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Nardwuar v. Ignatieff

by Aaron Wherry on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 11:45am - 35 Comments

As he did with Paul Martin, Jean Chretien and Jack Layton before, the incomparable Nardwuar did the hip-flip with Michael Ignatieff the other day in Vancouver.

Tags: election, Election 2011, hip flip, Jack Layton, Jean Chretien, Michael Ignatieff, Nardwuar, Paul Martin

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jonatwitan

HAHAHA….the end is too much!!!!!!!!!! too much! make it stop….oh finally, he got it!

craigola

He's a fast learner, eh? I started cringing a little as everyone started shouting "Doot doot!" and he still didn't get it. Serious relief when he finally did.

OriginalEmily1

On such things does the future of our country depend….

jonatwitan

no…it's just a little fun.

http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1 Crawford Kilian

Well, Aaron, you looked awfully bored at the rally, so I'm glad you found something worth commenting on.
http://secondthots.blogspot.com Dennis_F

We were told this election was about Parliament. We were told this election was about democracy. We were told this election was about health care. But, alas, this election is about the "hip-flip." $300 million of taxpayer money so that Iggy can play with some professional doofus. lol

Mike T.

Be glad. if the press we're asking the real questions your guy woudl be in single digits. You better hope the hip fips keep a comin.
Jan

Harper should do it – it's the road to a majority, obviously. You really need to lighten up, Dennis, you sound like crankly old Aunt Aggy.

http://secondthots.blogspot.com Dennis_F

Yes, this election has been a joke, hasn't it.
craigola

I agree. Squandered opportunity. If Harper plays along with the harmless doofus, maybe figures out the "doot doot" response to "Doot doodle oot doot" with fewer tries than Ignatieff, people see him in a different light. All of a sudden, he's a little less stage managed/controlling, a little more enjoyable. Would that be enough to bump him into majority territory? Hard to say for sure, but I like that script's chances more than the standard one featuring security guys ushering Canadians away from Stephen Harper's general vicinity.

Leo

Five times to get the "doot, doot" ????

And some people think he is PM material – ROFL

Just Joe

Yes, Leo, you got the "doot, doot" right away, yet Harper distortions and bonehead decision-making elude you.
Anon

You're saying that Security should have just hauled him away?

Leo

The guys fighting to keep his job – a month to trip back and forth across the country to try and get people to like him – at tax payers expense.

OriginalEmily1

He didn't 'decide' to skip his own….candidate meetings are set at random, and as leader Ignatieff has to travel the country, so he isn't available at the drop of a hat.

FVerhoeven

A plane ride across this country does not take longer than 6 hours. Ok, with fueling up included, maybe 7.
(that is: if the fuel can still be paid for……….)

FVerhoeven

:)))

Very funny video.

And it shows that Ignatieff has a lot to learn about Canada.

But at least he's trying, and that's all that can be asked of him.

OriginalEmily1

It's American.

FVerhoeven

Strange. If it's American then Ignatieff should have caught on instantly. Perhaps he's in the transitional stage, not knowing which way to think.

modster99

Whatever it is – most people know it. If anything, this shows how out of touch with the common person he is. Any average person would have no problem finishing that song. This just shows that he is an elitist, or at best, an out of touch intellectual.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shave_and_a_Haircut

craigola

"Yay."

You don't really mean that. I can tell.

Patchouli

If he meant it, it would have an exclamation mark! Or a dozen!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anon

That is true. No minuses fior Mike T.
FVerhoeven

Oh, but Ignatieff suggested Harper do just such a thing! Remember?

Probably not. Your memory is rather selective. Much too selective even for the Catch 22 Campaign.

Have they sent you a thank-you note?

OriginalEmily1

Harper doesn't have such rallies, so he can rent-a-crowd anytime.

jonatwitan

no.

OriginalEmily1

Yes.

FVerhoeven

Not quite good enough to receive a Catch 22 Campaign thank-you note.

Try putting a little more bite into your Harper hating responses, Emily.

You never know what might happen then.

:)

OriginalEmily1

The game is from Hasbro….that's American

The 'shave and a haircut' rhythm is American…in fact it was used in Nam as a code to identify fellow-Americans.

Nardwuar is just an idiot.

J.M.

Nardwuar is a Canadian legend.

OriginalEmily1

Shrug…maybe to you. I've never heard of him, and I've lived here 64 years.

FVerhoeven

Well, if you consider me a newcomer, than Ignatieff certainly is.

I have lived in Canada longer than Ignatieff has lived in Canada.

Not that I'm trying to win votes to run this country.

Jan

You don't seem to be picking up the spirit of your new country.

stefmacardi

here here narduwar! addressing the stories that need to be addressed! there is one great battle still brewing in canadian politics, however: http://flamingphoenixofflames.blogspot.com/2011/0…
Style

Oh, that ending is embarassing. Contrast it with Jack Layton's encounter – the guy connects the Parachute Club (correctly and spontaneously) to the Quebec garage rockers Nardwuar asks about, when poor Ignatieff can't even connect the phrase "rise up" with this Canadian band. And Jack sings the whole doot jingle which Ignatieff has plainly never heard. It's not a trivial matter that Ignatieff has so little connection to Canada and its culture…