Canada's Own Rosie O'Donnell????

Elizabeth May's bizarre speech
National Post
Tuesday, May 01, 2007

On Sunday, Elizabeth May, the leader of the Green Party of Canada, returned to London, Ont., where she lost a byelection five months ago. Although Ms. May was not on the campaign trail, she was preaching the Greens' environmental catechism, this time from the pulpit of a local United Church.
Her odd sermon should concern not only Green party members who hope to take the party into the political mainstream, but also Liberal leader Stephane Dion, who recently struck a controversial political alliance with Ms. May -- and has pledged not to run a Liberal candidate in the Central Nova riding where she plans to challenge Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay.
Ms. May's teary-eyed homily on global warming no doubt moved many in the audience. She told the United Church congregation that "Through the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, we can meet this moral obligation."
But other parts of her speech were entirely bizarre, conjuring up theories that call into question not only her credibility as the leader of the Greens, but also Mr. Dion's judgment.
In referring to Evangelical Christians, Ms. May stated that some "are waiting for the end [of ] time in glee ? and they unfortunately include President [George W.] Bush." Ms. May also described Stephen Harper's plan to deal with global warming as "worse than Neville Chamberlain's appeasement of the Nazis."
That's quite impressive: In one speech, Ms. May not only managed to insult Canada's Christians, but also the President of the United States and the memory of those who died at the hands of the Nazis.
And to think this is a woman campaigning to be admitted into the party leaders' debates when election time comes.
At Sunday's event in London, Glen Pearson, the local Liberal MP, escorted Ms. May to the pulpit and described her as a "prophet." We wonder if Mr. Dion shares that view. In any case, we'd like to offer our own prophecy for the rest of 2007: Ms. May will continue to make her party --and, by extension, the Liberals with whom she is now formally allied--look ridiculous.
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