Forget about scandals, botched policy announcements, slips of the tongue in front of live microphones and poor debate performances. There's nothing more damaging for a politician on the campaign trail than looking like an idiot in a photograph.
And somehow, the most damaging photos always seem to involve headgear. Remember the infamous Michael Dukakis tank helmet of 1988? Y'know, the one that practically delivered the presidency to George Herbert Walker Bush on a silver - er - helmet? Read about it here: http://bit.ly/3vVb1C
Or how about the hairnet Bloc Quebecois Leader Gille Duceppe was forced to wear on a visit to a cheese factory during the 1977 federal election? That alone probably set the cause of Quebec sovereignty back a generation. Here's a look back courtesy of the CBC Archives: http://bit.ly/hsoBHM
So forget about contempt of Parliament, the "in-and-out" election financing scam, Afghan detainees, progogation, the ballooning pricetag for the F-35 fighter jet contract, and the mounting embarrassment over Bruce Carter's criminal record. If Stephen Harper loses this election, posterity will put it down to this:
But of course, you should never underestimate a man who can still get elected after wearing this:
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