Thursday, May 7, 2009 3:21 PM
Attack against Ignatieff launched!
rsilver
And they're good. Devastating. No Oily the Spot to be seen, but still really good. Powerful. Unexpected.
Gilles Duceppe has gone old-school on Ignatieff, pulled out his manual type-writer and wrote himself an open letter. Not just a letter, a 982-word letter full of "jurisdictions," "humiliations," "traditional demands" and - get this - "Trudeau."
Snap! I can't imagine the Liberals saw this coming - how can you possibly respond to a 982-word treaties. Just wait for the letter to go viral across the country. People will be faxing it around, office to office, neighbour to neighbour. This is modern-day politics at its apex. Obviously the rumours that the Bloc have been consulting with the Ralph Nader campaign (circa 2008) for political tips is true.
Reading Duceppe's airing of greivances makes today feel like Festivus in early May. Next comes the feats of strength.
The letter makes clear that Ignatieff is a direct descendant of Trudeau, Chrétien, Martin and Dion. In other words, he is the devil who intends to intervene in every jurisdiction Quebec holds dear, will refuse to meet any of Quebec's "traditional" demands, will humiliate Quebec over and over again (kind of like what the Leafs do to Ontario) and will put little bunny ears behind Quebec's head when people are trying to take pictures of Quebec.
Sure Ignatieff's popular right now in Quebec (needless to say, Duceppe wouldn't be spending massive party resources on a pre-writ open letter if they weren't worried about Ignatieff) and people are sick and tired of the Bloc ("Le désir de changement est un sentiment noble et nécessaire en démocratie") but remember, devil! Trudeau! Massive humiliation!
If only it ended there. In possibly the most devasting personal attack in Canadian political history, Duceppe writes that "Il y là une sorte de dédain aristocratique qui nous rappelle les coups de force contre le Québec des années 70 et 80" which translates roughly to (and I appologise if my french is a bit rusty):
"I have nothing but contempt for Ignatieff ever since he stole my Aristocrats CD. I have reminded him about it and I won't give him his K-Tel Quebec pop hits of the 70s and 80s disc back until he is forced to return it".
Brutal.
I miss Oily!
There's only one thing left for Ignatieff and his war room to do in response: a return letter. I hope you included a prepaid, self-adressed envelope Gilles!
This should be good.
