Conservatives want Don Cherry to run in federal election

[ironflange]

http://www.cbc.ca/pcgi-bin/templates/sportsView.cgi?/news/2004/05/06/Sports/cherry040506

Yes, he's just the type of fair-minded guy the Tories are looking for.

[Canuckistanian]

1. Yeah, that'll get the Québec vote!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

2. To give him credit, Cherry turned it down saying he didn't want

to take a paycut. He's honest at least.

[MaineDem]

3. Grapes?

DOes he still have a little dog?

[ClassWarrior]

4. The jazz musician?

Step-father of singer Neneh Cherry?

[ironflange]

5. Sorry, no

You're waaaaaayyyyyyy off.

[THUNDER HANDS]

6. I'm pretty sure its the hockey broadcaster

[bif]

11. Uh, he's dead.

It's the former hockey coach and commentator on Hockey Night In Canada.

[StandUpGuy]

7. What has Cherry said....

other than racist, homophic, hate, to make the conscervatives think that he's one of them ?

[Minstrel Boy]

8. What a great loose cannon he would be.

In the documentary about Frank Magazine, The Frank Truth, Cherry's asked how he feels about being called a racist. He pauses, smiles and says "Well maybe I am."



Don Cherry was put here so progressive Canadians wouldn't become insufferably smug.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

9. Sweet - I think Charles Mingus would be a better pick

His compositions were more imaginative

:)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

10. Psshaw!

Everyone knows Mingus is a card-carrying member of the Bloc Quebecois.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

12. Correction - was

He's dead my friend! Which makes him an even better candidate for office!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

13. Surly Dead Sepertatist Be-Bop For President!

...or something.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

14. His campaign ads will feature his trademark SQUANK's

He should hire me to be his press secretary!

[ironflange]

17. He'd be able to beat Ashcroft

:evilgrin:

[gottaB]

15. Don Cherry is dead

Ornette Coleman would be a natural subsititute, but he's not a Canadian.

How about Oliver Lake? I sincerely doubt he's a wacko hatemonger, but he does have a very strong personality, and he puts across his views in a forceful way that people appreciate.

[TrogL]

16. Go for it

a lost Conservative seat is a good Conservative seat