a politician they are. Do you have any more respect for the ones who didn’t bother showing up?
My sister has MS and as far as I’m concerned any publicity for the run is good publicly. Yes, even if it comes from self-serving politicians, no mater how aggravating that may be.
If I were a politician (wannabe) in an election campaign, and I wanted cheap publicity in a public place, this would be the kind of event I’d be going to.
Now let us all pile onto the LTWWB bike and head for Scotia Square. No sitting on the handlebars!