How Smallwood We Is

In today’s Telegram, Terry Roberts does a profile of Smackdown 2007: Cartwright-L’anse au Clair Edition.

Without so much as batting an eyelash, Tory candidate Dennis Normore levels an ironically hilarious accusation against incumbent Yvonne Jones. As Roberts reports:

He [Normore] said her “Joey Smallwood-style politics” is out of touch with today’s voters.

So, what is Normore’s idea of modern, 21st-century, non-Smallwood politics?

“People realize that we have to be on the government side in the next four years. Otherwise, we’re going to pay dearly for it,” Normore said.

“People are telling me. ‘We’ve got to be on Danny’s team.’”

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He referred to Jones as an “outsider” when it comes to the decision-making process.

“If we elect her, we’re electing a person who will serve in opposition, and if we do that I guess we’re going to be the sacrificial district,” he said.

“Paying dearly for it…” seems to be an official Tory talking point. (Leo Bruce, come on down!)

And “sacrificial district”?

Nothing – absolutely nothing – could be more Smallwoodian than that.

Danny’s candidates seem to have adopted one of Danny’s own nastiest traits: the habitual projecting of his own political and personality flaws onto others.

Even Smallwood would be hard-pressed to out-Smallwood the Smallwooding that Danny and his Dandidates are already engaging in.