Live By The Slur… “Catgastrogaffe”

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(bumped) the “Catgastrogaffe” scandal grows… How Ignatieff’s war room handles a crisis”

Seriously, for someone who claims to be an Internet guru, he is exceptionally naïve – like this time, when he seemed to think a Nigerian scam-mail letter was real; or this time, when he bought into an Internet hoax about cell phones – and then deleted his embarrassing responses to same. I wonder if Kinsella has liquid paper all over his computer screen. […]
Is this the template for how Ignatieff will handle other crises in the future? No campaign is error-free; no chatty politician, let alone a team of them, can get through a campaign without making gaffes. A war room cannot stop gaffes from happening, but they can try to defuse them as soon as possible. Kinsella turned a one-day minor story into half a week and counting – and his blamestorming “apology” will only irritate anyone who actually reads it, though I’m not sure the 200,000+ readers of Sing Tao are all clicking their way over to Kinsella’s site right now.

In the interest of fairness and balance – “Lots of people do eat cat.”
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I disagree. Hopefully, he does lose his job.
Heh – first ever “Minister’s Award for Culinary Excellence in Multicultural Cuisine”.
Plus! – “If the free-speech Nazis get their way, Catsmeat will be free to do even more of his sick racist So-this-Chinese-restaurateur-walks-into-the-Humane-Society “jokes”.

106 Replies to “Live By The Slur… “Catgastrogaffe””

  1. I have to disagree with Kathy’s perspective on her website about Warren and Damian’s about Warren not not being censured about his comment because of freedom to say whatever you stupidly feel you have too. The difference in a truly civilized society with regard to these kind of comments is context. While you can argue whether there is any proper context for off-based comments or not, there are definitely contexts when such comments may be inappropriate. This is one for Warren, and he should be appropriately dealt with for it. There is a place when being a stupid boor can fit. Warren has no sense of this. He is a boor 24/7, and as such has no business in am arena in which individual lives can be so profoundly impacted.

  2. “i have been assured by a very knowing Canadian of my acquaintance, in Ottawa, that a young healthy cat, well nursed ,is at a year old a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed roasted baked boiled or barbecued..”

  3. I agree with Kate so let the slow drum role begin, an agonizing frog march off to the Gullotine of public opinion.
    Actually one would not really care had his style not been (along with his best Bud) to target those who disagree with him (them)and label them as racist and anti-semetic.
    As one said “…and when they came for Special K”

  4. This has finally made it out into the world. I posted about this on Jan 16th in the Reader Tips. Glad to see people are taking notice of WK’s double standard.

  5. At the time of his Barney stunt, my impression of WK was S3 – smirking, smarmy, smart-*ss. I thought his gag was petty and juvenile. What’s up with making fun of people’s religious beliefs on national TV? Would you be inclined to vote for a party that insulted you for your beliefs? He wouldn’t dare do that with a muslim or hindu politician. It’s not as though Reform were going to institute a law making us all go to evangelical church on Sunday. My opinion of him has not changed – the older he gets, the more pathetic he becomes, desperately clinging to his ever receding youth.

  6. I’m surprised that no one has suggested taking WK’s band name — you know the swear word named washed up punk band — and redoing it in Mandarin or Cantonese. Or suggesting that he adopt the old Bill the Cat from the Opus comic strip as some sort of medieval sack cloth penance schtick.
    Where’s Alfonso Cashbagliano when you need him?

  7. The HRC’s still exist and will continue to exist for a long time despite their hatefulness. WK believes in them, supports them and promotes their use. Therefore, he should be subject to them like everyone else.
    Though it’s unlikely to happen, because HRC’s pick and choose their victims, it would be sweet revenge if someone at least brought a charge against him. That would put the HRC’s in another difficult position and be a huge embarrassment to him. It would also give this story added legs and would not be ignored by at least some in the MSM.

  10. Did not Kate have a thread of how ‘socially inept’ WK was. He is like ‘several bricks short of a load’ person.

  11. LJ should NOT be fired. In fact we should all drop a line to Iggy demanding that he issue a statement of support for his hard working fellow Lieberal.
    Just had a rather rude thought, what if this was an intentional poke in someone’s eye?

