“A cautious politician does not ride a bicycle, when there is a risk of falling off and landing on the front page of the newspaper.”
Of course, a press release like this can mean only one thing… the Mole is back!
EBD sees campaign slogan gold!
A cautious politician doesn’t stand on a footstool. A cautious politician doesn’t throw a baseball. A cautious politician doesn’t cross the street at an uncontrolled intersection. A cautious politician doesn’t go out after dark. A cautious politician doesn’t ride a bike. A cautious p…
I dub thee “Mike Danger.”
h/t Iceman
Tweee:
“A cautious politician does not take unscripted questions when the cameras are rolling.
“A cautious politician does not ride a bicycle, when there is a risk of falling off…”
He might just end up being our first Special needs prime minister.
Albert Ross, a paramedic from Papineau, agreed. “I think he’s a good man for prime minister because of his experience,” he said. “He’s more aware of what’s going on in the world.”
So by saying that Canada can learn much from China’s human rights record on his latest trip he is either: blatantly talking out of both sides of his mouth or he has completely forgotten what he used to know.
He’s going for the pity vote.
I’m starting to feel sorry for the poor sap.
You mean he doesn’t wear the helmet normally?
So the Liberal PR flacks honestly think I’m going to vote for this jackass’ party because he has the “courage” to ride a bike in front of the press?
Really? That’s their strategy?
I’ll save the analogy for CBC.Ca where only 50% of my comments get deleted!
oh the humanity. Iggy is riding without his fingers ready on the brakes like his left hand man beside him in the picture.
his hair net moment.
“A cautious politician doesn’t stand on a footstool. A cautious politician doesn’t throw a baseball. A cautious politician doesn’t cross the street at an uncontrolled intersection. A cautious politician doesn’t go out after dark. A cautious politician doesn’t ride a bike. A cautious p…
I dub thee “Mike Danger.”
Tony Clement jumped into the Muskoka river to help rescue a drowning women. He wasn’t wearing a life preserver at the time. So he upstages Iggy by a country mile.
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/Fully+clothed+Clement+jumps+into+Muskoka+River+save+drowning+woman/3319814/story.html
Conservatives will move up into “majority” territory.
Next Clement is going to receive frantic phone calls from sitting Liberal/Bloq/NDP politicians who feel they are drowning in this fall’s election. 🙂
I would like to see a FULL SIZED picture of him riding. From whats shown here the bloody bike could be held up in a bike stand on the edge of a parking lot.
The picture is the equivalent of Duceppe with that stupid hair net on when he visited the cheese factory.
One thing the Liberals and the media (and much of the public) needs to understand…..”schooling” is NOT the same as “education”. Not even close.
“The funny thing is, Canadians seem to like it when political leaders stop the expensive photo-ops and the fancy lighting, and start listening.”
We do, do we? I did not know that. I thought Canadians seem to like it when political leaders start telling the truth. Stop speaking for me.
“[Michael Ignatieff] is very engaging and interactive.”
Really?
“The Liberal Express is a great way to bridge the gap imposed by the Conservatives.”
Yes, because conservatives “impose things” and liberals ‘bridge gaps”. Spare me.
“Sometimes, it seems, a politician’s risks are quickly rewarded.”…
…with an appearance on “small dead animals”.
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And yet I am constantly seeing Iggy in these posed situations on CTV news. Maybe this Chinese water torture will work on the Canadian people.
“See, mom? I told you I’d learn one day!”
This is a day of living dangerously, doing what every kid over the age of four does every day, with a paramedic from Papineau apparently standing by? And young canadian men and women dodging IEDs (trying to, anyway) half a planet away?
Wow, next we’ll hear he went for a walk outside, after dark. AFTER DARK, for God’s sake! Oh, the inanity!
Hey, Chretien rode a bicycle a few years back, on a visit to his favourite place, China. Don’t think he even had a helmet on for that photo-op, perhaps they don’t wear helmets in China.
What is this supposed to this depict if he can ride a bicycle he’s fit to run the country?
Is this his Sea-do moment?
The press will have a field day with Tony Clements actions…..imagine not waiting an hour after eating before going swimming….show-off!
Iggy….looks like his first time for everything.
that face and smile are saying. “you are still holding on aren’t you dad? Dad you are still there aren’t you.”
he looks terrified.
is he terrified of the people watching or the falling down on the job.
