It was only a matter of time. It took four days.
We have our first gotcha quote!
I was hoping against hope that this distinction would go to someone other than a Conservative, but who was I kidding? The honour goes to MP Scott Reid, who really said nothing at all offensive, but of course the media is all over him. Something along the lines of "bilingual services should be tailored to demand community by community." A politically incorrect no-no, Scott! And with the Conservatives trying desperately to not veer from the script and be as inoffensive as possible, this was the top news story tonight.
Let's see how many days this lasts in the news cycle. I'm betting only tomorrow, but possibly into Saturday if no one else trips up until then.
NOTE: This blog will be keeping track of foot-in-mouth quotes like this. (At least the ones the mainstream media deems to be foot-in-mouth screw ups. As stated above, I don't think what Reid said was particularly egregious.) At the end of the campaign we'll do a tally to see which party had the most instances of them. I have a feeling it will be the Tories, but that might be just because the liberal media reports their screw ups more than the other partys'. We'll soon see.)
UPDATE: SCOTT REID DEATH WATCH: Reid has resigned his post as the Official Languages critic of the Conservative Party to blunt the effects of his supposed indiscretion. The story has now had legs for 24 hours. Will it now wither away?
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 12:19 AM
