Bewijs dat verkiezingscampagnes nog altijd vreemder kunnen worden:

The increasingly bitter tone of the Ontario campaign took a surreal turn Friday when a press release from the Tory election machine labelled Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty a pet-eating alien.

The bizarre insult, contained in a statement e-mailed to media representatives shortly before lunchtime, immediately deflected attention from the health-care agenda that the Conservatives had hoped to pitch Friday.

“Dalton McGuinty,” the statement said. “He’s an evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet.”

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Mr. McGuinty smiled broadly when asked to confirm or deny that he eats small pets and comes from outer space.

“I love kittens, and I like puppies too,” he said. [The Globe and Mail]