Rick Mercer for Prime Minister

Do you think Rick Mercer would be a good PM?

  • Yes

    Votes: 9 56.3%

  • No

    Votes: 7 43.8%
  • Total voters
    16
B00Mer

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One fifth of Canadians want Rick Mercer to be Prime Minister



VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - The latest political poll puts Rick Mercer on top, followed by Don Cherry. News1130 is on the street looking at who Canadians feel would be best for the job of Prime Minister (other than those currently campaigning, of course).

A survey by Monster.ca says number one, at 22 per cent, is funny man Rick Mercer. Voters say he's not just funny, "He has balls, that man. He has a good head on his shoulders. I'd like to see someone with a sense of humour up there," says Cory.

Hockey loudmouth Don Cherry has 11 per cent support. "I'll roll with Cherry. He's a good Kingston boy and I'm a Kingston guy myself," admits Jack.

Steven says he's more of a hockey fan than a Rick Mercer fan, so he would vote for Cherry. "He's not afraid to voice his opinion. I guess he's charismatic and outspoken. But he's a little bit headstrong so I'm not sure how he'd fare."

Hockey golden boy Sidney Crosby had 10 per cent support and, despite his popularity with swooning tweenies, Justin Bieber trailed at just one percent. Baby, baby, baby, oh! He will be old enough to vote next year.

source: One fifth of Canadians want Rick Mercer to be Prime Minister - News1130

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I am one of those 1/5 I guess.

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WLDB

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He might be ok. But good luck convincing him to make a run. I'll doubt he'll ever stand for any political office.
 
MHz

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He should be made to give the rest of Air Farce high positions of power, I'm pretty sure every Province had at least one Representative there that had their thumb on the pulse of the way things really worked.
 
B00Mer

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Mercer is brave and say's how it is, he is truly patriotic and intelligent. It would be a change to actually have someone in politics with those qualities.

Yup; would be a nice change from the typical self serving, cover your ass, political power grabbing politician.




Hallelujah!! Hallelujah!! I have been sent by God to represent you poor Canadian peasants. Your savior is here. :lol:
 
MHz

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B00Mer said:
Mercer is brave and say's how it is, he is truly patriotic and intelligent. It would be a change to actually have someone in politics with those qualities.
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Same qualities JFK had, .... need I say more??
Perhaps the Harpster will treat the country like he does his hair some wild colonial day. He's certainly in the right position to stab somebody in the back, don't see why it has to be us.
 
#juan

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Same qualities JFK had, .... need I say more??
Perhaps the Harpster will treat the country like he does his hair some wild colonial day. He's certainly in the right position to stab somebody in the back, don't see why it has to be us.
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Was JFK gay as well?
 
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Rick Mercer to end 'Mercer Report' after 15 seasons
Bill Brioux, THE CANADIAN PRESS
First posted: Monday, September 25, 2017 10:56 AM EDT | Updated: Monday, September 25, 2017 11:09 AM EDT
TORONTO — When the “Rick Mercer Report” returns to CBC Tuesday night, the opening headline will be “Final Season.”
The Canadian comedian has decided to end the show in March after 15 seasons and 277 episodes.
In an interview with The Canadian Press, Mercer said there was no “seismic event or epiphany that this should be the end. It’s still the best job in the world.”
It was simply the right time, he said.
Mercer, who turns 48 next month, posted his announcement Monday in a specially taped rant to his 1.3 million Twitter followers.
It will be one of 264 rants he will have performed since the series premiered on Jan. 12, 2004 — all captured in various graffiti-strewn Toronto alleyways by director of photography Don Spence.
“I’m incredibly proud of the show and everything we’ve done,” said Mercer.
To get ready for one last season, he flew thousands of kilometres this summer, taping segments “from sea to sea to sea.” One 12-day trip saw him snorkelling in the Arctic Ocean off Cambridge Bay where Canadian underwater archeologists are based.
“They’re way up there,” said Mercer. “It was fantastic.”
In P.E.I., he hung off the side of the Confederation Bridge with a maintenance crew.
“I had nightmares for days afterwards,” he said.
A stop on the B.C. coast saw him helping to release eagles into the wild. In rural Manitoba, he helped seniors paint a grain elevator.
“Three coasts and a grain elevator,” said Mercer. “You can’t get more Canadian than that.”
All that travel left him with “luggage in my house in various stages of packed and unpacked for 15 years.”
He praised members of his road crew, including field producer John Marshall, who have been with him from the beginning.
He’s proud of all the money raised for causes such as the malaria-prevention “Spread the Net” campaign.
“That’s engaged a whole bunch of young people in ways that just keeps on paying dividends,” said Mercer.
Just how lucky he’s been hit him a few years ago when he struck up a conversation with a passenger on a plane.
“He revealed to me, sadly, that he didn’t have long to live,” said Mercer. “This man had compiled a bucket list of, like, a hundred things that he was going to do.
“So he started explaining his bucket list to me, and I had to stop myself because everything he said, I was like, ‘Oh, you’ve got to do that! It’s great!”
Mercer realized that he’s been living a bucket list life.
“You don’t know how many people you might meet whose fondest dream is to fly in the back of a fighter jet,” he said. “Well, I’ve done that three times.”
So why walk away from the best job in television?
“I’ve done this before,” said Mercer, who was one of the founders of “This Hour Has 22 Minutes.” That series returns Tuesday night for its 25th season right after the “Mercer Report.”
Mercer was 23 when “22 Minutes” launched and left after eight seasons.
“A lot of people said, ‘You’re mad, why would you walk away from this?” said Mercer, “Sometimes you have to take a chance.”
What followed was a five-season run on the sitcom “Made in Canada.” He also scored huge ratings with his “Talking to Americans” comedy special. Factor in “Mercer Report” and he will have been a key part of the CBC schedule for 25 consecutive seasons.
Now that the series is ending, will politicians be clamouring for one last appearance? Mercer shot segments with everyone from former prime ministers Stephen Harper and Jean Chretien to NDP leadership hopeful Jagmeet Singh. He’s shied away from that lately, “but if Bob Rae wants to get naked again for one last skinny dip, he’s welcome.”
He swears he’s not leaving to write a book or accept a Senate appointment. He’s not angling for a raise or “looking to spend more time with my family.” And he promises he won’t grow a giant beard like David Letterman.
He doubts he’ll change his mind, either.
“There’s a lot of people who’ve worked on this show for a long time,” he said. “They’re like family in many ways. They deserve the heads-up.”
Mercer talked it over with his partner at home and work, executive producer Gerald Lunz. It was their call to go out on top.
“You leave to protect the legacy of the show,” he said. “That’s what you have to do.”
What will he do next?
“I honestly don’t know the answer,” said Mercer. “Right now, I just want this to be the best season ever.”
http://twitter.com/i/videos/tweet/912316213098926082
Rick Mercer to end 'Mercer Report' after 15 seasons | TV | Entertainment | Toron
 
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B00Mer said:
Mercer is brave and say's how it is, he is truly patriotic and intelligent. It would be a change to actually have someone in politics with those qualities.
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Nope.
No one wants to hear the truth.
Everyone wants to keep the delusion that everything is fine.
Politicians who try to tell the truth don't last long.


So, 1/5th of the Canadian public are utter morons.
 
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