74 Replies to “The Man As Metaphor”

  1. Who the f**k works out in a dress shirt, with the cuffs buttoned? Note the complete absence of underarm sweat; maybe he just delegates the actual work?
    This has to be right up there as the most moronic photo op since Stanfield fumbled that football. What does Iggy do Best? Alienating the Electorate.

  5. The woman in the background (with her back turned to him) must not be too impressed by his august presence.

  7. Just needs a cape with a big GM on it “Girly Man”. Says volumns about the media in this country when THIS flake, is their hero. No chance of this member of the intelliduncia contributing to their global warming boogieman, not a bit of sweat on the city-boy. Watch for his new workout video “Getting Jiggy with Iggy”. Worn Kantsellit will be filming it with his cell phone, when he can point it away from himself long enough.

  8. Christ! He can’t even hold the bar correctly!
    Wait – I know – this is irony: the mighty intellect,
    with an unimpressive physique, mocks those who
    keep themselves in shape; mocks them as mere dross flesh –
    les hommes moyens sensuels, since we are now
    all speaking French.
    That’s it!
    PS my plurals may not be correct, apologies.

  9. I have this overwhelming urge to kick sand in his face just to see what would happen.Visions of Dion playing road hockey and laying mr zoshar out in the corner immediately comes to mind.

  12. judging by the rictus/smile it appears quite a rosy crucifixion….no eli eli lama sabacthani !

  13. I just lost my lunch.
    DaninVan: “This has to be right up there as the most moronic photo op since Stanfield fumbled that football.”
    Dan, at least with Stanfield, “the greatest prime minister Canada never had,” it wasn’t a photo op as much as a sincere attempt to catch the ball — and, then, whoops, a miss.
    Robert Stanfield was a sincere and able politician, not adjectives that can accurately be applied to Michael Ignatieff.

  14. I, for one, exercise in a dress shirt! However, I am 69, and never go near the aerobic stuff, so I don’t work up a sweat. Muscle tone and preventing osteoporosis are my objectives. Also, I DO know how to use that piece of hardware: seated, facing toward the weights, so that pulling the bar down exercises back as well as arm muscles.

  15. 74 first try.
    Now if I had my Savage.22-250 my score would have been perfect. But then my flat screen would be toast.

  17. How long until the DSM lists the Messiah Complex so we can truck this kook back to Bedlam?

  18. The man has obviously never done a lat pulldown in his life. Maybe it’s part of his culture war, this time nerds vs jocks. . . or poseurs vs real people.

  19. I’d assume the pic was Photoshopped, but for the out-of-place white dress shirt.
    Is Ignatieff mocking gym rats?
    Is he really FIT for office?

  20. docduke,
    Both sitting towards and away are fine, and focus on different muscles. Iggy would be working is lats in the this position.
    The grip, though? Extremely left-of-centre, which should surprise no one.

  21. waiting for the CBC to wade into it, telling us how he’s off center, no sweat, dress shirt, and an obvious photo opportunity, is there a neck shot here? I remember how Ralph Klein was pointed out for having extra pounds on him and the msm often used the least flattering photos possible.
    It’s looking like John Turner to me, how a few years out of the spotlight lets your guard down. Do we really want to watch Iggy work out?
    It was all a “faux-sod”

  24. I believe it was Napoleon that said something like” when your enemy is making mistake, don’t interfere” or something like that.
    Let Iggy alone and he’ll find his proper place
    in Canadian politics.

  25. I thought Mr. Dion was inept. At least he was genuine. Iffy seems not to realize how phoney he looks in all his attempts to portray himself as a man of the people. Shades of John Kerry here- pompous, silly and not nearly as clever as he thinks he is.
    May he be the Lib leader for a long time yet!

  26. He could hurt himself there, he’s off balance, appears to be straining at stool or did himself a mischief, he’s definitely leaning too far to the left.

  28. “He can’t even hold the bar correctly!”
    That’s right, he’s not properly centred.
    Just like his politics!

  29. Iggy’s a total phony.
    As I said over at Stephen Taylor’s: “Ignatieff acts like an accidental tourist between destinations. As ‘leader’ of the Liberal$, he seems to be a character who’s found himself in the wrong play: He doesn’t know his lines and he’s unsure of his place on stage.”
    I guess the same could be said about this photo op: the accidental gym guy doesn’t know his apparatus and is unsure about how to use it.

  30. OK what’s it gonna be then Eh?
    The unimaginative plagiarized bogus Hopey-Changey™ Obama pre election transparent fraudulence.
    OR
    The unimaginative plagiarized Obama post election bogus all-my-opponents-are-racist-homophobe-unenlightened-scary-rednecks™ transparent dissembling.
    My oh my so many visionary choices for campaign themes & tactics coming from such gifted LPC bunker warriors.
    Iggy, you’re as good as home at Princtton now, like you never missed a lecture season.
    ROTHLMAO!!!!

  32. After seeing that pic I would bet money on Stephane Dion to beat this man at a game of road hockey!

  33. As I have never been to a gym or taken part in a machine inspired workout – it should be pointed out that to my uneducated eye, he looks like he’s waving the white shirt of surrender with his hands up. But then what do I know, I drive everywhere and park as close to the front door as possible. Cheers.

  35. You know, I’ve seen more meat on a chickens instep, than Iggy has got on his arm.
    Betcha his wife kicks his ass.

  36. From the accompanying article,— “We want to take the Liberal message to every Conservative riding and say there is an alternative. An alternative where no one is left behind.”
    That sounds an awful lot like a plea to those who do not pay taxes.

  38. For a moment I thought the head was photoshopped on. The absence of lats and his hilarious hand positioning indicates he’s never done a lat pulldown in his life (as DrD noted) or any physical work. Perhaps the image of body emaciation is to put forth the subliminal message that this mans brain uses 95% of the calories he ingests (if brain metabolism was related to intelligence). I like the GM cape idea of bartinsky but, unfortunately, in places like downtown TO and Vancouver this might be seen as a compliment.

  39. Rick Mercer did a bit with Iggy moving into his new residence that included the workout room.
    When will the Liberals provide a real test for PM?
    Martin, Dion, Ignatieff, seems kind cruel to do comparisons.

  40. Embarrassing. So awkward and clueless.
    He’d probably be about as good at running the country as he is having a proper, screaming-hardcore iron-banging session. Like, he wouldn’t know where to start, let alone how to do anything, and would pretty much look like Mr. Bean, only not quite as clever. Hell, he’d be just like Obama!

  44. “In the first place I don’t sweat, I perspire. In the second place I don’t perspire.” Major Charles Emerson Winchester III

  45. Unbalanced maybe but coincidence that it’s to the left side or staged on purpose….nah that’s too clever.

  46. Notice how his left hand is WAAAAYYYYY left of center …LOL….just sayin!!!
    Paul in calgary

  48. My view is that Iggy is hanging in there to get the pension (not sure when that happens, but not long.) He is also being steered in the wrong direction re policies by others who will be happy to see him flop. Because Iggy has little experience in politics (or as a Canadian) he is naive and takes whatever advice people are offering — that explains numerous missteps (e.g. “Your time is up!”) I also think his position on the gun registry will backfire.

  49. “I think Conservatives take the West for granted,” Ignatieff told a media scrum after speaking with members of the local Jewish community.”
    wow… did I wake up in an alternate universe this morning?

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