Right-wing reporter pokes fun at bread lines, ethical sands at NDP leadership convention

by Stephen Hui on March 26th, 2012 at 9:42 AM

If you missed the NDP leadership convention this past weekend (Thomas Mulcair won), here's a report from the Sun News Network.

Wait, that's not a Fox News North reporter hassling leadership candidates and party members; it's comedian Scott Vrooman of the sketch group Picnicface.

As he observes, "This is what a communist Canada would look like."

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Comments

12 Comments

I laughed...

Mar 26, 2012 at 10:10am

I laughed, gotta love the humorless douche in the 'bread' line and Masters in bomb assembly. Too bad picnicface is terrible.

Ray I

Mar 26, 2012 at 4:33pm

My guess is that the NDP has peaked and their new leader will run into problems holding together the many competing factions they would need to get a majority.

step back

Mar 26, 2012 at 9:47pm

Really funny. Stephen Colbert would tip his hat to this.

glen p robbins

Mar 27, 2012 at 5:23pm

Mulcair will move forward - not backward. Bet on it.

Ron S.

Mar 27, 2012 at 10:51pm

That was funny? Only for a right wing, religious redneck!

lawson45

Mar 28, 2012 at 7:07pm

Just because the NDP cannot handle internet voting does not mean we should give up on it, the dummies, I love internet voting!

2nd Nation

Mar 28, 2012 at 8:54pm

Dear Ron,

You missed the boat. It's called comedy. It's a funny thing.

Rainer Goltzsche

Mar 29, 2012 at 11:32pm

I have rarely watched something so boringly unfunny. scott should get a real job. Maybe Paperpusher?

fidel gastro

Mar 30, 2012 at 8:52am

lighten up lefties. this was a joke. or is it only acceptable to have over the top political humor directed at conservatives?

Martin Dunphy

Mar 30, 2012 at 11:59am

There seems to be some confusion as to the target of the humour here. Scott Vrooman is a comedian. In the guise of a far-right "journalist", he is poking satirical fun at reactionary media outlets like Fox News and its ilk.
The "lefties" are merely his (very) convenient foil (or straight man, take your pick). The fact that some of them are not in on the joke merely adds a layer of verisimilitude to the exercise.
All in all, an easy target on both sides, admittedly.