A Host of Conservative Scandals

By Zamboni

With Republican friends like Sanford, Ensign and Palin in such hot water south of the border, Tory Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper obviously felt left out.

So the Pillsbury Dough Boy manufactured a scandal of his own. At the funeral of former Governor General Romeo LeBlanc, Harper accepted a communion host from an officiating priest and then — well, we don't know what he did with it.

Trouble has ensued because it's clear that the host didn't get eaten — at least, not right away. The question is whether the P.M., who looks slightly befuddled in this video, put it in his pocket. A most disrespectful way to handle the body of Christ, we'd say.

To us cats — unless he forgot to fish it out before his suit went to the cleaners — the bigger question is why a Protestant like Stephen Harper would take communion at all. As we recall, you have to be "cleared" to receive it by going to confession first, which Protestants don't do. Also, as aggrieved Catholics like John Kerry can tell you, sometimes you have to jump a few extra hurdles to be "worthy" of the Eucharist.

Well, maybe Harper thought it was a souvenir. No doubt it'll be showing up on eBay soon.