chapter 41: conservatives gone wild

during the 2006 campaign, the conservative party became known as a well-oiled machine on the way to ending the liberals reign of terror. but this time around, the pc's have been decidedly un-pc.

there was the puffin poop incident. (http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=566e7b2d-7dc1-4ce9-99ed-bf7b06bd829e)

next, a tory staffer was canned for suggesting a father of a dead soldier who was critical of the conservatives had political motives. (http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=634dfca0-8c67-4a0f-9528-59ee0ffd64da)

then there was the "death by 1000 cold cuts" remark made by agriculture minister gerry ritz, that spawned outrage (http://www.canada.com/topics/news/features/decisioncanada/story.html?id=97e5ce8f-3afc-404d-bd7e-2f11f8761f06) and a satirical video game (www.deathby1000coldcuts.info)



finally, a toronto-area conservative candidate quit today because of remarks he made in his blog criticizing bus passengers who didn't try to stop the brutal beheading of tim mclean. here's the full text of what he said:

"So there was a bus stabbing on the Prairies. A man with a knife was able to go on a murderous rapage decapitating a fellow human being. The rest of the bus was unarmed and helpless. What was the generous Canadian thing to do? Help a fellow human being? No. Flee in terror. Passengers and the bus driver stood by and watched another person being butchered, and couldn't muster up any courage or self sacrifice to intervene. This is where socialism as gotten us folks, a castrated effeminate population.

This is a perfect example of why we need concealed-carry handgun legislation in this country, so we can defend one another and deter horrible events such as this. But what are our politicians talking about? More government regulation and security.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the friends and family of Tim McLean during their time of pain."

it's not like the liberals (http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2008/09/11/liberal-candidate-a-no-show-to-explain-oka-remarks.aspx) and ndp haven't had their mis-steps, but we've come to expect that kind of disorganization and wackiness from those guys.

but the conservatives? not so much.

i wonder if they've been getting high with comrade jack?