Brian Mulroney has Passed Away

[FlamesAddiction]

A big part of his mandate was reducing the deficit, which he did with a fair degree of success. It started to go back up in his second term, but he still left it lower than he found it.

Deficit reduction measures are always going to piss off some people. Even if necessary, it can be hard to deal with the change that comes with it.

[fotze2]

Mulroney, hmm. He had an alter in our house. My ma did advance for Brian, organize the logistics for his trips, yadda yadda, we were huge PC supporters, big signs that would get defaced, the whole shebang. Back when it wasn't embarrassing to support a party.

His favorite chocolate bar was 4 flavours and a distant second was Eat more. We'd drive around trying to find the elusive 4 Flavours bars. Not as many options back then.

She loved Elvis, but Brian was up there with Elvis. A different era. She'd manage the kids and stuff, they were really a first family. She adored them..

Then she moved to provincial politics years later, worked for Ralph. That's when she handed in her PC card. Said he was just not a good person, never elaborated more, a bad person. Which is incongruent to what history seems to say but I believe it to be true.

There is a group of us conservatives that are wandering the desert waiting for the right person. Don't let me get started how much Preston Manning was loathed in our house. Almost as much as Trudeau was.



Anyway.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Russic

My dad was in the Mulroney government. In grade 1 I would have kids come up to me, tell me that their dad hated my dad, and then scream this song in my face. I was a 6 and did not understand government in the slightest.

Wow. I've never heard of that, but in retrospect that must be funny?

Also....as I recall 'Eatmore' bars were disgusting.

[dino7c]

throwing a nickel in the trash in his honor

[Slava]

Originally Posted by fotze2

Mulroney, hmm. He had an alter in our house. My ma did advance for Brian, organize the logistics for his trips, yadda yadda, we were huge PC supporters, big signs that would get defaced, the whole shebang. Back when it wasn't embarrassing to support a party.

His favorite chocolate bar was 4 flavours and a distant second was Eat more. We'd drive around trying to find the elusive 4 Flavours bars. Not as many options back then.

She loved Elvis, but Brian was up there with Elvis. A different era. She'd manage the kids and stuff, they were really a first family. She adored them..

Then she moved to provincial politics years later, worked for Ralph. That's when she handed in her PC card. Said he was just not a good person, never elaborated more, a bad person. Which is incongruent to what history seems to say but I believe it to be true.

There is a group of us conservatives that are wandering the desert waiting for the right person. Don't let me get started how much Preston Manning was loathed in our house. Almost as much as Trudeau was.



Anyway.

I've never heard of 4-flavours and I just have to know...what are the 4 flavours?!

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Slava

I've never heard of 4-flavours and I just have to know...what are the 4 flavours?!

The great thing about the internet is that it's pretty easy to find the answer to most questions.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

The great thing about the internet is that it's pretty easy to find the answer to most questions.

Why even have the ability to ask questions on here?

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Slava

Why even have the ability to ask questions on here?

To be judged.

[looooob]

the Boy from Baie Comeau always carried a bit of extra cachet in our family as my uncle was also from Baie Comeau and of roughly the same vintage (although they weren't quite of the same age as the family lore would imply)

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

Apparently, vanilla, bordeaux, chocolate and caramel.

Next question is, what is bordeaux in this context? Is it wine flavoured?

I've never heard of this bar before and I'm someone who will enjoy a rare bar now and then if I can find it, like Mirage, Mackintoshes, Sweet Marie, etc.

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

The great thing about the internet is that it's pretty easy to find the answer to most questions.

Can someone tell me if you are MMF? You are tooooo sarcastic to not be him

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by fotze2

Can someone tell me if you are MMF? You are tooooo sarcastic to not be him

I'm not handsome enough to be MMF.

[Sr. Mints]

From prime ministers to prehistoric chocolate bars to threesomes. I love it here.

Originally Posted by Russic

My dad was in the Mulroney government. In grade 1 I would have kids come up to me, tell me that their dad hated my dad, and then scream this song in my face. I was a 6 and did not understand government in the slightest.

I find it intriguing how some children often mimic their parents' perspectives without grasping their significance. It aids in identifying who's going to be an ###hole in life.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

Originally Posted by Locke

Also....as I recall 'Eatmore' bars were disgusting.

You Take That Back, Good Sir!!!!

Eatmore, is not only a Canadian classic chocolate bar, but it was named by a fellow Cape Bretoner!

The only thing disgusting is your sense of taste!

Spoiler!

for those that can't tell, this post is riddled with over the top sarcasm, but the fact it was named by a Cape Bretoner is true

[Russic]

Originally Posted by Locke

Wow. I've never heard of that, but in retrospect that must be funny?

Also....as I recall 'Eatmore' bars were disgusting.

I can see the humour, I just don't feel it! It sounds like Fotze and I had pretty similar upbringings... the hatred for Preston Manning and the Reform Party was very real. We'd often get drunken phone calls threatening to kill my mom and stuff.

To this day whenever somebody gets overly political (on either side of the spectrum) I have a hard time remaining engaged or taking them seriously. The entire thing feels very stupid to me. I get that politics is important, but my experience from a very young age was that it's a lightning rod for negativity.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Russic

I can see the humour, I just don't feel it! It sounds like Fotze and I had pretty similar upbringings... the hatred for Preston Manning and the Reform Party was very real. We'd often get drunken phone calls threatening to kill my mom and stuff.

To this day whenever somebody gets overly political (on either side of the spectrum) I have a hard time remaining engaged or taking them seriously. The entire thing feels very stupid to me. I get that politics is important, but my experience from a very young age was that it's a lightning rod for negativity.

Its the same as the 'F### Trudeau' stickers on trucks or...do you remember that company that made disgusting stickers of Thunberg?

I dont have patience for that kind of crap. Stick to policies and ditch the personal bull####.

I have as much disdain for Trudeau as anyone else, but I'd never put his name on my car either positively or negatively.

It reminds me of that scene from Avengers: Infinity War when Thor learns that Gammorah is Thanos' daughter and everyone tenses like theres going to be a fight...and he just says: "Family can be tough."

"Politics can be tough."

Dont make it personal.

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by Russic

I can see the humour, I just don't feel it! It sounds like Fotze and I had pretty similar upbringings... the hatred for Preston Manning and the Reform Party was very real. We'd often get drunken phone calls threatening to kill my mom and stuff.

To this day whenever somebody gets overly political (on either side of the spectrum) I have a hard time remaining engaged or taking them seriously. The entire thing feels very stupid to me. I get that politics is important, but my experience from a very young age was that it's a lightning rod for negativity.

Plus he looked and sounded like Reverend Kane from Poltergeist II.

[Locke]

And Eatmore bars suck and they've always sucked and everyone knows it!

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by Locke

And Eatmore bars suck and they've always sucked and everyone knows it!

Not nearly as much as Big Turk.

[Minnie]

Manning was a huge deal for my parents. I think he got their support initially, only because we knew his deputy leader fairly well. She was my teacher and coach in high school.