Conservatives too are capable of romance

Pete and Condi, sittin’ in a tree.
K-I-S-S-I-N-G …….

I don’t know about you, but I am a sucker for romance. I love hearts, and flowers and sweet kisses, and all the little flutterings that go on with a couple in the throes of a delicious new love. Yep, give me a happy ending every time.

So, I guess you know that the international community is all abuzz about Condi and Pete involved in a ‘diplomatic alliance’ that just darn well might be even more ‘diplomatic’ than any of us realize.

American Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, normally so serious, even dour as she goes about her demanding task of doing George W’s damage control, among other things, seems to be all smiles today. Especially all smiles when she is in the company of her newfound ‘friend’, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay.

Don’t tell me there isn’t something more than just diplomatic courtesies happening. I mean, Ms. Rice made a special trip to Nova Scotia, on 9/11 yet, to offer up her thanks for Canada’s assistance on that ghastly day five years ago. OK, fair enough, those would be the diplomatic duties. But then, get this, she made an ‘overnighter’ to Pete’s home riding of Pictou, NS. No, I am not suggesting anything untoward happened in that 24-hours, but usually a girl doesn’t go home to meet the folks unless she feels a bit of affection for the boy.

And, well, as the old song by Mickey and Sylvia goes, ‘Love is Strange:’

Love, love is strange
Lot of people take it for a game
Once you get it You'll never wanna quit (no, no)
After you've had it (yeah, yeah) You're in an awful fix
Many people Don't understand (no, no)
They think loving (yeah, yeah) Is money in the hand
Your sweet loving Is better than a kiss
When you leave me Sweet kisses I miss

In fact, I could see Condi and Pete doing an updated version of the ditty, since they are both pretty decent musicians in their own right. That would be real cute. Two archly conservative politicos in sweet and soulful harmony. I love it.

Then of course, Pete is the guy who was unceremoniously dumped by moderately pretty, excruciatingly rich, and very much a legend-in-her-own-mind, Belinda Stronach a few years ago, when she decided her bread might be more nicely buttered if she allied herself with another political party, and jilted Pete. It wasn’t. His party won. And now Pete is keeping company with a genuinely powerful woman, not just a ‘wannabe’.

Love is indeed strange. So can political bedfellows be. Oh, don’t take that ‘bedfellows’ comment outside of its metaphorical sense – unless you want to. I can’t stop those tongues a-waggin’. And, as a guy who once caused tongues in this smaller community to wag a few years ago, I personally know this can be heady stuff.

But, I think Pete and Condi should just play this one through. A little levity, not to mention romance, is always a nice thing in a troubled world.