Comments on: Spot the flu line celebrity

By: Dot

Dot — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:17:06 +0000

[Gotta protect those colleagues...]

By: Dot

Dot — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:56:31 +0000

No press, no aides, just one guy who looks like security.

Well, there goes that narrative.

By: tigerinexile

tigerinexile — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:18:09 +0000

Whether it was staged or not, McGuinty's a smart guy.

Set a good example: wait in line, get the shot. Encourage good behavior, and demonstrate humility.

By: Luke

Luke — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:02:14 +0000

Just saw video of this on Dalton's facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Dalton-M...

By: Straittohell

Straittohell — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:19:26 +0000

He's also one of the few politicians to bother issuing mea culpas – not always, but actually does do it from time to time.

By: PeteTong

PeteTong — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:29:20 +0000

I agree. He's probably one of the most underrated politicians in Canada right now. You should seem him in Question Period under fire on eHealth and the HST. He's completely calm. Premier Dad.

By: straittohell

straittohell — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:15:47 +0000

I briefly met Dalton McGuinty and chatted with him for a few minutes at a charity fundraising event. He was polite, warm, and genuine. Without going into his policies, I can honestly say that him standing in line like everyone else shouldn't be suprising. He truly believes in what he is doing and acts with good intentions – it doesn't give him a free pass, and it doesn't mean that we have to automatically agree with the decisions he makes for Ontario, but it does mean he should get more respect than appears to be out there.

By: Dot

Dot — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:55:21 +0000

That Dalton McGuinty is categorized by Wells as a "celebrity"? Not really.

By: SisyphusThis

SisyphusThis — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:34:07 +0000

Mea culpa. Fortunately I know a lot – a lot – of people who aren't cynical and they
save me from myself at times.

By: D-R

D-R — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:11:15 +0000

No press is the real highlight.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:58:59 +0000

What a bunch of cynics. I just think this says something positive about public security in Canada.

By: SisyphusThis

SisyphusThis — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:58:42 +0000

Years of living in the MacKay pocket borough.

By: psiclone

psiclone — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:54:44 +0000

you should work in communications for a poltician as it is dowright machiaveliian – see if you can send a resume to Peter Donolo!

By: SisyphusThis

SisyphusThis — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:51:03 +0000

"I know I got the vaccine weeks ago. But I bet if I go stand quietly in line over there
someone will not-so-quietly notice. I love other people's tweets."

By: VinceClortho

VinceClortho — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:44:51 +0000

Yes some politicians actually mingle with the Hoi Polloi. It is good to see.

Now for the not so serious comments

1) What? He doesnt have a family doctor, why is he taking up a place in public line up causing some mother and her kid to wait another 15 minutes….the nerve

2) I guess this means there is no shortage.

By: psiclone

psiclone — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:23:17 +0000

Way to go Dalton .. and kudos to the media usually good stuff never makes it = no drama

By: CndnRschr

CndnRschr — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:16:21 +0000

A. Good for him in setting an example.
B. Politicians are representatives of the people. As soon as they lose sight of that and think they should be treated any differently, they lose their moral authority. Unfortunately, it usually only takes about 20 days in Queens Park or the Hill.

By: jolyon

jolyon — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:07:57 +0000

I wonder if it was McGuinty or his handlers who realized an imperious-premier story was not at all needed after the past few months of Lib misrule.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:03:54 +0000

Kind of makes you proud of Canada, you know?