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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (10896)	11/9/2006 4:37:57 PM
From: stan_hughes	Respond to of 37598

LMAO eom

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (10896)	11/9/2006 6:43:39 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Respond to of 37598

Hahahahahahahhahaahhah... LMAO too funny..

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (10896)	11/10/2006 2:57:58 PM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37598

Klein won't apologize for sexual joke Stronach raps remarks, but McClellan backs premier canada.com Jason Markusoff, CanWest News Service Published: Friday, November 10, 2006 Premier Ralph Klein refused to apologize Thursday for a sexual joke he made about Liberal MP Belinda Stronach even though she says it's the kind of comment that repels women from politics. Klein, who is retiring in December after 14 years as premier, said Thursday the crack was made in good humour at a fundraising roast in Calgary earlier this week. "A roast is a roast is a roast. It's not a toast," Klein told reporters. "I'm making no apologies, no. I read the copy and I approved it. I thought it was a funny line. So did Bruce," he added, referring to his bodyguard. The joke, scripted by Klein's office staff, poked fun at Stronach for crossing the floor from the Conservatives: "I don't think she ever did have a Conservative bone in her body. Well, except for one," he said, to a mixture of groans, laughter, claps and whistles. "Well, speaking of Peter MacKay," he continued. The comment was made Tuesday night at the annual Calgary Homeless Foundation roast, and reported in newspapers Canada-wide on Thursday. Some officials in attendance found the line over the top even for a roast, where ribald jokes are a tradition. Stronach, who was in Montreal on Thursday to attend an international conference on global poverty, said the remarks don't become a public figure. "I've developed a thick skin, but Ralph, I would say, he should put his money where his mouth is and buy a whole bunch of bednets to save kids from malaria in Africa," she said. "We all have to improve the civility that occurs in public life and in the House of Commons in particular because we want to attract good people to participate in public life. We want to attract many more women to participate in politics. "We only have about 20 per cent now. I talk to many women across the country and they say, 'You know what, I don't know that I really want to participate if it's going to be so rough and nasty.' " Shirley McClellan, Klein's deputy premier, set her anger on the media for bothering to report the joke, saying she's heard many comments of questionable taste at roasts in the past -- and the same Stronach quip before. "I don't know of any person who is more respectful of women, who is less inclined to tell off-colour stories or use improper language," McClellan said of Klein. "I've worked with this gentleman for 17 years and have never been treated with anything more than the utmost respect. And I am so disappointed in our media." Edmonton Journal © The Calgary Herald 2006