"We want you to support the war, you idiot" Stephen Harper, House of Commons, April 2
Here is a list of language that has been deemed unparliamentary over the years by different Speakers of the House in the Alberta legislature. I'm sure it's too much to expect Stephen Harper to give a damn about being civil during debate.
Notice that as the years went by, the insults became less creative. The art of insulting appears to be dying in this country. Well I for one refuse to allow it to die (sniff).
Whatever. Anyway, here's the list.
parliamentary pugilist (1875)
a bag of wind (1878)
inspired by forty-rod whiskey (1881)
coming into the world by accident (1886)
blatherskite (1890)
the political sewer pipe from Carleton County (1917)
lacking in intelligence (1934)
a dim-witted saboteur (1956)
a trained seal (1961)
evil genius (1962)
Canadian Mussolini (1964)
liar (consistently from 1959 to the present)
pompous ass (1967)
pig (1977)
jerk (1980)
sleaze bag (1984)
racist (1986)
scuzzball (1988)
And in Ottawa, Pierre Trudeau gave us the famous "fuddle duddle", to explain to reporters who had seen him mouth the words "fuck off" to an opposition member. I guess I really shouldn't say "fuck off" in my blog.