This one's just for entertainment value. File it under "political snafu classics".

Question: What's the point of going through all of the trouble to make political allies out of the Hell's Angels if you're just going to insult them a few days later? (Answer: none.)

See:
Lastman 'didn't know' Hells Angels sell drugs,
By James Rusk (with a report from Rheal Seguin).

Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman said yesterday he did not know that the Hells Angels make money from illegal drugs when he shook the hand of a gang member on the weekend.

"These guys are in drugs. This is drug money. Over the weekend when I spoke to them, I didn't know that. Phooey. I had heard the stories, but, yes, the [police] chief has explained it to me. We've gone over it," the mayor told reporters after a morning spent trying to contain the damage from his latest gaffe.