John Doyle's Top 10

I love Globe and Mail television columnist John Doyle's top 10 annoying people of the year.  I always agree with him.  Here they are:

1.  Kevin O'Leary.  I definitely agree.  O'Leary is a loud-mouthed rich guy who thinks he's Trump.  I think the guy made his fortune selling something to a toy company, not exactly a leading-edge scientific discovery.  A complete bore.

2.  Justin Trudeau.  Doyle had him ranked eighth, but I've got him at two.  "The Minister of Gibberish" is what Doyle calls him because that's all he ever spouts.  He lives on talking points made up by the totally out-of-touch Gerald Butts.  Butts, after all, is the guy who advised Dalton McGinty right into oblivion.  Nice work there, Gerry.  Even Liberal back benchers are increasingly embarrassed by the hapless and dense Trudeau. 

3.  Peter Mansbridge.  To me, he's tied for first with O'Leary with his sanctimonious blather.  He has rendered himself completely redundant and obsolete by sticking to the same tired formula when reading the news -- news that he pulls off some newswire or other while he's getting his hair coiffed.  Any guy who says, "I'm Peter Mansbridge and this is The National" in that order has a big problem setting priorities.  He finally announced his retirement, too bad it's a year off!  He wants coverage of Canada's 150th to be his last broadcast.  Way to eff it up Peter!

4.  Wendy Mesley.  God spare us from Little Miss Priss!  Now here's someone who has no idea what she is reading?!  Just rolls along with whatever piece of paper is in front of her, grinning through tragedy after tragedy.  As Doyle says, it's all 'Harry Potter' to her.

5.  Kellie Leitch.  I'm with ya on that one, John.  As much as the CBC often inspires Canadians to pound the remote, Canada needs the CBC -- an organization Leitch wants to abolish.  Without the CBC, Canada would be just like the US.  "Blah blah -- the elites -- blah blah," writes Doyle.  She is one of the most elite elites I can think of, rich surgeon and academic that she is.  "More fake than the most fake news story imaginable," says Doyle.

Doyle has five others, but I never watch them so have no opinion.  I know he is talking about Canadians, but I have a few others that rank right up there:

Michelle Obama/Hilary Clinton
Oprah
Barack Obama
Perry Bellegarde (right up there!)
Kathleen Wynn
Christie Cream (Clark)
Gregor Robertson OMG!
Naheed Nenshi OMG x 100!
Rachel Notley
Jodie Wilson-Raybold
Jane Philpott
Maryam Monsef
Christian Wolff (the annoying "old-woman" director of the Calgary Crowfoot Y)
Martha Stewart
Rachel Ray
Everyone on CNN
Ellen Degenerate
All the predictable dolts on CBC's "At Issue"
Everyone on every cooking show and competition
All the Bachelor(ette) shows
George Stroumboulopolous
Valerie Fortney (Calgary Herald columnist who needs a hair cut)
............I could go on. 

Merry Merry.