"....One might as well as ask a member of the shopping-cart community why his personal effects include a garbage bag filled with hundreds of pieces of plastic cutlery...."

The Ambler manfully tries to explain Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien's
recent pronouncements on morality and politics. The operative word here being "tries", as Mr. Chretien seems to run his thoughts through a blender set to "Puree" before opening his mouth to utter them.