Canadian Election 08 Blooper Reel

There are some who would say that Canadian politics are dull. And they would be absolutely right. Once you take out all of the entertaining parts involving French secessionists and the joys of bilking Alberta out of its oil money (where it’s best to look the part before you saddle up with a bag of it, see our Prime Minister*, left), Canadian politics and watching paint dry are about equally entertaining, with the latter slightly edging out politics as at least you can be alone with your own thoughts while watching paint dry. This is something you can’t do while trying to figure out what the hell the Canadian Senate does, who its members are and why you can’t vote for them.

[*Editor's note: Prime Minister Stephen Harper is embroiled in a controversy of his own we'll get to soon---an aide stealing speech excerpts from a former Aussie Prime Minister's speech!]

With everyone caught up in the US election, including, well, the two Canadians who write this blog (see our take on a certain US vice-presidential candidate’s belief that humankind marked the end of a working day by sliding down the tail of a brontosaurus by clicking here), it’s not surprising that the Canadian election campaign running at the same time has fallen into the shadows–that is, until now.

These days, Canadian politics isn’t as boring as the waking paralysis of Liberal Leader ‘I could’ve been a contender’ Stephane Dion speaking on any topic. This year, blogs and the major kick in the pants they mean for those in the mainstream media have resulted in numerous election candidates being caught with their pants down (sometimes literally, sometimes not… more on that later).

Here is a look at some of the more entertaining (well at least if you’re not on the campaign bus of the concerned party) political gaffes to come to light during this election season. We have divided them on party lines, so as to show that bad taste, poor judgment, and, okay we’ll say it – insanity – comes in all shades of the political spectrum. Here in Part One, we take a look at the gaffes of Pierre Elliot Trudeau’s old posse, the Liberals:

Lesley “Black Helicopters” Hughes (Manitoba): You know that office nutcase who seems a bit strange but sort of blends in with the furniture until the inevitable happens and he sounds off on the fact that the moon landing was filmed on a Hollywood sound-stage and that Elvis and Tupac are alive and well and have in fact opened up a B&B in rural Pennsylvania (which the Paul McCartney impostor is helping to fund)? Well Lesley Hughes is the Canadian political equivalent of that guy.

Hughes, a former radio talk show host, so therefore thoroughly experienced in communicating with people who are also a few slices short of a loaf, claimed that the Mossad was involved in a 9/11 plot warning Jewish businesses to get the hell out of dodge before the Twin Towers attack. Such claims can be countered by anyone with the ability to think, read, and recognize the number of Jewish names on the list of those who perished that day. Liberal leader Stephane Dion wisely sent Ms. Hughes political fortunes in the general direction of the mercury in Winnipeg’s thermometers.

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