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Bonfire of the sweater vests

Marg Delahunty tossed a few sweater vestson to a St. John’s bonfire Monday night, in a made-for-You-Tube effort to express her the angry warrior's fiery outrage at the prospect of a Harper majority.

"So let's throw a few lousy sweater vests on the fire, because I'll tell ya, you'll get more warmth out of that than you'll ever get out of that iceberg of a prime minister," Delahunty said in the video.

Actor Mary Walsh, who created the character for This Hour has 22 Minutes, told reporters her fire video wasn’t specifically aimed at recent arts cuts, but had more to do with Harper’s “one-man” style of government and his attempt to project a “family-friendly” image by wearing a vest.


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