_ " -. ......a. usucuns, accusations will ny, so will the political rhetoric. A real old-fashioned dog- fight. And by Labor Day, hopefully. our minds will be set on who deserves the next shot at ruling this country's ship. Our eyes are anxiously trained on the woodwork. There will be plel fly, so will the polit fight. And by Labor Day deserves the next sh: - -_. “Manet: state, the campaign also promise: to be one challenged on a negative approach. None of the parties has a single thing to brag about at this point, so instead will attempt to drag the others through the mud. It's a shabby way of doing things, but lots more fun, and besides, whoever said politics had to be a fair fight? Watch for Turner to take off the kid gloves he wore so elegantly throughout the Liberal leadership campaign. if for no other reason than to avoid being unceremoniously humbled by Mulroney, the 9mservrtiire'.i, answer to Henny Youngman. or Broadbent, the NDP's answer to nothing. Of course the real test will be the ability of Turner to woo the West and Mulroney to key on Quebec (and Broadbent, to hang on to dear life to the seats his party holds now). There will be plenty of vnrhal mum-n _ - -.....ucu Ill me authoritative figureeone who ca who realizes that our current shrewd, methodical long-tern instant cure-ans. Because of our unsettled state to be one challenged on a new "gun... L- - - ,e--.........v IO' uldl regard. If anything is to be said for the election, it is tl campaign promises to be full of surprises. It will, some people think, not be an election of issues, but images and trends. What Canada needs is a good father figure right now babysitter to fill its sleepy head with empty (and in cases Mr. Mulroney, foolhardy) promises that l possibly be fulfilled in u... "c__, - --.r "v" ullC Dial.“ "tit. I time.And Broadbent. bless his soul, i; horse about to be put out to pasture by be unable to do anything right these plenty of company in that regard. If anything is to be said for the eh campaign promises to be full of sum some non-“A qCe__q ' - _ ,-. "um. uecelvmg polls. They now show his party comfortably ahead of Brian Mulroney’s Conservatives and Ed Broadbent‘s New Democrats. which is more the fault of the latter pair than to the credit of the former. As has been stated in this space recently, the thought of electing any of those three to rule the country is right now a frightening one. Turner has wasted little time tarnishing his image, what with patronage packages, media insults', boring Cabinet moves and upstaging of the Monarchy. Mulroney. in making a fine race out of what should be a Conservative romp given the sorry state of our country. could find out sooner than he would like exactly how Joe Clark felt. Backs against the wall time.And Broadbent. bless his soul, is just a tired old war horse about to be put out to pasture by a party that seems to be unable to do anything right these days, though it has plenty of company in that regard. If anything is to be said for the election, it is that the :ampaign promises to be full of surprises. It will, unlike :ome people think, not be an election of issues hm m... _. mages and "and" -e. - "u. 'q"vermmettt? Or, will it be just more of the same we have come to expect in the past It; years? Reason for the election in themrst place is of course the favorable position John Turner's Liberals have in those all-importahi yet often deceiving polls. They now show his party comfortably ahead of Brian Mulroney’s Conservatives and Ed Broadbent's New Democrats. which is more the fault of the latter pair than to the credit at Hm f-,.-, Ac Ln“ L, The Queen gets the net September 4, the day we get our chance to send a Ah, but will it be a w more of the same we h years? _ .V.-.. LII-pl.) [Hun In t r. mulroney. foolhardy) promises that ca be fulfilled in the short term. We nee: tive figureeone who can be trusted to guide us ‘zes that our current woes must be eliminate methodical long-term strategy, not halCh: Ire-ails -'ariror-Ta-e-ad.P. Show us - ---'"mee%* I“ panama ovary Wodnuday by Funny Press a dmuon ot mtchunoMNntodoo Rococo Lu. out»: 225 Funny Rd 8.. Kitchener. Om . .A , news on Saturday _vtrbisl risiiéh'frs' .