PKP's firm grip on reality

   So media mogul Pierre Karl Peladeau has really got to be regretting entering politics right now.

   Firstly his side didn't win, so he's a powerless backbencher and he's been fingered with the blame for the loss, as he's the one who totally went off the rails and took a normal-looking speech and injected it with his pitchfork-revolution le-Quebec-au-Quebecois-vive-le-Quebec-libre proclamation by saying that he wants a country for his kids. 

   Jeez, when you're rich your kids want big things I guess.

   So this entire scenario seemed bizarre in the first place because he's already massively powerful and influential and his out-of-Quebec papers are rabidly anti-separatist and as a serious businessman, his denial of economic disturbance under separatism seemed entirely bizarre. 

    He also said in his speech was that he had been counselled by a psychotherapist for his marriage strife.

   Most politicians would likely refer to going to a marriage counsellor or something, so this was a bit of a surprise and even seemed - at the time - a possibly extremely cunning way to gain sympathy. 

   But is it possible that the media baron actually has some large issues? 

   I've been told several gossipy-stories by someone who suggests that they conclude that he might have a difficult grip on reality but was not convinced by the anecdotes. One involved a situation in which a big dog supposedly jumped into his parked convertible at a barbecue in the Laurentians and chewed up the front seat of the very expensive ride, something that apparently drove Peladeau into a wild rage. Not really sure, however, that I would not have been extremely pissed off at such an event myself, so Ima give him a pass.

   Ultimately an argument can be made for anybody being uh, mentally imbalanced and I'll need more evidence before I come to that conclusion in this case, but love the theory nonetheless.