Quick !! Someone Give That Man A Pipe
If Harper is trying to look fatherly or statesman like by wearing knitted vests in his ads he’d better look for some new PR folks — it ain’t working.
Given a bow tie and a pipe he could be just about anyone — from three generations ago.
And if he must wear a knitted vest for his little infomercials maybe some forward thinking staffer could run out to where ever the heck you can still buy those things and get him a few more, he’s been wearing the same one in every ad for Pete’s sake.
… could he have blown the campaign clothing budget on special interest and regional pandering before the election has even been called?
Maybe if you wore one of these you wouldn’t get hassled by “the man” at airports.
I’m sure he thinks he’s making some sort of statement but I don’t know how it could possibly appeal to the young, modern, population he’s gotta get to if he hopes to get anywhere significant – I’m creeping up on 50 and I can’t identify with people who dress like that.
PS: If I wore one of those I’d have people asking me where my bow tie and pipe were while they laughed.
You are pretty superficial thinking that clothes make the man. If he were wearing a slipknot tshirt you would be making fun of him for trying to be something that he is not.
So, how should the Prime Minister dress?
Based on what I’ve observed at the office, knitted vests are back. You won’t catch me in one, as I firmly believe that one should make certain fashion mistakes only once in a lifetime, but there you have it.
This one would look great in a tou tou…lime green with lots of sparkly stuff hanging from it.
Hmm. He used to pose with kittens. Lots of kittens. Now all the kittens have disappeared, and he’s sporting a new, fuzzy sweater. Hmmmmmmm.
“So, how should the Prime Minister dress? ”
Well, he should probably start with his underwear. Then socks: if you put the pants on before putting on the socks, the pants get wrinkly. THEN the pants, belt, shirt, tie, and jacket, in roughly that order.
He’s trying to steal Perry Como’s ‘Mr. Relaxation’ crown, by stealth.
ps – If he were also wearing argyle slippers and there was a fireplace roaring in the background… why, I would swear he’s trying to be Mayor Tommy Shanks of Melonville.
ROTFLOL!!! Dr. Frink, thanks for the Mayor Tommy Shanks memory. I tried to find a clip on YouTube with no success but I did find the “Frightened Family” skit that features cardigans :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko7ZCSLfEFE&feature=related
BY – unfortunately most, if not all, the SCTV clips on YouTube have been pulled for copyright infringement.
Speaking of SCTV, the ‘Five Neat Guys’ (hmmm.. maybe Harper, MacKay, Flaherty, Van Loan & Clement) would also slot nicely into the ‘cardigan horrors’ category.
Let me rephrase my question,
What should the Prime Minister of Canada wear?
I still don’t understand what is wrong with wearing a sweater. Obviously fashion is an important quality in a leader, and you all know what he should not wear.
I guess stageleft was stating that because he wears a sweater, he is out of touch with reality, and that wearing such clothes will not win over more votes?
So, what are you wearing? Don’t you have a favorite shirt? Or maybe a nice pair of combat boots that you just can’t leave the house without? How ridiculous some people would say. Pushing 50 and he wears combat boots everywhere he goes.
What’s funny is that a PM wearing a sweater brings out the anti Con comment crowd more than most of your other posts!
Given the [election] circumstances I would suggest something at least semi-contemporary – like the stuff he normally wears. Come on, you’ve seen him on TV interviews, in televised press conferences, in the House, at photo-ops, was he ever wearing a knitted sweater vonrock? Ever?
So why now?
Oh my… I hardly know you vonrock… are you sure that’s an appropriate question? }}}}blush{{{{
Maybe they do say that, it’s a habit I got into when I was required to wear them, but I wouldn’t wear them if I was applying for a formal and rather important job, which is exactly what Harper is doing – I think something like a pair of kaki’s (yes, I own a couple of pair), a dress shirt (yup, own a few of them to), and a blazer or suit jacket (yes dear readers, I even own a few of them).
He’s dressing like it’s the 1950’s and he’s advertising the suburban dream of the day and I am mocking him for it — don’t worry, I’ll be mocking Dion before the election is over, that’s fun as well.
poor vonrock, steve the large in his sweater vest is being teased and it hurts him so. this is a blatant attempt to shape image and colour the public perception of a politician. how dare we scalliwags criticize the image being shaped by sharing our perceptions. swallow the kool-aid, you will like it. steve is a casual cat, a nice guy. he is not the autocratic, authoritarian bastard his entire career would indicate no, believe the sweater vest.
he looks like someone’s pervy uncle.
If the best you can do is insult a mans sweater, then that’s fine. If you really think that this is some sort of sweater conspiracy, then thats fine too. It’s a good thing that you people are not stupid enough to fall for this clever and crafty ploy to lead you down the path of darkness. You people are making a remarkable contribution to peace and freedom loving Canadians.
From now on, I will always look at sweater wearing bastards with contempt and ridicule. Like, how dare they look so three generations ago? I like the pervy uncle part. That’s real good. I would have never made the connection between sweaters and pervy uncles.
Fucking sweaters. Who would have thought? I bet ya’ Bush wears a sweater.
vonrock, you really must have a stiff drink and pull the thumb out. Stageleft is just venting his resentment because he keeps seeing guys wearing these sweaters get waived through airport security with a smile and a “Have a Good Day”. Also, he thinks Harper is a hypocrite and suspects he wears them to cover up his tattoos.
Besides, as we are seeing with Palin, the left is off-balance about how to respond to a social conservatism that is modernizing fast. They’ve spent years perfecting the image of the priveleged, repressed, anal Con leader who wouldn’t dream of appearing in public without a shirt, tie and jacket, but now suddenly they are confronted with this cool, swinging dude who declares dress-down Fridays at the PMO. Give them time, man.
Jack Layton cut the cuffs off his dress shirt sleeves. Is that shit cool or sweater vest evil?
yer funny vonrock — promise me you won’t stop.
PS: Got a pic of that, I’d love to do a post, what was he pretending this time?
Now Lizzy May mentioned Palin twice in her last interview and was wearing a broach that was big enough to hold an iPhone. I’ve never had to consider what a broach means in regards to sweater vests, cut off dress sleeve shirts and copy cat red sweater vests.
She mentioned Palin TWICE! and has a broach the size of an iPhone! Now I’m not sure what to think, or what to wear.
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