On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

Some of you may note that I count The Rick Mercer Report as one of the several remaining justifications I have for watching TV at all. It's certainly one of the better ones I have at this point in time, given the cancellations that have been plaguing most of my other current favourites over the last year.

Last night, two further justifications for my high opinion of Mr. Mercer and his motley travelling crew appeared on the TV screen. One was this week's RMR Rant, wherein he tore Alberta Premier Ralph Klein and his proposal for a "Third Way" for medicare a couple of well-deserved new ones.

The other was a gag re: the state of the Liberal Party Leadership. Said gag constituted a bogus eBay auction selling off a kit to help the winning bidder land that particular job to the highest bidder.

Well, I don't know how much longer eBay will go along with the gag, but for the amusement of my friends outside of Canada, I present something I had absolutely no hand in organizing.

In the space of 15 minutes, from the moment I first read the web page on the other end of that link to the moment I reviewed it for linking to this LJ entry, the leading bid amount rose from $250 grand to $300 grand!

Clearly, this is an auction not only for the politically amusable, but for those deep in pockets as well. I would hope that if the Mercer Report people are actually behind this thing, the proceeds will be split equitably between CBC, Mercer's production house and the Liberal Party.

It's only the right thing to do.

Update: I just looked at it again at 7:44 PM, and the bidding is up to C$ 15 MILLION?!?!?

Update II: Mercer's pulled the plug himself, figuring "we're never gonna see that money."

Oh well...