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Ashlie McIssac? Ashley MacIssak? Ashley McIsek?
Damn. Going to have to learn to spell that name.
That's because Ashley MacIsaac, the man flying below the radar in the Liberal leadership race, could be the next Prime Minister of Canada.
Scoff all you want but MacIsaac has the gazongas to get the job done.
We know this because of his appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 1997 when he ended a typically maniac fiddle performance with a kick that revealed he is a traditionalist of the first order when it comes to wearing a kilt.
Before he's even elected, the candidate has already given a whole new meaning to the phrase, "The Honourable Member from Cape Breton."
Here's a back to the basics bad-boy who could make Pierre Trudeau look like General Francisco Franco.
MacIsaac once called up a Calgary newspaper and announced he was planning a gay wedding just so he could imagine the look on Ralph Klein's face when he read the story the next day.
In an interview about his apparently serious intentions to run, MacIsaac said, "I have for many years relied upon the sex, drugs and rock 'n roll image to sell tickets. That's not what I plan on doing to sell my particular platform or what I think the Liberals need to do to move forward."
You see, we need not worry about scandal if this Celtic cowboy is elected. He's pre-corrupted! Been there, done that.
What interest could a lowly, oh-so-obvious advertising scam have for a worldly man such as Ashley? He's set his standards way higher than that.
Just imagine the parties at 24 Sussex Dr. If it's true, as Brian Mulroney and Stephen Harper believe, that you have to be buddy-buddy with the U.S. to have them even consider Canada's point of view, then a party animal like Ashley is just what we need to warm George Bush's heart.
If anyone can get George and Laura out on the dance floor to do the limbo, it's our man MacIsaac.
Even if it backfires and George won't loosen up, the rest of us can at least sit back and enjoy the pleasure of seeing the Prime Minister of Canada fiddle while Bush burns.