Dood, Elsie Wayne was a man.

Jenn, Jenn, Jenn — don't forget, in Canada, the Conservative party leader's wife is also the leader — co-leaders, apparently. So even if you don't like Harper (and really, who does?), you can always vote for his smiley-faced, yet kind of stringy-looking wife, and rest assured that she has equal pull as party leader. That Harper — he doesn't make a move without her leadership approval! That's why Baird was hanging out with her all the time — she's got pull; in fact, she IS the pull!

She no longer wears her wedding ring in public, but she's every bit the leader harp is — unlike the entire not a leader camp over at the Liberals. And that Zsuzsanna Zohar — she's had the nerve to have her own career all along. Also not a leader.

I laughed out loud at that one. Nicely played.

I'll always remember the first Chicken-Fried steak I had served to me at a diner in America's heartland. Quite possibley the most unhealthy thing I've ever had served to me as food. I also remember a restaurant down in New Orleans that served pecan pie, and when you ordered it, they would ask you if you wanted it deep-fried.

Please point to the elected Democrat who heckled Bush.
Please point to the elected Democrat who called Bush a liar in the middle of his speech.

Please also show evidence where the elected Democrat was flat out wrong in their assertion (like Rep. Wilson was – if he had read the bill in question, the language on the issue of illegal immigrants accessing the monies in the legislation is explicitly spelled out).

I have been seeing this premise a lot, and constructing this as evidence for asymmetric standards is a little disingenuous. When the Democrats booed and jeered in 2005, it was labelled as unprecedented at the time, even though the Republicans did the same to Clinton in some of his speeches to the House. Up until Joe Wilson, the borderline acceptable behaviour has been snickering and booing but not full out interruption and calling the president a liar during his speech to Congress. Past Presidents, H.W. Bush included, have been called all sorts of terrible things in speeches but outside of Congress. For H.W. Bush, he was a "mass murderer" when receiving an honourary Doctor of Law, and Clinton was berated as a "draft dodger" in his Memorial Day speech. Heck, even Nancy Pelosi got screamed at by Code Pink in 2007 when doing a speech about Iraq. The difference is that in the House, there is a minimum level of decorum, and in recent history, its limits have been tested with booing and snickering from each party when they are in the minority (though really far back in the 19th century, they used to duel and beat each other up). When the House has stringent rules such as prohibiting a member from sitting on a desk while speaking, do you really believe he would not receive any backlash for at best pushing against the tolerable limit of behaviour during a Presidential speech? By testing that limit further, Wilson embarrassed himself with his behaviour and was rightly called on it. No previous heckles or boos or whatever perceived repercussions thereof, especially in other forums, lessens what he did. It was deemed unacceptable in 2005 as it is now period.