  12. Now remember, everyone – it is ok to slander someone, associate them with every dispicable act under the sun, make fun of their beliefs and use major media to put it all in the Public Domain.
    As long as you say you like the person. You have to fake the ‘liking’ part to cover your ass. Because , remember, Liberals do not discriminate. They slag you only because you are wrong. You are always wrong and Liberals are always right. Got that?
    Man O Man, I like that guy, Warren.

  14. Eastern Canada believes that the LPC must remain the Natural Governing Party. Witness its proclivity to hiring puerile spokesmen, advisors, speech-writers of the ilk of Scott Reid (Beer & Popcorn), Scott Feschuk (who had PMPM pontificate how the allies invaded Norway twice in a speech) and WK who haunts toilet stalls with his Polaroid while eating his cat & rice takeouts. Just 3 little examples of many.
    The main stream media assumes all is well. The Natural Governing Party must not be shown in anything but a favorable light, so gaffes, insults and calumnies must always be glossed over or ignored.
    TG for blogs, particularly SDA.

  15. Well, wouldn’t be surprised if one of the media hacks is reporting Kinsella apologized. Akin and the rest of the media really have no interest in covering this because LIBERAL Kinsella is one of their buddies.
    On the other hand, if it were said by Conservative it would be plastered all over the print media front pages and on all “newscasts’ for days.
    If Kinsella has apologized, who to, where and when did he do it?

  16. I remember well how a twenty-year old tape of Tom Litewski joking around at a party was all over The National. It was a “crisis” for the Conservatives, a national outrage of the highest order, and a grossly injurious slur against to gays and lesbians — and all decent Canadians.
    I have, right here in my hand, a shiny new nickel for the first commenter who finds mention of Ignatieff advisor Catmeat’s slur on The National. Or on any of CTV’s broadcasts.
    We all know what the coverage would be if it was Stephen Harper’s advisor — we’re talking wallpaper. Why the complete, utter and in-your-face hypocrisy? If they’re not going to cover it, they should at least explain the double standard — “well, you see, that was a Conservative, eh? We don’t want to harm Ignatieff or the Liberals, so that makes this a completely different situation…”

  17. Send e-mails to Ignatieff’s office and demand Kinsella be fired. His comment was way over the top. Will the HRC of Ontario take action?

  18. “If Kinsella has apologized, who to, where and when did he do it?” He did it obscurely in a Chinese language article on his web site, but he did it the WK way: First, attack Conservatives with some 8 year old gaffe, then rant on and finally the apology came as a footnote. Right, a footnote. All this was in Chinese with the English translation concealed in his comments section. Not very sincere in my opinion.

  20. Kinsella doesn’t work for Iggy for the paycheck, he does it for the connections. His real bread and butter is Daisy- his consulting firm. Client list here. http://www.daisygroup.ca/clients.htm
    Frankly, working for a (any) Federal Political Party is business as usual for many lawyers/wonks/backroom guys in Canada.
    The street works both ways, Iggy can use every introduction he can get.
    My bet is that it will take more than this to dislodge the Jackal.

  21. How can anyone take Kinsella seriously. This guy talks to a fish (Bart) in a fishbowl and weirder still expects the fish to talk back to him, seriously he needs to be psychoanalyzed and maybe spend a few days at “OL” 299 Qween St. W in T.O.

  23. *
    where was “special k” on that whole peter mackay – buh-linda deal?
    hard to imagine he didn’t stick his “insensitive words” oar in then.
    *

  24. EBD @ 3:12
    An excellent parallel. A minor correction on it though the name is Lukiwski not Litewski, should anyone be looking to google the name.

  26. Gimme a break!
    Why should anyone lose their job over such fundamentally inoffensive comments (and even if they were offensive???)
    There is no such thing as rights, but I will demonstrate for the right of WK to say whatever TF he wants to.

  27. EDB, thanks for bringing the Lukiwski incident to our recall. The media were a total disgrace on that one. Great example of the double standard according to which Party one belongs to.
    The media will scurry to cover for the likes of Kinsella’s “gaffes” with the fury of a cat trying to cover sh*t on a tin roof.

  28. WK is a Liberal. Liberals think they are green. PETA thinks they are green. WK in self identifying with PETA was referring to “Sea Kittens” to show his caring and sensitivity. He had no idea it could possibly be interpreted as him being non sufficiently breast fed as a child thus requiring a gnawing need for attention.

