I try not to rehash stuff on other blogs, but Paul Wells' catch here is too just too precious not to note. Although Volpe gave back the 11-year-old kids' $10,800 in donations, he is actually defending them, claiming the children were inspired by a speech he gave!
Volpe, the former immigration minister, said the kids heard him speak during the last election at Bialik Hebrew Day School in Toronto and found him compelling. "Apparently these kids just connected with me; they loved what I did," he said. "When they heard I was running for the leadership, they said 'What can we do?' "
Volpe said it wasn't so far-fetched that young people could care about politics.
"There are families where kids actually talk about these things," he said.
This is one for the ages. Volpe is now starting to experience one of politics' worst nightmares: when the media starts treating you as a joke.
