Limes with Orange

A couple of days ago, I received a pair of emails from the Alberta Liberal Party saying that there was going to be a Town Hall Meeting with The Honourable Stéphane Dion, Leader of the Opposition followed by a casual meet and greet at the James Joyce Pub.

As I mentioned in Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way, I had been hoping for Bob Rae to be leading the Liberals. Obviously, that didn't happen. But I found out that a friend of mine, who is very involved in the Liberal party, thinks Dion's win was the best possible result. Now I haven't always seen eye to eye with this friend when it comes to politics but I do respect his opinion, so I wanted to check out Dion for myself. Which is why I was actually pretty pumped to go to this thing (even though no one else I know was interested, and my cousin's reaction pretty much confirmed my theory that most people would rather play a rousing round of Russian roulette than go to a political meeting).

So I went to the theatre where the town hall meeting was supposed to be held only to be told that the meeting had been cancelled and Dion was already over at the Joyce... and that the pub was already packed. I decided to drive by the pub just to see for myself, and couldn't help but notice the swarms of people still walking over to the pub from the theatre. It was then that I realized how tired I was from my day and the idea of fighting through the crowds for the remote possibility of being able to learn more about this man as a leader... well, it just didn't seem like it would be particularly useful nor was it something I could muster the energy to do.

I would really like to know why the meeting got cancelled and if it's going to be rescheduled. I've gotta say, it's not really a great first impression.

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