Not wanting to engage in conspiracy theories or anything…but visually, when comparing the relative location of his backside to the pavement markings behind, it seems that he is higher off the pavement than he should be.
It looks as though he is riding a VERY TALL bicycle. Perhaps commenter “BobDevine” is on to something?
He must be riding to visit his imaginary homeless friend. Oh wait, that the was the other lieberal. I get them confused.
As of today I can say with authourity that my children and hundreds of other children, and in some cases their parents are not “cautious politicians”.
Wow. If scientists used this kind of approach to their data we would still think that placing grain and an old shirt in a box would produce mice.
Of all the things…. A politician, on a bicycle, in our streets….
If one wishes to talk about “not cautious” and bicycles I would suggest the following images might be a better example…
http://www.optimuscrime.com/?p=1067
I think the picture is cropped the way it is so that people wouldn’t notice he’s riding a girls bike.
Some idiot — a graduate of Concordia, after all — said of Iggy-on-his-bike: “The Liberal Express is a great way to bridge the gap imposed by the Conservatives.”
O.M.G.
What gap would that be? Trudeau, Chretien, Martin, all millionaires (one can only wonder how le p’tit gars de Shawinigan became one), and Count Ignatieff, probably a millionaire himself, or close to it.
How many Canadians can relate to that? Is Prime Minister Stephen Harper a millionaire?
The stupid Liberal$ and their lapdogs in the media like to paint a picture of the “privileged Conservatives” vs. the guy/gal on the street when, in reality, the huge gap is between John and Jane Citizen and the Lieberal Party of Canada.
And let’s not forget the gazillionaires, the Desmarais of Power Corporation, who’ve been the Puppet Masters of the LPC since the ’70s. Bob Rae’s their man and I keep wondering when he’s going to pop up as the leader of the Librano$: If Iggy keeps doing what he’s doing, it may be sooner rather than later
Please indulge me in accepting this observation as being totally non-partisan and personal, but all of Iggy’s “personality cult traits” I’ve seen marketed by the Liberal spin machine add up to only one conclusion: The guy is a nerdy, out of touch Poindexter with theoretical answers to questions no one has asked. He lacks empathy with Canadians because he has not shared their experience of living under kleptocratic parasitic governance and fractious federalism..
Canada cannot afford another drone leader who is a puppet for special interest agendas. It sounds droll but Canada really needs a patriot.
Canada is at a crossroads in its development where we can be the most free, democratic and prosperous nation on earth. We need gatekeepers who share that vision. Not callous puppets and droids driven by megalomaia, ambition or special interests who want to exploit Canada or “engineer” her peoples rather than nation-build.
Harper is a reluctant care taker of the Canadian manifest destiny vision True north strong and free). The opposition is totally devoid of vision beyond personal sinecure and the ideologue media have concocted a false utopian vision of Canada – a feel good placebo for mass consumption.
For Canada and Canadians to fully realize our potential (Laurier’s manifest destiny) as the world’s freest, just and affluent nation, we must reject the politics of self that most parties and politicians adopt. WE must seek out and elect leaders and parties with vision, not self-serving drones who will do the work of a parasitic avaricious eastern oligarchy.
To me Iggy is just an introverted nerd who the elite and oligarchs who run the Liberal political machine are trying to dupe us into accepting as a leader. He is not a leader he is a puppet. If they can’t sell this puppet to us they have others they will substitute.
Liberals = the puppet party. We’ve out grown puppet leadership. Canada is too worthy to be so grossly represented.
“The guy is a nerdy, out of touch Poindexter with theoretical answers to questions no one has asked.”
Good point. But as Canadians we need to start asking those questions…
Twas nice of photographer not to show his training wheels, Mr Silver Spoon was raised in ivy league boarding schools not to many bikes hanging around those institutions limos yes bikes nah.
Quite a contrast form this.
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20100725/clement-rescue-100725/
Noticed CTV doesn’t have reader comments for this article. Would have been a poll gone horribly wrong.
Maybe he should take a page out of the L.A. Mayor’s book and have a taxi run him down in order to get the sympathy vote from cicylists
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/07/18/LA-mayor-breaks-elbow-in-bike-crash/UPI-68891279478637/
They still make pants clips? Haven’t seen them for years and then only with a suit.
As far as Clement goes I have been asking questions on CBC’s two rant threads on Clement. They get weeded out but it points out they did not carry the story. Hey I pay ’em I get to hold them to scrutiny. They are beyond responsibility so I’m resorting to shame.
