From cbc.ca: Plum political insults in Canada
Political insults have a fine old tradition, perhaps reaching their height with Benjamin Disraeli's many zingers directed at rival William Gladstone in 19th-century Britain. Asked to differentiate between the words "misfortune" and "calamity," Disraeli quickly shot back: "If Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be a misfortune. If someone pulled him out, that would be a calamity."
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University of Prince Edward Island political scientist Peter McKenna on the Conservative party's chances in Atlantic Canada under Stephen Harper: "Somewhere between slim and none, and slim just left town."
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Stephen Harper, refusing a dare to debate NDP Leader Jack Layton over Harper's comment that a minority government that included the NDP would damage Canada as much as one including the separatist Bloc Québécois: "I am here to debate the prime minister. That's what the leader of the Opposition does. He doesn't debate the also-rans."