Who Wants to be a Liberal Leader?

Apparently, nobody does. Well, no politians anyways. Everyone in the Liberal party turned it down, so why not give everyone else a shot at it? That's what Rick Mercer did when he joked on his TV show, The Rick Mercer Report, that he was selling the Liberal leadership on Ebay. Just to see what would happen, he actually made the listing. And the votes poured in. With a starting bid of only $15.00, the price skyrocketed beyond $15 Million dollars Canadian.

Now, I don't think anybody would expect somebody to pay up, neither did Rick Mercer. But now he's sweating a bit, after he realizes that he has to pay Ebay a percent of the final value, regardless of whether the winning bidder pays up or not. You do the math. 5% of $15 000 000. That's seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars that Rick Mercer has to cough up for his prank. Don't worry Rick, I still think it's pretty funny.