November 19, 2005
WE WERE HUNGRY AND HE GAVE US BREAD
SteynOnline (November 19th, 2005)
As readers of today's National Post will know, this is now officially the online home of Canada's second greatest "public intellectual"!(Number One was Don Cherry)
(I'm not sure how well this reflects on either The National Post, Canada, Cherry or me.)
(On the other hand, given my chances of making the Order of Canada, I'll take what I can get - and hey, Don and I whumped Naomi Klein into third place, Margaret Atwood into seventh, and Michael Ignatieff - "Canada's next Prime Minister" - into 15th.)
Mr. Steyn is talking about his second place finish in a nation-wide Canadian public opinion poll on who is Canada’s most famous public intellectual. Not only did he beat out such leftist toadies as Margaret Atwood and Naomi Klein, but the astounding thing is that the guy who beat him is the only Canadian more right-wing than he.
Posted by Peter Burnet at November 19, 2005 8:52 PMI thought: "Don Cherry the jazz musician is from Canada...?"
Posted by: PapayaSF at November 19, 2005 9:30 PMSo what are you saying, Canadians are closet conservatives, or Canadians voted on name recognition like most voters everywhere?
Posted by: erp at November 20, 2005 9:00 AMSend Don Cherry back to Boston and let him run for governor in 2006 if Romney wants to step down.
Posted by: John at November 20, 2005 9:34 AMCherry has been called the last real Canadian.
Posted by: George B at November 20, 2005 12:39 PM