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Politically Incorrect

ONTARIO'S "PSYCHO"

by Arthur Weinreb
June 23, 1999

In the recent Ontario election campaign, NDP leader Howard Hampton compared Liberal Dalton McGuinty to Norman Bates, the slightly deranged character of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 move, Psycho. Hampton did this as part of his valiant quest to prevent McGuinty from forming the next government and leading Ontario to new heights of mediocrity.

Hampton later apologized to McGuinty, who physically resembles the late Anthony Perkins, star of the Hitchcock thriller. And so Hampton should have. For the head of the party that cares the most, but wins the least, Hampton’s remarks were really insensitive and an insult to psychopaths all over the province. Whatever Dalton McGuinty may be--he’s no Norman Bates.

With all of his personality defects, Norman could run a motel. McGuinty hasn’t shown he can run his own party, let alone anything else. All political parties have internal squabbles over which candidates will run in which riding. Leadership means resolving these disputes without them becoming public. The Castrilli/Kwinter nomination debacle should never have left the back rooms. Norman Bates would have handled it better; the matter would have been resolved quickly, assuming Annamarie takes showers.

If Dalton had ran the Bates’ Motel, Janet Leigh’s shower probably wouldn’t have worked and the movie, much like McGuinty’s performance in the debate wouldn’t have been worth watching. If the shower didn’t work at the motel, Norman would have fixed it or had it fixed. Dalton on the other hand, would have just yelled and screamed and blamed the plumber who installed it--probably some hard working guy named Mike.

Norman Bates, as is Dalton McGuinty, was soft spoken and polite. But when Norman got angry he killed people. Dalton on the other hand merely resorted to calling his enemies names like, "mean spirited" and "thug". Name calling is what liberals do when they are losing an argument. Conservatives take action. Normie was obviously a Republican.

Norman took advice from his dead mother who was always putting words in his mouth. Dalton let reporters like Colin Vaughan tell him what to say (McGuinty called Harris a "thug" after Vaughan used the word). If there was a choice between listening to Colin Vaughan or a dead person, who would you choose? No contest. Bates may have said some strange things, but at least he never spoke about whether it takes longer to stab someone to death than it takes to deliver a pizza. At least Norman Bates had enough sense to stay away from cameras and microphones.

Howard Hampton was right to apologize. Dalton McGuinty isn’t, nor could he ever be Norman Bates --he’s just not up to the job.