{"id":2942,"date":"2011-04-06T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=2942"},"modified":"2012-05-29T17:35:46","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T21:35:46","slug":"the-humanization-of-michael-ignatieff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=2942","title":{"rendered":"The Humanization of Michael Ignatieff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last election, the Tory strategy was to show the softer side of Steve &#8211; Harper was Mr. Sweater Vest at campaign rallies and on TV. <\/p>\n<p>This time, the tactic has changed &#8211; everywhere you go, Harper is in a suit. The man was even wearing dress pants for his pick-up game of street hockey. After all, these are serious times and nothing risks the economic recovery more than indulging in casual wear. <\/p>\n<p>On the flip side, the Liberals have gone all out to humanize Michael Ignatieff. See Mike eat a hot dog. See Mike wear a tool belt. Tonight, the media are invited to watch Mike watching American Idol. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-hfhNke3g_nE\/TZyhlV58hYI\/AAAAAAAACUg\/Nyc7Cw2o0bU\/s1600\/Iggy%2Bwork%2Bbelt.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592522500194731394\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-hfhNke3g_nE\/TZyhlV58hYI\/AAAAAAAACUg\/Nyc7Cw2o0bU\/s400\/Iggy%2Bwork%2Bbelt.jpg\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-wwCKXsH3KBM\/TZyhV7QaJ3I\/AAAAAAAACUY\/Ee99TpOWjp4\/s1600\/si-cv-ignatieff-students-300.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-LjyJ1UipKJw\/TZyhTK3UU0I\/AAAAAAAACUQ\/PcjK5eaWPpw\/s1600\/li-harper-atv-00450422-620.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-gSEuVbTjVoA\/TZyhQc59udI\/AAAAAAAACUI\/aX2_LSGET6Q\/s1600\/li-620-ignatieff-campaign-sunday-cp-00407855.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-DeaES4GMNOw\/TZyhMpk7UXI\/AAAAAAAACUA\/P3UyksVJemQ\/s1600\/Iggydietcokebarton-584.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 247px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592522075978551666\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-DeaES4GMNOw\/TZyhMpk7UXI\/AAAAAAAACUA\/P3UyksVJemQ\/s400\/Iggydietcokebarton-584.jpg\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-eSTAHp49zbA\/TZyhIptvOKI\/AAAAAAAACT4\/xsfYaixU164\/s1600\/iggy%2Bhot%2Bdog.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592522007296030882\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-eSTAHp49zbA\/TZyhIptvOKI\/AAAAAAAACT4\/xsfYaixU164\/s400\/iggy%2Bhot%2Bdog.jpg\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-S-9nUeN2EXA\/TZyhFOPKIRI\/AAAAAAAACTw\/21yJa0epsOg\/s1600\/Iggy%2Bhot%2Bdog2.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 242px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592521948380406034\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-S-9nUeN2EXA\/TZyhFOPKIRI\/AAAAAAAACTw\/21yJa0epsOg\/s400\/Iggy%2Bhot%2Bdog2.JPG\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FKT0vfDCpjs\/TZyhB4KrU8I\/AAAAAAAACTo\/Ibzhai8sKb0\/s1600\/Iggy%2Bhi%2Bfive.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 209px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592521890916422594\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FKT0vfDCpjs\/TZyhB4KrU8I\/AAAAAAAACTo\/Ibzhai8sKb0\/s400\/Iggy%2Bhi%2Bfive.JPG\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-D-S3tTZvanU\/TZyg9pr1kEI\/AAAAAAAACTg\/U-kjsw189dg\/s1600\/iggy%2Bdonut.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 169px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592521818309496898\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-D-S3tTZvanU\/TZyg9pr1kEI\/AAAAAAAACTg\/U-kjsw189dg\/s400\/iggy%2Bdonut.jpg\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-LiscloFODRI\/TZyg6NzJ_5I\/AAAAAAAACTY\/zoH0T6RYZ9s\/s1600\/hawn.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-nUwFeJ-ymUw\/TZygnK5HFLI\/AAAAAAAACTQ\/D6n17mWI7M0\/s1600\/harper-pint.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-PrgMXODKUQc\/TZygktQddwI\/AAAAAAAACTI\/UNPlCxjwfQw\/s1600\/harper%2Bpiano.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-SFdkRhnyBBc\/TZygiAk7cdI\/AAAAAAAACTA\/9Z2oG9gx_o8\/s1600\/Harper%2BTims.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-gy1zh0DRiD4\/TZyge-kvlGI\/AAAAAAAACS4\/B2NTjTCIQPI\/s1600\/Harper%2Bhockey.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-90spVeBGxrg\/TZygbzjK2XI\/AAAAAAAACSw\/8Gk29OxfRpU\/s1600\/harper%2Bclowns.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-8Uanf9EG7Po\/TZygXIxT6yI\/AAAAAAAACSo\/zHDijKkqugA\/s1600\/Harper%2Bbeer.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-65eqbJwt0o0\/TZygUJbnJ2I\/AAAAAAAACSg\/8GCssHH9obA\/s1600\/harper%2Bbat.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-RFV3hjyG1WI\/TZygRpntluI\/AAAAAAAACSY\/CkO69OVf6gM\/s1600\/Duceppe%2Bhard%2Bhat.JPG\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-hdagze9DqU0\/TZygPLZ7viI\/AAAAAAAACSQ\/PI5O4aihsR8\/s1600\/Call%2Bme%2Bmike.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 227px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592521019907358242\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-hdagze9DqU0\/TZygPLZ7viI\/AAAAAAAACSQ\/PI5O4aihsR8\/s400\/Call%2Bme%2Bmike.JPG\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-FFhCjtgcfNA\/TZygLaUiE7I\/AAAAAAAACSI\/0Y1UI6bxjy4\/s1600\/bernier-584.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-EKstQFS9iJU\/TZyjI_VDmCI\/AAAAAAAACUo\/uxE2ssXBAjE\/s1600\/iggy%2Bchild%2Bcare.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 255px; CURSOR: hand\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592524212121344034\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-EKstQFS9iJU\/TZyjI_VDmCI\/AAAAAAAACUo\/uxE2ssXBAjE\/s400\/iggy%2Bchild%2Bcare.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last election, the Tory strategy was to show the softer side of Steve &#8211; Harper was Mr. Sweater Vest at campaign rallies and on TV. This time, the tactic has changed &#8211; everywhere you go, Harper is in a suit. The man was even wearing dress pants for his pick-up game of street hockey. After [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1019,983],"tags":[1098],"class_list":["post-2942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2011-federal-election","category-federal-politics","tag-michael-ignatieff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2942"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3642,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2942\/revisions\/3642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}