X Marks the Spot

PHOTO: John Tory talking, very possibly rambling.

I like John Tory. I think he's a great guy, and I think he'll make a good Premier one day, if McGuinty screws up enough to give him a chance in the 2011 election.

Tory does ramble, though. A lot.

He was in Mississauga today, and he called to talk about the Throne Speech. I didn't really care much for the Throne Speech. There were, as was reported, no surprises.

But Tory wanted to talk about it. I let him. Then I asked him about what I wanted to talk about.

Among other things, I was curious about his take on the horrible response to his plan to fund faith-based schools. He had already told the media he wouldn't revisit it in the next election because the voters had made their decision on it.

Here's what I asked: "Is that disappointing? You're trying to make fair something that is so obviously discriminatory and the people are saying they're fine with it."

Here's his 45-second response:
"Look, the results of the election overall were disappointing, but you can be disappointed but it doesn't do you any good to say you're disappointed or to complain about it because the voters, I've always said, the voters are never wrong in rendering their verdict because they're given the chance once every four years to do that, and while you might be disappointed, you might disagree with the verdict they rendered, they rendered the verdict they did, and I accept it because in politics you have no choice but to do that, and there can be many disappointments that come with accepting that verdict, but that doesn't change that you accept that verdict because the voters are never wrong, they choose what they choose to do, and they've made a choice, and I guess what's most important for me and for them to know is that I understand the verdict they rendered and will deal with it accordingly."

Reading that makes my brain hurts.