Canada's Progressive Conservatives, like big-C Conservatives elsewhere in the Anglophonic world, have long held the nickname 'Tories'. It has long saddened me that their left-leaning opponents seem nicknameless. But fear not! For the Liberal Party of Canada does, indeed, bear a nickname of its own.
The Grits.
Huzzah!
I vote we start calling the Canadian Alliance 'the Beavers'. It's vaguely suspicious without, technically, being dirty. And it's very Canadian.
Posted by aloysius at September 30, 2003 01:22 PM | TrackBack |So, when John Wayne portrayed Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit," it was actually the story of a lone Canadian liberal and his battle against intolerance in the Old West? I always thought there was something homoerotic about a crusty old marshall, alone in the great expanse of a growing nation searching for its identity. Well, that and the man's real name was Marion. Alright, Pilgrim, get up and dance like The Duke ...
Posted by: The Duke on September 30, 2003 06:46 PMFew people realise it, but _True Grit_ is actually an allegory for same-sex marriage rights and the decriminalisation of marijuana. It's all in the subtext. The flashing eyes, the swaying hips, a wiggle here, a gesture there...They speak volumes.
Posted by: The Thin White Duke on September 30, 2003 07:46 PM