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Take your sweater-vest and get lost, Warrior Princess tells Harper
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Sep 30, 2008 11:06am |
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| Media | Website - CBC |
| News Date | Tuesday, September 30, 2008 05:05:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | St. John's actor Mary Walsh revived a formerly retired character on a damp, foggy beach Monday night to make a fiery political point about Stephen Harper.
Walsh dressed as Princess Warrior Marg Delahunty at Middle Cove Beach, just north of St. John's, to denounce the Conservative leader's policies before the Oct. 14 federal election.
Participants at the event Walsh sponsored were invited to toss sweater-vests — like a blue one Harper wears in much-discussed TV ads aimed at softening his image — into a bonfire.
"I thought, 'Well, there's not very much I can do, I suppose, but I could go down and burn a few sweater-vests,' " Walsh told about two dozen participants.
About half a dozen knitted sweater-vests were dropped into the fire. Walsh, though, earned the biggest crowd response when she tossed a large picture of Harper into the fire, even though it took a while to burn.
Walsh created Delahunty as a blunt, straight-talking woman with a St. John's accent and a medieval-fantasy costume, who barged into politicians' events, invitations be damned. |
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