Move over Machiavelli

"Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet (Sorry.)" was a pejorative used to refer to Ontario Liberal Party leader Dalton McGuinty. It first appeared in a press release disseminated by the rival Ontario Progressive Conservative Party on September 12, 2003, during the provincial election campaign in Ontario, Canada.

The incident was an embarrassment for the Tories, who were already having difficulty in the election. Their leader, Premier Ernie Eves, refused to apologize for the incident, but acknowledged that it was "over the top" and that someone had probably drunk "way too much coffee." Press reporting on the incident appeared to turn public opinion against the party, not due to the comment itself, but that the fact that it became public suggested a campaign that was badly out of control and growing desperate. The incident came in the middle of a large campaign of attack ads launched by the Tory party targeting McGuinty, most notably focusing on his strong links to the teacher's unions. The release, while likely in jest, was seen as a symbol of the negative turn the Tory campaign had taken.

Mr. McGuinty denied the accusation of ailurophagy. "I love kittens, and I like puppies too," he commented. Though he initially pledged not to allow the issue to side-track the campaign, the Liberals ran with the joke. Slogans involving kittens ("We may be kitten-eaters but we want change") were printed on T-shirts, a group of Liberals meowed at an assembly in Niagara Falls, and Mr. McGuinty had his picture taken with a kitten named Snowball as he visited a farm in Stratford.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_reptilian_kitten-eater_from_another_planet