His biking buddy has his hands at the ready to break, Iggy is either not moving, fearless or clueless about bike safety.
Looks more like a courier in training- intelligent guy, keeping his options open..
Did the bus break down again?
So Sue me.
“the census – now has an unlikely hero “.
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“Tony Clement dives into churning river in rescue attempt
Toronto Star – Susan Delacourt – 1 hour ago
OTTAWA — Embattled Industry Minister Tony Clement took a break from the census controversy this weekend to help save the life of a drowning woman.”
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“Census battle: Unlikely hero for unlikely civil war
Toronto Star – Susan Delacourt – Jul 22, 2010
OTTAWA – An unlikely national cause – the census – now has an unlikely hero in what may be erupting into open battle between politics and bureaucracy in the …”.
http://news.google.com/news/search?pz=1&cf=all&ned=ca&hl=en&q=author:%22Susan+Delacourt%22&scoring=n
I actually think this is something Iggy should have been doing quite awhile ago. If he had started earlier he would be further along. But honestly this just shows how far behind he is, how bad his previous advisors were, and how far he still has to go.
Donolo can only do so much, like pouring a foundation with concrete that has a high sand content.
So Iggy thinks he can convince Canadians that he’s not a “cautious politician” does he? Riding a bike and looking nerdly ain’t gonna do it.
The contrast with Tony Clement’s bravery is notable and illustrates how pitiful Iggy and his flock really are. Here’s another:
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070522/harper_afghanistan_070523/20070523?hub=TopStories
“Occasionally, Ma’sum Ghar still gets rocketed — an interpreter lost his life there last week during a rocket attack — despite this, Prime Minister Harper said he felt he needed to go down there personally to see the front lines.”
Ride a bike….save a life….
Too bad Iggy, timing is everything.
You lose.
Skip at 6:40 AM, best comment so far.
“A cautious politician doesn’t throw a baseball”? Actually, it’s a softball. But then again, a cautious politician doesn’t play with girls.
Ignatieff wrote on his Twitter that he went to a real old fashioned corn roast!!!!
Wow. Old fashioned???? Corn roasts are part of MODERN Canada’s culture across this country. Every Canadian grows up with corn roasts not just those “olden days” people.
I think it may have been his very first. And this little strange fellow waxes nostalgic about his very first real Canadian experiences like he has just discovered what real Canadians live with and understand and celebrate as our way of life.
Canadian life is not a once in a lifetime novelty, Iggy. That’s why you could never lead us- you do not undertstand us and you will always be a tourist here.
I have to admit, Iggy’s desperation is way better than Dion’s. Although Dion had the more photogenic ‘who woulda knew?’ look.
Thank the lord he’s not wearing spandex.
As to the cropped photo – perhaps an electric motor along with the training wheels?
This I pledge: If Michael Danger Ignatieff jumps the Grand Canyon, I will vote for him.
I’ll do it. I’m serious.
(Apparently the feds won’t let you, but the Hualapai Indians are open to persuasion.)
And in this vein, did someone saymole!!??!?
I never realized a senior citizen who has never done any physical work in his life could use those soft girly hands of his to squeeze the handle bars that tight! Next thing you know he will be out in that barn enjoying that smell while he tries to milk a cow.
What a nerd in diapers.
It’s amazing to me that such a non-event as a yuppie riding a bicycle can provoke such weighty analyses, good and bad, from either side.
It’s just Iggy on a bike, fer pete’s sake.
Can we PLEASE have an election so that we can actually talk POLITICS?
Nice helmet. Should keep it for question period.
What is it about this guy, that no matter what he’s doing if he isn’t in a three piece suit he looks like a complete dork?
This is all pathetic stuff. A certain type of person seems to crave confirmation that a political leader can do things that, let’s face it, 80% of the adult population can do without really thinking about it. I mean, riding a bicycle, are there actually people out there who can’t ride a bicycle? And when Stanfield dropped that football, you know, so effin what?
In this same vein I sometimes see pictures of Bush with a chainsaw, Obama on the golf course, Putin with his shirt off. Can we not, most of us anyway, operate a chainsaw, hit a golf ball, take a shirt off? I have done all three at the same time but that’s just my sort of golf.
Then here I read that Ignatieff is a poindexter, but perhaps we need more poindexters in politics, I mean anything has to be better than a lawyer.
TIMMAY! rides his bike!