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Sorry, I shouldn't quote the same newspaper two days running, but I read this and got just a little indignant.
Let me ask you this before I go there. Our current Pope - if he was to leave the church, get married and have a kid..would there be any guarantee that this child would grow up some day and he'd be a really good pope? I mean, is it a gene thing?
Likewise, a world-famous chef in New Orleans - is there anything that says this kid can't grow up to be a shortstop, or a cop, or even a serial rapist?
So when the Toronto Star reported that little Justin Trudeau was gonna run for a Liberal MP job, I really didn't think I should get all excited. Maybe the slightly aged women who went gaga back when Trudeaumania first hit might get excited, afterall - Justin is a reasonably good-looking kid. But that neither makes him a shoe in to be elected or even worthy of consideration in the first place.

Trudeau takes plunge into federal politics Feb 23, 2007 He was introduced to Canadians as the prime minister's baby on Christmas Day, in 1971. Born famous, and rich, Justin Trudeau wants to follow in his father's footsteps as a member of Parliament from Montreal. Pierre Elliott Trudeau was Canada's 15th prime minister, both flamboyant and controversial, with a wife, Margaret, to match. Justin, the eldest of three boys, captured the attention of Canadians when he delivered the eulogy after his father died in September, 2000. Now he wants to capture a seat for the federal Liberal party in the next election, telling reporters yesterday he plans to run for the party nomination in north-end Montreal's Papineau riding. But unlike the easy go his father had in Mount Royal, Trudeau faces a strong incumbent, Bloc Québécois MP Vivian Barbot. Papineau is a working-class riding with a large Haitian population, and Barbot is from that community. But he is a Trudeau, and the mere mention of his likely candidacy had Trudeau lovers and Trudeau haters raising their voices yesterday. His announcement to reporters – he actually has not even informed the party yet – overshadowed the news that long-time MP Bill Graham would not run again in Toronto Centre, paving the way, sources say, for former Ontario premier and failed Liberal leadership candidate Bob Rae to run there. Yet another one of the former leadership candidates, Toronto lawyer Martha Hall Findlay, is expected to soon announce that she's looking for the seat in Willowdale when Jim Peterson signals he's leaving elected politics. All of it is a sign that the Liberals are moving quickly into election-readiness mode, assembling what Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion has called his "dream team" for a campaign that could come this spring. Trudeau, 35, told Canadian Press he hoped to bring "nobility" back into politics. "I think there's a generational change going on right now with Dion being elected as head of the Liberal party ... so to be able to be part of that and change the way the game is played to a certain extent and to bring back a certain amount of nobility and reduce some of the cynicism." Dion praised Trudeau for his bravery in seeking a seat the Liberals don't currently hold and one in which he will have to enter a nomination fight. "I'm very impressed by the courage of this young man, ready to go to a convention in a tough fight for a Liberal. I'm sure he will do it with a lot of dignity," Dion told reporters yesterday. "I hope that he will have a lot of luck. But you know that I will not interfere in this debate between Liberals. I think it's showing that he's not taking the easy way to go in politics." Trudeau acknowledged yesterday that being the son of the late prime minister will have some kind of impact. "Obviously, my father's name comes into it on the positive and the negative," he told a Montreal radio station. "Expectations for me will be so amazingly high by some people and so incredibly low for others that I'm sure to disappoint everyone equally." Despite the profile that Trudeau brings, many Quebec Liberals don't seem all that excited to have him on board. Trudeau, who occupies his time on the lecture circuit and as a graduate student at McGill University, had coveted Outremont, the tony uptown neighbourhood where he lives. However, he met with resistance from the riding association. It's believed the riding, a safe Liberal seat, will be reserved for a star environmentalist candidate. Though Trudeau announced his intentions to the media, the president of the Papineau riding association said the former high school drama teacher has yet to file any official notice. "I met with him, just as I've met with other people interested in running. ... He signalled his intentions in an exploratory fashion, but there are still things left to do before it becomes official," said Luc Cousineau. The Papineau riding executive has yet to set a date for a nomination meeting. Cousineau said it's expected Trudeau will face at least one challenger. The president of the Liberals' Quebec wing was reticent about predicting whether Trudeau will help lead an eventual resurgence in Quebec. "I've never spoken to him, he's never called me. ... It's very difficult to render a judgment on the abilities of someone I don't know," said Robert Fragasso. "I do know he's very visible in the media. I would prefer to get to know him at political events than read what he thinks in the newspapers." Another longtime Quebec Liberal privately criticized Trudeau for his timing. It irked several Liberals that Trudeau would choose to announce his intentions the same day Dion made a major speech about Liberal policy on Afghanistan. "Should the news be the leader of the Opposition making an important speech on Afghanistan, or Justin Trudeau? Politics is timing and judgment. ... Some people have a different definition of `team player,'" said the official, who didn't wish to be named. Dion wouldn't comment on Graham's announcement or Rae's intentions yesterday until both were official. Rae will be up against at least two challengers for the Toronto Centre nomination – lawyer Meredith Cartwright, and Rob Oliphant, a United Church minister. "I just feel it's been a great privilege to be here for 13 years and I'm 68 years old and it's time to turn over the reins to younger people and move on, it's as simple as that," Graham told the Star yesterday. He was the interim leader of the party for nearly the year that it took to elect a new Liberal leader between last January, when Paul Martin stepped down, and December, when Dion was elected. Martin, asked about Graham's announcement yesterday, said: "Bill Graham played a key role in the rebuilding of Canada's military capacity. ... All of us in the Liberal party owe him a great debt of gratitude for the way he stepped forward after the last election. We were all very proud of his leadership."

And besides, I won't be voting Liberal for some time to come. I'm sorry but when somebody or a group of somebodies lie to me and steal my money, it takes a little time before my rage subsides.
So until that happens I'll either be voting Conservative, NDP, Green, or Communist although I'm not even sure if we allow communists onto Manitoulin Island.
And another thing: I'm really getting sick of politicians running this country who come from Quebec. For the love of God, why can't someone from Nova Scotia, British Columbia or even Ontario be the next damn Prime Minister!