  29. simon: “Shake a leg Warren and remember that what goes around comes around.”
    New name for WK:
    Boomerang Man (Tie Me Catty Mouth Shut, Boys)

  31. He shouldn’t lose his job over this and i don’t want him to – he’s much more useful to the CP where he is now. like the manchurian candidate we will supply the code words that trigger his implosion at the best point in time that will cause the most damage to his sith leader Iggy.

  35. It is obvious that Iggy should hire a spokesman who is more sensitive to the Asian community–like Rosie O’Donnell.

  38. The story made page A8 of today’s Edmonton Journal, so it has progressed beyond the blogosphere, at least in Edmonton, which surprises me since the Journal is a Liberal mouthpiece. It should have been on the front page below the fold, but I guess that’s expecting a bit too much.

  39. It’s a strange conceit of some on the political left that they are beyond charges of racism and sexism. Thus they are shocked when they are called upon the carpet for such things as the clearly misogynist insults that were aimed at Sarah Palin.

  41. JanieG-M has this posted.
    >>>> “and the Harper Conservatives made sure the national media was aware of it as well.” Janie said cattily.
    >>>> “Ignatieff senior strategist Warren Kinsella”
    Can we get the “cat meat” into the fire? The frying pan is not good enough. Fire. Him. All.
    …-
    “HOT, NOT AND AN APOLOGY An Apology: Ignatieff senior strategist Warren Kinsella apologized this week for offending “friends in the Chinese community” for suggesting a Chinese restaurant in Ottawa served “cat meat.” The reference appeared on Mr. Kinsella’s blog, and it wasn’t long before it was picked up by the Chinese press. The Toronto Chapter of the Chinese Canadian National Council demanded an apology and the Harper Conservatives made sure the national media was aware of it as well. Mr. Kinsella has written books opposing racism. He removed the remark: “I sincerely and unreservedly apologize,” he said.”
    urlm.in/bonx

  42. breaking news !
    my sources in Ottawa tell me the Yang Sheng restaurant has created a special entree to mark their coming award for “Culinary Excellence in Multicultural Cuisine”!
    it’s called “dim fuk dum gai” which to my understanding translates to ‘gravy train pass me by”….hmmmph…parse the meaning of THAT if you can…VERY inscrutable indeed.
    anyway…the meal consists of and i quote from the menu..
    “‘rump of horse marinated in 30 yr. old sleaze then stir fried in a WoK with cornpone Croutons rubbed with a reduced pepsi and poutine paste….then served up in a trough with a double dipping sauce on the side.”
    oddest damn thing….a footnote under all this says payment for this meal can ONLY be made with cash in a brown paper bag…..
    i dunno what to make of that mesself…but it IS ottawa as i mentioned earlier and these Celestials are damned inscrutable.

  43. Update from Ezra Levant re Ad$Cam, er Catscam, a Production of/by the Librano$.
    …-
    “Cat-astrophe!
    I see that Catscam has broken into the mainstream English-language press, big-time.
    Here’s a sampling:
    The National Post (online); The Globe and Mail (not hot!); Ottawa Citizen (and Nanaimo News); Calgary Herald (Chinese population of Calgary: approx. 100,000); and Saskatoon (with a photo of Kinsella, with a Cheshire cat smile!).
    But my favourite has to be the Liberal party’s pundit, Robert Silver, who wrote about Catscam in the Globe thusly:
    …his post was in no ways racist or even offensive — at all.
    Um, war room, call your office.”
    http://ezralevant.com/

  44. Does this mean Kinsella is actually a member of PETA – People Eating Tasty Animals ?
    Probably means he’ll never score with Pamela Anderson.
    One fetish dream less for the disgraced Liberal Ass Kicker to have to worry about.

  47. Kinsellout should take his act out on the road!
    Being familiar with Marshall, and Boogie amps set on 10, this rough and ready lifestyle/badass attitude is well “served” by his returning to his (ginger)roots. I’d be happy to rent him the gear he’d need! LOL
    Warren, we’d miss you here though….carry on.

  48. Fred is right. Where is PETA?
    I do believe Coleslaw has commited a hate crime against cats. Animal cruelty at the very least.
    Felines are a protected group at the human rights commission.

  49. Robert has a Homer Simpson moment. G&M
    Robert Silver from Toronto, Canada writes:
    But of course folks are trying to turn this into some kind of a political issue and that’s where I step in.
    Anyways, tomorrow’s the superbowl and by Monday am this story will have had its 5 minutes.
    Posted 31/01/09 at 6:54 PM EST

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