Even Stephen Harper — a member of an evangelical church himself — avoided public association with evangelical Christians due to political considerations.
Even Stephen Harper — a member of an evangelical church himself — avoided public association with evangelical Christians due to political considerations.
Somewhere deep in my memories there is a Royal Canadian Air Farce skit about Preston Manning (I think) and how he “didn’t campaign on Sundays.” The joke is that highlighting the supposed piety of respecting the Sabbath was, in and of itself, an act of campaigning. I did a quick search for the skit and couldn’t find it, unfortunately.
Now, decades later, we have a party leader not just campaigning on Sunday, but making political speeches from the pulpit. I can’t help but think this is a step backwards.
Strangely enough, this came to mind today. I think it was 22 Minutes and the commentary was “And here’s Stockwell Day not campaigning on a Sunday with 23 members of the press.”
It might have been 22 Minutes instead of Air Farce, and it might have been Stockwell Day instead of Preston Manning. I couldn’t find a video clip using any combination of show and politician.
Aa I said, it’s deep memory from long ago. I mostly remember it for personal reasons and not the actual joke. But, you’ve reassured me that it wasn’t just a hallucination on my part.
Yes!! I’m not crazy. Someone else saw it. <Takes a deep breadth> It’s going to be a good day