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Friday, November 14. 2008

Iggy - How Rude!

(Guest commentary from my lovely Canadian friend Lisa Bee)

Liberal leadership hopeful, Michael Ignatieff, needs to learn some manners. Didn’t anyone ever bother teaching this clown that it’s rude to point? This isn’t America, Iggy (no offense to my American friends). It’s Canada. We have manners here - and anyone who has aspirations of becoming the country’s leader would do well to learn some. I can’t imagine a Prime Minister meeting the Queen of England and greeting her with a pointed finger and a “hey, hey! How’s it goin’?”.

How crass.

Seriously — any country’s leader, especially a developed nation, should have at least a little class — a modicum of dignity. Maybe even some grace. The days of Trudeau’s impertinence — pirouetting behind the Queen, for example, — are over. The last thing Canada needs is a leader who has shown himself to be boorish at best. And just because Iggy’s grandfather was a Russian count doesn’t mean he inherited any social graces — unfortunately. I would surmise that somewhere along the line, his ancestors, in an attempt to blend in with the peasants and Bolsheviks, decided having the appearance of being classless was in their best interests, and their manners were discarded to save their lives.

Perhaps.

What really boggles the mind is the fact that Iggy spent so much time in England — in OXFORD of all places. You’d think he’d have learned some manners there, but apparently not. More’s the pity.

It certainly makes one wonder — if Mr. Ignatieff does not use and understand basic etiquette when it comes to finger pointing, what are his table manners like? Does he shovel food into his mouth like some kind of troglodyte? Does he slurp his soup? Chew with his mouth open? Does he belch with abandon? Lift a cheek off his chair to toot? One would think sharing a meal with Iggy would be a disgusting experience, if his finger pointing is any indication.

Pray he does not get elected as Prime Minister and subsequently get invited to the White House for dinner. Our entire country would be shamed.

Oh — by the way, Iggy… my mother always said, “when you have one finger pointing at someone else, you have three pointing back at yourself.” You might want to think about that.

Posted by Tim Forkes in NEWS and POLITICS at 06:01 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

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