Don't feel sad USA we have them too!

As promised when we started the Great Canadian series we will, on occasion, put forth a Canadian who is great for being a complete and utter idiot - and today's Canadian is all that and more!!

It seems like only about 4 years ago (because it was) that Calgary West MP Rob Anders tried to put his best foot forward and, in so doing, planted it firmly in his mouth - so today, a recap of the magnificent boobery of one (in)famous canuck.

Lest we forget...

In 2001, the Federal Government decided to give Nelson Mandela honorary Canadian citizenship, making him only the second foreigner to receive such an honour.

This award - largely predicated on Mandela's work CHANGING THE WORLD AND PROMOTING PEACE - didn't, however, sit well with one fiery, idiotic, toady of the religious right from Calgary - and so enter our hero - Conservative MP Rob Anders.

Calling Mandela, "a communist and a terrorist," and decrying him as "the politically correct Left-lib
poster boy of today", the not-so-prescient Anders declared that Mandela would be forgotten in 5 years.
Fortunately time has and will prove Anders wrong - guaranteeing that Mandela's legacy will be remembered and that, in fact, it will be Anders who fades, all the while babbling nonsense, into the mists of time; fated to be remembered only in backhanded salutes like this one.

To be fair - Anders may not have been completely briefed and focused on the Mandela issue as he was, at the time, very busy with his personal political agenda of banning abortion and promoting western seperatism... and we all know how tiring THAT can be.

In an equally twitty addendum to the tale Mandela, noted for his willingness to reconcile with those who
disagree with him, attempted to phone Anders to smooth things out, but Anders refused to take the call.

So take a satisfied breath all you Yankees - because now you can feel safe in the knowledge that blinkered, Philistine, pig-ignorance is a world-wide phenomenon; you are not alone.

Comments

[Biz]

Uh...Mandela IS a former Communist and a former terrorist. Which is pretty much fine by me. Just thought I'd point it out.

[The captain]

Yesterday's communists and terrorists, however, often become today's hero.

The management

[FLUTE]

When are we getting another Great Canadian ... ???? Inquiring Minds and Loyal Readers want to know ...

[brian peterson]

hey dumbass you do know about mandela he and his regime killed hundreds of people they tortured and killed people in the streets to show thier power and set fear in those who opposed them look it up in his early history your the dumbass lol...