Iggy goes down

Being right is pretty sweet. Although, the vote share was pretty slim: 437 ballots, or .09 per cent. So I was pretty close to being wrong, and Canada was pretty close to a major setback. I haven't been up to speed with the post-convention media coverage so I'll just leave it at that lest I go on about stuff that's overwhelmingly obvious.

Instead, I've pasted some entertaining quotes quipped by Rick Mercer during the convention:

I think Turner had the chili for lunch

The Ignatieff delegates I’ve been talking to have that tragic air of someone in palliative care eating apple sauce and making big plans to run a marathon.

The only guy having a good day at this point is the soon-to-be leader of the opposition Stephane Dion.

~ post second ballot

The Liberals went into this convention with a host of choices. They could have gone with a battle-tested politician, a former athlete, a world famous academic or a food bank founder from the West; at the end of the day they choose the nerd.

That’s pretty Canadian.

Stephen, can I call you Steve, like George W.?

~ Chretien. If I regret anything, it's missing that speech.