Canada: Prime Minister Stephen Harper likes posting cat pictures to Google+

Canada's Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has figured out what Google+ is good for: cat pictures. Apparently he has a history of using kitteh as political props... (related Google+ thread)

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GreenJello

This is Mr. Fluffypants, he’s our new Minister of Defence….
http://twitter.com/lmoliva_ Leandro Oliva

Man, that’s a cute kitteh. PM forever.
OldBrownSquirrel

Any word on when G+ will be rolling out a Verified feature?
http://twitter.com/owenadam Adam Owen

The Head of State of Canada is The Queen, represented by the Governor General. The PM is just leader of the government. Canadians LOVE pointing this out.
- therealkuri
  
  I clicked through solely to point this out. However, I was going to say it thusly: “Canada’s Head of State is Her Majestry Queen Elizabeth II of Canada.” Although English-speaking folk think of the English-speaker queen as the only one, there are a number of royal families around the world in addition to the Windsors.
Blaze Curry

“If you would just…a little to the left…no, no, too far…closer…closer, no too close. Go towards the wall…”
Genre Slur

That is a robot that only thinks he’s a human. The kittens appear to be real kittens.
http://twitter.com/carbonman carbonman

Kittens… sweet, delicious kittens.
Xof

NOT HEAD OF STATE NOT NOT NOT NOT.

Really, though, you knew this. It’s just comment-baiting, right?
Ashley Reid

NOOO He is about to eat that kitteh……
- Teresa Nielsen Hayden
  
  Which he won in a poker game.
http://twitter.com/utenzil Utenzil (michael mc)

“Such a tiny, fluffy creature. She doesn’t know that I could crush her larynx with my thumb and forefinger just like that. Oh yessums, widdle kitteh oh yes I couldums…”
F_C_King

I remember that episode.
- pizzicato
  
  F.C.King wrote Public Administration In Ireland, Vol 1. You’re not F.C.King! I hope Google deletes you from the internet!
  - Donald Petersen
    
    I know F.C. King, F.C. King was a hobby of mine. Senator, you’re not F.C. King.
NoOneSpecific

The kitten is real, but Stephen Harper is a Muppet.
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MikeJones1208

… and then he eats the cats.
loki_monster

OK stripey Stanley the kitty in the first pic is beyond adorable, exuding all the insanity and joy of a baby kitteh of that size. Me want (Stanley, not Stephen Harper).
http://www.facebook.com/gavin.mcdougald Gavin McDougald

Please world, look away

Signed every other Canadian
http://www.facebook.com/boshart Nicholas Boshart

As a Canadian, I would like to warn you IT’S A TRAP!
Genre Slur

I think he posts these photos in order to add ‘thrust’ to his appearance whilst on the Senior’s Home campaign trail. That tour included the “…chaos is lapping at our shores…” speech. Gah.
Genre Slur

I think he convinced the aforementioned demographic that they voted http://www.gribaa.com/Little-Lord-Fauntleroy.jpg into office, rather than http://rochester.metromix.com/content_image/full/1387245/560/370 Oh, Canada…
http://laroquodexperiment.com/hypo/0.1/ Paul Laroquod

…can’t… process… too wrong on too many levels… *head explodes*
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=618565994 Brett Jay-Findlay

It’s dangerous to go alone. Here, take this!
David Carroll

Actually Xeni, Harper has a history of using his Cabinet Ministers as political props. I think he actually likes cats.
zombieprocess

Heyyyyy… wait a second. It that the right kitteh?
jphilby

what Google+ is good for: cat pictures

Safe, clean … too cheap to meter!
Brendan Brady

As is tradition.
eric Francis

Who could hate someone petting a kitty? Who cares about his disastrous policies, hes holding a cat, and its so cute!

This is holding babies photo op 2.0 for the internet age.
MelSkunk

To be fair, I don’t care for our PM, but he does seem to really like cats (which is a good thing here, Ottawa has a famous feral cat colony near our Parliament buildings)

http://pm.gc.ca/eng/feature.asp?pageId=73
Richard Dagenais

Not much of a fan of Stephen HerpyDerp but to be fair he also used it to raise awareness about east African drought fundraising.
pjcamp

Eeeeeexcellent!
Calvid Wilde

Somehow I find it hard to believe Harper would find his way on to Google+ within its first few weeks, but… you never know.
Antinous / Moderator

Apparently, memes are the new political spin.

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chaopoiesis

Eu fucking karyotes.
matmccoy

“Canada’s Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper”. Why point out party affiliation?

Would you say “USA’s Democrat President Barack Obama”?
brianary

This cat is dead. Somebody bring me another cat!
adyo

Three fun facts:

These photos are from months ago when his family asked the public to vote on facebook for the name of his new cat.

There’s also debate as to whether it’s actually his G+ account.

He is also a criminal and most of our country doesn’t want him in office.