Oh man…
The beaver is one of Canada’s national symbols and now a senior Liberal wants to make the puffin the symbol of the country’s self-proclaimed natural governing party.
Liberal deputy leader Michael Ignatieff says the industrious little seabird — with its black and white plumage, distinctive striped beak and orange feet — is a “noble” creature that exemplifies Liberal values.
“It’s a noble bird because it has good family values. They stay together for 30 years,” Ignatieff said Thursday outside a Liberal caucus retreat in the Newfoundland capital.
“They lay one egg (each year). They put their excrement in one place. They hide their excrement. … They flap their wings very hard and they work like hell.
“This seems to me a symbol for what our party should be.”
UPDATE: Saw this “puffin rap” on facebook which was written by former Iggy co-chair Alf Apps:
What’s all this huffin’
”bout the aristocratic puffin?
Is it so absurd
That a Newfie bird
Could point the way
To a brighter day?
Have the mighty Grits
Completely lost their wits?
Or does Iggy simply see
What might yet be
If Canadians start to flap
About the way the Tories crap?
It is surely an affront
To watch the Tories grunt
Take Kyoto’s abrogation,
A too public evacuation!
Or their election spending cheat,
How utterly indiscrete!
Such partisan poo
Compared to Avian doo
However uncouth,
Is now Canadian truth.
And the Libs new mascot
Is just so so hot!