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Pooping puffin paralyzes Canada Conservative event
Reuters on Yahoo ^
| 9/9/08
| Roberta Rampton
Posted on 09/09/2008 8:35:34 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WINNIPEG (Reuters) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper wanted to talk about his promised diesel tax cut on Tuesday but found himself sidetracked by his Conservative Party's depiction of a puffin pooping on his chief rival.
A Conservative website, http://notaleader.ca, showed an animated puffin flying across the screen and plopping a white blob on the shoulder of Liberal leader Stephane Dion, drawing an angry response from Dion and an apology from Harper.
"It was tasteless and inappropriate. We have enough differences with the Liberals without getting into that kind of thing," Harper told a news conference after announcing he would cut the diesel tax in contrast to Dion's proposal to raise it.
"I offer my sincere apologies to Mr. Dion."
The Conservatives quickly changed the graphic so that the puffin just flies by Dion without dropping anything.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Canada; Foreign Affairs; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: canada; harper; paralyzes; pooping; puffin
To: fanfan
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:36:45 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)

Conservative leader and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper plays with 14-month-old Eric Huang during a campaign stop at the Huang family home in Richmond, British Columbia September 8, 2008. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:37:12 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Mencken would puke at the output of most of today’s media “muckrakers”.)
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:38:15 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Mencken would puke at the output of most of today’s media “muckrakers”.)
To: NormsRevenge
Great. Did anyone manage to record it before the puffin ceased pooping?
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:41:30 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Cicero
I haven’t checked Youtube .. fingers crossed.. lol
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:42:21 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Mencken would puke at the output of most of today’s media “muckrakers”.)
To: Cicero
To: Cicero
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posted on
09/09/2008 9:07:11 PM PDT
by
beckysueb
(Drill here! Drill now!)
To: NormsRevenge

Eric: “Huh! Your style of kung fu is very good! But mine is superior!”
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posted on
09/09/2008 9:17:04 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: NormsRevenge
Why do conservatives always apologize?
Tell them to butch up and learn to take a joke.
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posted on
09/09/2008 9:22:41 PM PDT
by
dsc
To: Army Air Corps; GMMAC; Clive; exg; kanawa; backhoe; -YYZ-; Former Proud Canadian; Squawk 8888; ...
Whoops. LOL.
Thanks for the ping, AAC.
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posted on
09/10/2008 4:43:08 AM PDT
by
fanfan
(SCC:Canadians have constitutional protection to all opinions, as long as they are based on the facts)
To: beckysueb
It is a funny looking, squat, large beaked, sea bird.
To: beckysueb
What is a puffin?A tasty meal....

I remember going out with my Dad off shore in Newfoundland on foggy mornings
and coming back with a bunch of them for Grandma to pluck and cook up.
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posted on
09/10/2008 4:53:47 AM PDT
by
kanawa
(It's Palin on the breakaway...She shoots....She Scorrrrres!!!)
To: kanawa; beckysueb
I was going to say that a puffin is kind of a cross between a penguin and a seagull, but your picture says it better.
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posted on
09/10/2008 9:00:20 AM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
Pretty mild offense, I’d say. Seems to me that that liberal media lady has done more to spread the joke than the original Conservative website ever did.
Not a glimmer of a smile from her. This is SERIOUS news.
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posted on
09/10/2008 9:03:56 AM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Slings and Arrows
Not a pooping puffin ping.
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posted on
09/10/2008 9:38:43 AM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(TSA and DHS are jobs programs for people who are not smart enough to flip burgers)
To: Squawk 8888; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
That puffin wouldn't try that in the South. We aren't at all kind to those who poop on our Grits.
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posted on
09/10/2008 10:59:58 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~ [Shipping and handling charges may apply.])
Comment #18 Removed by Moderator
To: Lady Jag; OESY; All

"Y'know, we get blamed for everything around here....
And those durned pigeons always get away with it!"
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posted on
09/10/2008 12:02:09 PM PDT
by
yorkie
(For God so loved the world, that He DIDN'T send a committee.........)
To: beckysueb
Puffins roll their crap into a ball and hide it. It has been suggested (by a liberal) that the Liberal Party make the Puffin their mascot.
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posted on
09/10/2008 4:07:41 PM PDT
by
Grig
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