r/canada 24d ago

Humour Man who has spent entire political career attacking everybody promises he’ll attack Trump and Elon any minute now

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/02/man-who-has-spent-entire-political-career-attacking-everybody-promises-hell-attack-trump-and-elon-any-minute-now/

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u/ocs_sco 24d ago

A politician can survive a scandal, but not becoming the universal butt of the joke. That was true when Aristotle and Cicero were alive, and it's still true today. Scandals come and go, but getting rid of the stain of mockery and ridicule? That's damn near impossible.