Thursday, Aug. 26, 2004
Canada's 'Bastards' Pol Rages at U.S. 'Coalition of Idiots'
"Damn Americans. I hate those bastards."
That comment from Canadian lawmaker Carolyn Parrish helped spark a diplomatic crisis last year. Now she's at it again.
Here's what the so-called Liberal said to demonstrators Wednesday in railing against the planned U.S. missile defense system, according a report Wednesday by Reuters:
"We are not joining the coalition of the idiots. We are joining the coalition of the wise."
Then she claimed she never made the comment ... until reporters proved her falsehood by trotting out a tape.
Scrambling to recover, she claimed: "I don't mean Americans are idiots. The world respects Canada. If we were to join this then it will be giving credibility to what they're doing."
Parrish fruitlessly begged journalists not to report the truth about her latest bit of nastiness. "Please, guys, don't put that on tape," she said. "I already got into trouble once. ... Really, please, I've had enough trouble."
