{"id":2226,"date":"2009-04-13T21:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-14T01:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2009-04-13T21:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-14T01:39:00","slug":"consolation-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=2226","title":{"rendered":"Consolation Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, he may not have taken thee post of NATO Secretary General, but Peter <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_0\">MacKay<\/span> has regained the much-coveted title of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehilltimes.ca\/html\/index.php?display=story&amp;full_path=2009\/april\/13\/17th_annual_savvy_survey\/&amp;c=2\">Canada&#8217;s sexiest MP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some may think the annual Hill Times survey is a bit silly but, after a year that included a sex scandal, an election, a Liberal leadership change, and the coalition insanity, isn&#8217;t it somewhat comforting to see that, despite all this turmoil, Pablo Rodriguez is still judged to have the best hair in Ottawa?<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_L6NW1UySEKs\/SeP2UKoZzVI\/AAAAAAAABJw\/qlqsSbX9AVY\/s1600-h\/mackayrice.jpg\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324370010793692498\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 173px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_L6NW1UySEKs\/SeP2UKoZzVI\/AAAAAAAABJw\/qlqsSbX9AVY\/s200\/mackayrice.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Sexiest male<\/strong>: Peter <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_1\">MacKay<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sexiest female<\/strong>: Rona Ambrose<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best-dressed female<\/strong>: Helena <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_2\">Guergis<\/span>, Rona Ambrose, Ruby <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_3\">Dhalla<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best-dressed male<\/strong>: <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_4\">Maxime<\/span> <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_5\">Bernier<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Worst-dressed male<\/strong>: Irwin <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_6\">Cotler<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Worst-dressed female<\/strong>: Libby Davies<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best sense of humour on the Hill<\/strong>: Peter <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_7\">Stoffer<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_L6NW1UySEKs\/SeP3zeo5giI\/AAAAAAAABKA\/Y7DZupf1Upc\/s1600-h\/RickPMBedtime2.jpg\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324371648252052002\" style=\"FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_L6NW1UySEKs\/SeP3zeo5giI\/AAAAAAAABKA\/Y7DZupf1Upc\/s200\/RickPMBedtime2.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Worst sense of humour on the Hill<\/strong>: Stephen Harper<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best public speaker<\/strong>: Michael <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_8\">Ignatieff<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Cabinet minister in Question Period<\/strong>: John Baird<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most effective MP in Question Period<\/strong>: Michael <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_9\">Ignatieff<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_L6NW1UySEKs\/SeP4dVF3zTI\/AAAAAAAABKI\/GnDrH58C_gc\/s1600-h\/trudeau+mascot.jpg\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324372367243726130\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_L6NW1UySEKs\/SeP4dVF3zTI\/AAAAAAAABKI\/GnDrH58C_gc\/s200\/trudeau+mascot.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Best in scrums<\/strong>: Bob Rae<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hippest MP:<\/strong> Justin Trudeau<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most quotable MP<\/strong>: Stephen Harper<\/p>\n<p><strong>Throws the best Hill parties<\/strong>: Peter <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_10\">Stoffer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best fundraiser<\/strong>: Stephen Harper<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_L6NW1UySEKs\/SeP5csu_7ZI\/AAAAAAAABKQ\/FEZuWf0cvEY\/s1600-h\/Jack-Layton-takes+his+own+picture.jpg\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324373455921999250\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 167px\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_L6NW1UySEKs\/SeP5csu_7ZI\/AAAAAAAABKQ\/FEZuWf0cvEY\/s200\/Jack-Layton-takes+his+own+picture.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Biggest gossip<\/strong>: Pierre <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_11\">Poilievre<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Biggest self-promoter<\/strong>: Jack Layton<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best constituency MP<\/strong>: Charlie Angus, Jim <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_12\">Karygiannis<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hardest working MP<\/strong>: Pierre <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_13\">Poilievre<\/span><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_L6NW1UySEKs\/SeP2pL5e0eI\/AAAAAAAABJ4\/xuooLLtx5Ik\/s1600-h\/pablo.jpg\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324370371911012834\" style=\"FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 171px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_L6NW1UySEKs\/SeP2pL5e0eI\/AAAAAAAABJ4\/xuooLLtx5Ik\/s200\/pablo.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><strong>Most influential Cabinet Minister<\/strong>: Jim Prentice<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best hair &#8211; 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