Attack ads - Canadian style

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nitrah55 · #1 Post by **nitrah55** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:29 pm

Conservative Party runs ad showing a puffin taking a dump on the Liberal party leader.

After outrage, ad is pulled.

Then, the PM apologises for running the ad.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/09/ ... 78902.html

Perhaps this gives us some insight as to why Our Neighbor to the North does not have an effective nuclear deterrant. Too nice.

etaoin22 · #2 Post by **etaoin22** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:05 pm

The Conservatives have so much friggin money they are running about 80% of the national advertising, as far as I can tell. The two debates, one in English and one in French, are likely to be very important.

NellyLunatic1980 · #3 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:15 pm

Now why can't we have ads like that in the U.S.? I can name quite a few conservatives and liberals who need to be crapped on by puffins in TV ads.

frogman042 · #4 Post by **frogman042** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:16 pm

How to get 25 Canadians out of a swimming pool, eh?

Spoiler

You ask them.

---Jay (In this year the City of Toronto's metropolitan government was dissolved and the these municipalities, East York, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough and York, were amalgamated into a single municipality, creating the current City of Toronto - if you know how long ago that world-shattering event to place, well then you know the rest...)

MarleysGh0st · #5 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:26 pm

frogman042 wrote:How to get 25 Canadians out of a swimming pool, eh?

Spoiler
You ask them.
---Jay (In this year the City of Toronto's metropolitan government was dissolved and the these municipalities, East York, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough and York, were amalgamated into a single municipality, creating the current City of Toronto - if you know how long ago that world-shattering event to place, well then you know the rest...)

That should be "How to get three drunken Minnesotans out of a swimming pool."

cf. "Minnesota Nice", one of the bonus features on the Fargo DVD.