Based on the leadership debate, I got wondering what each leader would be like as a muppet. I’m sorry, but that’s just how my mind works. Okay. Here we go.
Stephen Harper. He is the leader of the band of misfits. All of the band members have their own bizarre personalities and agendas, but somehow, Harper gets them all to play together to with a fairly consistent quality result.
Parliament is the gig man… Hit it!!... Yeah dudes ....you sound so melodiously righteous when you actually vote for something that’s good for Canadians. Wait...Hold it...someone missed their cue. From the top guys!
What can I say about Gilles Duceppe? He is Sam the eagle. If you don’t get this, you never watched the muppets. Sam is the quintessential patriot with absolutely no desire to listen to anyone else’s point of view. He is Quebecois and is as outrageous as the French Knights in Monty Python's Holy Grail. "You don't frighten us, English pig-dog! Go and boil your bottoms, son of a silly person. I blow my nose on you, so-called Harper-king, you and your silly English K...kaniggservatives." If it’s his way or the highway; how are we going to fit Quebec City on a truck?
Jack Layton was a hard one to choose. I did this one based on personality rather than looks. Everyone likes Jack Layton, but when he speaks it is beyond comprehension. He is the one leader who everyone would like to vote for if he was in a different party. He is like the brother in law who everybody loves, but wouldn't trust to go to the 7-11 for milk. Reporter: “Jack, explain how the NDP would tackle the macroeconomic impact of the financial meltdown on the auto sector?” Jack: “Dun't vurry iff yuoo boorn zee tup, joost toorn it upseede-doon und blame-a zee Gonzervative und Liveral Bork Bork Bork!” 
Michael Ignatieff. Ahh…Iggy. There are so many muppets with great eyebrows that it was hard to choose. In the end however, it was the count that was the match. “One tax increase….Two tax increase……Fifty three tax increase Ah ah ah ah….” I am not saying that Iggy is the epitome of evil or the devil incarnate...well okay, maybe I am. But trying to find him in the House of Commons is like trying to find the Count at high noon on a sunny summer day. Just saying.
All this being said, Canadian politics brings out the best of us. It is typically Canadian. Funny, engaging, outrageous and rarely takes it self seriously. Nobody gets shot by a rifle, registered or not and no one ends up on Oprah or with their own reality show....Actually, I could see it. Duceppe's Quebec where a zany Francophone politician tries to separate by digging a ditch around the province and re-routing the St. Lawrence.
I digress. Here is the Reasonable Prophet signing off.
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