Oh how happy they were, the former Liberal MPs who gathered last weekend in Longueuil to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Jean Charest’s victory in 2003!
Oh they looked happy!
Even the sun was part of it!
THE GOOD TIMES
For those were the good times, sir!
It was the good old days!
Not only did the PLQ know which sign it was in and what values it was defending, but it was winning!
Well, the means used by the party to line its coffers were perhaps not above suspicion, the ministers had to compete in ingenuity to bring grist to the mill, but at least the Liberals were seated in the driver’s seat!
It’s all well and good, a party that has nothing to reproach itself for, but what’s the use of smelling of bleach if you’re languishing in the opposition?
With Jean Charest, we were in business!
It was rolling!
We weren’t afraid to get our hands dirty to make the machine work!
Everyone was doing their part!
We were like the dancers at La Broussaille bar, we did table service!
Want to chat with the minister? No problem, we’re talkable!
The man knew how to recognize his friends!
And these made him feel good!
It was what we call a local government!
THE CAQ KEEPS LOWERING THE BAR
At the time, there was only one federalist party!
Did you like Canada? You voted PLQ!
Today, everything is mixed up!
Who would have thought that one day, a former tenor of the sovereigntist movement who was a minister under Bouchard and Landry would jump for joy and sing the praises of the Canadian federation each time Ottawa stooped to throw a handful of peanuts in the Halloween bag offered to him by Quebec?
With nationalists like that, who needs liberals?
It has come to pass that even Bernard Drainville has a maple leaf tattooed on his forehead!
The caquistes usurped the identity of the PLQ!
They have even given up on requiring a single tax return, to tell you the truth!
Every day, the troops of François Legault crash a little more in front of Ottawa!
They went from “We’re going to wrest new powers from Ottawa, watch us go” to “All we want is for the federal courts to be kind enough to allow the government of Quebec, which was democratically elected to adopt the laws that the people of Quebec want them to adopt”!
Besides that, Robert Bourassa looks like Paul Rose!
MINI PUTT
No wonder the former accomplices of Jean Charest met on a golf course to celebrate their former leader.
At the time, the Liberals were making holes in one!
While today, they are not even screwed to win a match at Rigolfeur de Saint-Jérôme…