I didn’t even notice the exhaust pipe before reading the article. I thought the license plate (which the officer seems to hold with his hand) was what we were supposed to notice.
Canada’s right-wing federal political party changed its name again since then, to the Conservative Party of Canada, upon the merger of the federal Progressive Conservatives with the Canadian Alliance in 2003, but many of the provincial parties have kept the old name. Today the name makes a lot of sense once again: some people (including me) lament the demise of the old Progressive Conservative Party, which was truly a lot more progressive than the current Conservative Party is.
In the spirit of the thread, it should be noted that they called themselves the Canadian Conservative Reform Alliance (Party) briefly. They changed the name a day later when the resulting acronym was pointed out to them.
When I first saw the picture (linked without specific context in the CanaDoper thread) I had no idea what I was supposed to be noticing. I completely missed it, and I’m sure the party did too. I see it now, but I’m sure most people wouldn’t, without it being pointed out.
They were talking about it on the news, and not everyone sees it right away, but most of us see it pretty easily - it’s not that big of a stretch. Maybe your mind just isn’t dirty enough.
Apparently Danielle Smith’s husband sent her this picture.
I think it’s PR genius. The whole point here is “name recognition, name recognition, name recognition.” Look at this: People have heard of this politician who don’t even live in Canada. The news of this so-called fiasco went viral! I think whoever dreamed this up deserves a raise.
I mean, sure, she looks like kind of an idiot. But publicity!
