{"id":6502,"date":"2013-12-18T06:15:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T11:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=6502"},"modified":"2013-12-17T22:25:53","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T03:25:53","slug":"quotes-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/?p=6502","title":{"rendered":"Quotes of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scroll to the bottom to vote on your favourite quote&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ford-plenty-to-eat.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calgarygrit.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ford-plenty-to-eat.png\" alt=\"ford plenty to eat\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6522\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I am Conservative. I am a traditionalist. I wish I left Cabinet in the traditional way &#8211; with a sex scandal!&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/o.canada.com\/news\/steven-fletcher-sex-scandal-tweet\/\">Stephen Fletcher<\/a>, after being removed from Cabinet<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;When I stand back and look at the cast of candidates, even I would pick me. I have to be plain about that.\u201d <\/em><br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/editorialopinion\/2013\/01\/14\/ontario_liberal_leadership_candidate_sandra_pupatello_time_to_do_away_with_chest_bumps_in_the_chamber.html\">Sandra Pupatello<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;You know, there\u2019s a level of of admiration I actually have for China because their basic dictatorship is allowing them to actually turn their economy around on a dime and say \u2018we need to go green fastest.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/politics\/trudeau-gets-online-backlash-after-his-surprise-pick-for-most-admired-country\/article15351853\/\">-Justin Trudeau<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2013\/05\/24\/i-do-not-use-crack-cocaine-rob-ford-breaks-silence-to-categorically-deny-drug-report\/\">Rob Ford<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t even remember. Probably in one of my drunken stupors.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/crime\/2013\/11\/05\/rob_ford_yes_i_have_smoked_crack_cocaine.html\">Rob Ford<\/a>, on his cocaine use<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;You&#8217;ve just attacked Kuwait.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2013\/11\/18\/rob-ford-city-council-begins-unprecedented-meeting-to-strip-ford-of-most-mayoral-powers\/\">Rob Ford<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m happily married, I have more than enough to eat at home.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2013\/11\/14\/rob-ford-launches-legal-action-over-prostitution-and-crack-claims-in-profane-media-scrum\/\">Rob Ford<\/a> on, uhh&#8230;umm&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It was kind of like what they did to Jesus.&#8221; <\/em><br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/o.canada.com\/news\/rob-fords-treatment-kind-of-like-what-they-did-to-jesus-says-brother-doug\/\">Doug Ford<\/a>, on council&#8217;s treatment of his brother<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThen there is this evil Liberal name that haunts us still and wants to hand out drugs to our kids. This ghost of the NDP wants to acquire heroin with taxpayer money and inject it into the veins of Canada\u2019s children.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.macleans.ca\/2013\/10\/21\/a-peek-inside-rob-anders-imagination\/\">Rob Anders<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Canada will never be a safe haven for zombies!&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/politics\/baird-canada-will-never-be-a-safe-haven-for-zombies-1.1155526\">John Baird<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo the question is, is the money just in the wrong filing cabinet, is it hidden in the minister\u2019s gazebo, is the money in the banana stand?\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/o.canada.com\/entertainment\/mulcair-askes-if-the-moneys-in-the-banana-stand\/\">Tom Mulcair<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I think, though, this is not a time to commit sociology.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/story\/2013\/04\/25\/pol-harper-trinidad.html\">Stephen Harper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Realizing I may have made a major mistake in my openness and transparency: vicious attacks coming because I don\u2019t drink coffee.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/politics\/trudeau-admits-he-smoked-pot-as-mp-gets-teased-over-not-drinking-coffee-1.1421995#ixzz2nV9xjAq0\">Justin Trudeau<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I can&#8217;t believe I actually have to say this, but I&#8217;m going to say it. The river is closed. You cannot boat on the river. I have a large number of nouns that I can use to describe the people I saw in a canoe on the Bow river today. I am not allowed to use any of them. I can tell you, however, that I have been told that despite the state of local emergency, I&#8217;m not allowed to invoke the Darwin law.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/watching-alberta-s-floods-from-afar-1.1866783\">Naheed Nenshi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Happy holidays to all you infidel atheists out there&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressprogress.ca\/en\/post\/manitoba-tory-leader-happy-holidays-infidel-atheists\">Brian Pallister<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere was a time not long ago that most of us in this leadership race would not have been deemed suitable. A Portuguese Canadian, an Indo-Canadian, an Italian Canadian, female, gay, Catholic. We would not have been able to stand on this stage. But this province has changed. Our party has changed. I do not believe the people of Ontario judge their leader on the basis of race, sexual orientation, colour or religion. I don\u2019t believe it. They judge us on our merit, on our expertise, on our ideas, because that\u2019s how everyone deserves to be judged.\u201d <\/em><br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/digitaljournal.com\/print\/article\/342214\">Kathleen Wynne<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.easypolls.net\/ext\/scripts\/emPoll.js?p=52b1123be4b0fcccb902301c\"><\/script><a class=\"OPP-powered-by\" href=\"https:\/\/www.murvey.com\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"font: 9px arial; color: gray;\">survey tools<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scroll to the bottom to vote on your favourite quote&#8230; &#8220;I am Conservative. I am a traditionalist. I wish I left Cabinet in the traditional way &#8211; with a sex scandal!&#8221; &#8211;Stephen Fletcher, after being removed from Cabinet &#8220;When I stand back and look at the cast of candidates, even I would pick me. 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