---'v-v-. VIII 1etUr,etee.errow-,uU " Eros: h' _ Wan-Ian. IAtt Nag IL], Mn.» s'l'T,,',tt'egoe,e.ettr1vet,a-d'd “La-Olson Museum-Ice when trtmettttlaTir'i'r.' "fe'ef"oi'aactoTra'rllCt'st/',t,, - «new» on baturday. We get-it on I ' we send the kids back to school, nd a new government to Ottawa a new government? Or, will it re have come to exam-r in n... 'auf, the campaign also promises negative approach. None of the In hm" "LN“ ' -. _ to brag about at this point the others through the mud. , but lots more fun, and besit be a fair fight? Watch for Tur q the Publisher Paul Winkler Manager Bill Karat-s Editor Rick Campbell I the mud. It's ' find besides, eliminalevdvi); ttt half-baked We need gel-it on Monday I1lilllKllllB NE'ER = mo tciiiiiirriaiiiitss, ' JOHN 00W as: SHESAm 50m“) hh ' r... :-...-._, : [nun-a Am . -__ - ‘p.YE TOOK tw, nut a in some cannot one of , one , we also On Labor Day, lea asperated. exhausted once, en.igmaticanf, ll fresher lovers and him v _, w“ Hues to tease. She fills them . , . M“ with m sterious ur es and yeamin s which cc, T"'..""." mm a name of mind so chilly that make them drive like retarded orfngutans you re divine for your recently discarded wool dance in their bare feet amid broken bottles and lies. ' _ . In July, she turns on the charm full blast, . shogfdlhaekzst 2:1;12 itdit,tigist.h people who clutching you in a sizzling embrace that makes She's not pure evil though She has a rather your head reel and your teet.rajter. But when soft spot for the older aiiriiiii; warms their you throw eaution to the winds and submit arthritic joints with her hot tender hands. She yourself entirely P. the affair - m short, when fills their lonely hearts with pleasures in her you go on your holidays - she hes. a change of loveliness. And she reminds them, in subtle mood and weeps for two weeks without pause. fashion, of the days when they knew her long When August comes, her murmurous langor. ago. when they were young and. passionate the sheer, delectable sight and smell of her, themselves. sends you running once more into her round. Every time I feel the cool, smooth hands of golden arms - and her perfume gives you hay. children after s.wimming, every time I walk a fever. lonely beach and see lights across the bay, every On Labor Day, leaving you frustrated. ex- timelhear the silken rustling of hertraridGii, in asperated. exhausted and broke. she smiles the evening trees. I know I am once again in once. en.igmaticanf, and heads south to look for thrall to that wonderful witch - the Canadian fresher lovers and bigger bankrolls. summer. And I 'm glad. In July, she turns on the l clutching you in a sizzling emt your head reel and your feet you throw caution to the wi yourself entirely to the affair - you go on your holidays - she mood and weeps for two weeks When August comes, her mu the sheer, delectable sight an sends you running once more an A-.,. __-, or -_.. m... a passtonate. unpredictable woman. Just as you are never quite sure where you‘re at with such a dame. you are never sure of what a Canadian Summer has in store for you. She might greet you with the warm, seductive scents of June and, just as you are about to seize her, retreat into a frame of mind so chilly that you‘re diving for your recentlv Hi-ea-a-a ----A' I:_., Summertime in this country is a mixture many wonderful things that I would ha, leave for the next world. at once, if someone to me, "Sorry. old boy, but you’ll never be to spend another summer in Canada." Perhaps the fascination of a Canadian t mer might be compared to falling in love. on year. with a nor-V‘~--‘ "We were making those we'd been drafted?' We'd I -'--"-i._M. I." 30 ml things that I would happily ott world. at once, if someone said old boy, but you’ll never be able 3r summer in Canada." fascination of a Canadian c..- It is written --.-""'. u... ucLurub‘ We'd be singing Chinese stupid hit records while Vietnam was going on le singing Chinese of so In lo ve Bill Smiley Syndicated colun;nist --- -...a ulclll "mysterious urges and yeamings which them drive like retarded orangutans. in their bare feet amid broken bottles and makes. and fall in love with people who be put away in institutions] . M, a..-“ --- .. A. 't surpri: