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Politics : Canadian Political Free-for-All
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To: Id_Jit who wrote (6728)12/27/2005 12:37:23 AM
From: Stephen O  Read Replies (1) of 37263
 
Bigger than beer and popcorn? You bet. This should sink the Liberals
Liberal Party senior official Mike Klander made a huge mistake with arguably racist and certainly rude remarks that he made in public on his blog. If you didn't think that blogs would have an effect on the election, witness the following abhorrent remarks by Klander.

This disgusting artwork (h/t: Wells) is courtesy of Mr. Klander who describes himself from his website as a

...senior political organizer Mike played a significant role in building Paul Martin?s Leadership organization in Ontario. Prior to joining Martin?s team, Mike helped build a national organization for Brian Tobin and also served as his Campaign Manager in Ontario.
Mike continues his autobiography in the third person:

As Executive Director of the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario) Mike was responsible for managing the day to day affairs of the Federal Liberal Party in Ontario. In that capacity he served as Ontario Campaign Director during the 2000 Federal Election Campaign. In his eight years with the organization he held several other positions including Field Organizer, and Director of Field Operations.
If parents were outraged at Scott Reid's suggestion that they would be so irresponsible to "blow money on beer and popcorn", then the collective Canadian community will find the Executive Director of the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario), the Executive Vice-President of the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario) and Paul Martin leadership organizer's comments quite disgusting.

Chow's husband, NDP leader Jack Layton is also not immune from Klander's freshman foulmouth as he describes him as "an asshole". Paul Martin's close friend only provides the following as justification for his assessment of Layton:

Jack Layton is an asshole... for no reason other than it makes me feel good to say it...and because he is.
Klander not only slams his NDP opponents slams members of his own team including Michael Ignatieff and Dalton McGuinty as he compares the two to Anthony Perkins.

In a post titled "This campaign will piss me off", Klander makes a misogynistic comment about the "sexy Rona Ambrose" and a Parizeau-esque comment about the "ethnic Rahim Jaffir".

The Executive Vice-President of the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario) also uses sexual orientation as a derogatory insult when describing politicians (Stephen Harper and John Manley) in cowboy hats. (Klander contrasts "tough and rugged" with "gay")

This breaking story is from the small dead animals blog. Klander has now resigned. Poor Martin, more bad hats in his entourage.
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