Leaders not much of a choice

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Today we have the privilege (I use that term lightly) of voting for that "right for the job" individual to sit upon the Prime Ministers' throne and rule the country to the best of his or her ability. If you watched the nationally televised free-for-all a few weeks ago, the political arena was only minus a few pairs of boxing gloves. Whoa...what a choice we have. It's pretty obvious the choice will be the best of the worst.

You have to admire Preston Manning for keeping his cool and fists on the table, course he got out his frustrations in his television commercials. Jean Chretien was pretty liberal in his rebuttals to Kim Campbell's deficit plan. (It was a little vague.) I suspect Mr. Chretien's white-paper politics have a plan for Native issues - stoke the fire under the biological melting pot.

Kim Campbell was looking quite conservative in her basic black attire. I don't suppose her wardrobe includes deerskin and beads! What's the scoop with Audrey McLaughin and her teary-eyed tale? I can't decide if she's soliciting pity pay or trying to put Jerry Lewis out of a job.

The people of Canada, and especially the Native people, want a leader who will make changes and represent the needs of the people. But that's not what we're going to get.