The surprise is the surge in popularity of the so-called People’s Party of Canada, led by that total dweeb Maxime Bernier.

I was tallying votes last night from a majority-Mennonite village just north of Stratford. The Conservative candidate received half the votes, but his runner-up was not the Liberal (as expected) but the PPC candidate. Mind you, the PPC has no seats in Parliament yet, wasn’t even invited to the leaders’ debates, and is led by Maxime Bernier, a francophone noted more for ineptitude and out-of-stepness than for any conventional notion of political leadership. That this outfit has so much appeal to red-neck Ontario is a fact well worth the attention of the entire intelligentsia, not to mention the social great and good.

For the record, I generally hold my nose and vote Liberal for the sake of their platform. If I had to vote for the leader, I would be compelled to screw up my ballot, throw it at the District Returning Officer, and stomp off in disgust.