Word of the day: "politicoendomasuchia"

[dianeduane]

Politicoendomasuchia, n: unease with the concept of politicians in costume.  -iast, one suffering from this unease.

(chuckle)  Looks like the Prime Minister of Canada may be enough of a Trekkie to have once appeared in a convention masquerade. Gasp! Stagger! Swoon! Yet another sign of the decline of Western civilization. Now Canadian bloggers are trying to find a picture to confirm the rumor. (Photoshopped fakes are already appearing.)

What will people who find this bothersome make of King Abdullah of Jordan, then? Or Stephen Hawking? (No, they'll say, it's OK in his case: he didn't actually dress up!)

(eyeroll)

Comments

[naienko.livejournal.com]

Hot damn, that's awesome.

Um, hi.

[dduane.livejournal.com]

Hi!

a comment to say

[nelka35.livejournal.com]

no comment. *eyeroll, though*

[janeway216.livejournal.com]

We could use more Trekkies as world leaders. In my experience they tend to be bright, literate people who believe in the future. If only we could get rid of the tendency towards endless, circular arguments about pointless minutiae . . . but then again, it's not like we've got rid of that trait in the politicians we have.

;-)

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

This is my experience too.

So how, I ask myself, HOW did we get landed with the one who turned out to be Stephen Bloody Harper?

[keristor.livejournal.com]

King Abdullah was at a con? Or dressed up?

In other news, had you heard about the Australian chainsaw-eating crocodile (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4953668.stm)? The world gets stranger every day...

[naraht.livejournal.com]

dressed up in an episode =O

[lifein2x3.livejournal.com]

That (http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Abdullah_ibn_al-Hussein) is pretty gosh-darn cool.

Oh, and hi. ::waves::

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

Boy, now there's a man without a clue. Eyeroll, indeed. Imagine calling one appearance in a masquerade "hard-core". I sent him an e-mail to explain a few things.

[agawa-jean.livejournal.com]

Hah, but I like making fun of Harper. Yet...I'm a Star Trek fan. What a clash.

Harper a Trekker?

[dewline.livejournal.com]

*shock/horror!!!*

Considering some of his conduct since taking office, Diane, I'm wondering if we really want him in the ranks if you're right...? Or can we hope to bring him 'round to nobler practices in time before the next election?

As for Photoshopped fakes, the first place to look would be at Rick Mercer's blog (http://rickmercer.com/)...

[windcedar.livejournal.com]

Precisely my reaction. :) We don't want him, guys. Really. We don't.

OTOH, if this were almost any other world leader, I'd probably think it was cool, so. All the non-Canucks get a free pass. :)

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Even the Bush II Administration policy people who call themselves "Vulcans"?

[windcedar.livejournal.com]

I did say almost any other world leader. Which included a specific mental exception for Bush&Co. :)