I had two readers e-mail me in response to the leadership post, with comments which I loosely translated to be saying: “Joe Volpe for Liberal leader? I thought the Liberals were against euthanasia.”

But, yes, Mr. Volpe appears to be serious about running. And since nothing short of a Jean Lapierre leadership run would be more hilarious than seeing Big Joe throw his hat into the ring, I’ve given his campaign team their first eight slogans, free of charge:

“Yes, I’m a serious candidate. Don’t laugh.”

“Loyal to the leader since 2004”

“Being in Cabinet has nothing to do with my flip-flop on gay marriage”

“Only he can defeat the Klansmen”

“Hey, if Belinda Stronach is a serious leadership contender, why not?”

“Joe Who?”

“Romanian Strippers at every campaign stop!”

“Not only will I ban the Sopranos in Canada, I’ll ban Joey!”

KINDA AN UPDATE: As Anonymous mentioned in the other leadership thread, I’ve also heard the rumour that Volpe has never worn a pair of jeans in his life. Apparently that’s why he refused to don them when he came out to the Stampede. And you think Harper has image problems…