Pyromania

New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord had this to say regarding Prime Minister Paul Martin's declaration that this coming election will be a "referendum election" for Quebeckers:

"[Paul Martin is] approaching separatists in Quebec like a pyromaniac."

Personally, I prefer the 'chicken running around with its head cut off' metaphor, but that's not too far off. What's the point of declaring this as a "referendum election" when the Liberals are sure to lose even more of their seats in Quebec? Mr. Lord succinctly summed up the Liberal absurdity:

"I do not accept the proposition of the Liberals that only they can keep this country together when you realize that they're like pyromaniacs with the matches and gasoline in their hands. They lit the fire and say, 'Oh, let us put it out!'"