Just in case no one posed it - The Cons are in SERIOUS trouble in Canada

[HEyHEY]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/02/28/szabo-cadman.html

Caught trying to Bribe a dying MP. Stephen Harper was shouted down today. Now, there's as much time as the libs want to make a big deal out of this, then call and election. What burried the Libs last election, is now happening to the cons... yeeha!

[Lint Head]

1. I love our neighbors to the north.

:dem:

[terrya]

2. Stephane Dion as Prime Minister and a Democratic President here.

Yeah, that's pretty cool. :-)

And that is rather ironic about the Conservatives being brought down for the same reason the Liberals were. Either ironic or just plain fucking stupid.

[HEyHEY]

4. I hope there's charges!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

3. There are some real advantages to a parliamentary system

The ruling party can't say, "The other party screwed up my wonderful programs."

Furthermore, if we had a parliamentary system, Bush would have been gone in 2006.

[ConcernedCanuk]

5. If you had a parliamentary system, Bush woulda never got in in 2000

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yeah

that's a hard one to deal with

just think how much better off the USA/World would be

(sigh)

[luckyleftyme2]

23. absolutely

and his legacy will go down in history as the worst president in history. It's up to us
to write his wayward loyalties down for all to remember.
three letters for the first.

#1)=OIL
#2)=DRILL
#3)=SPEND
#4)=IGNORE THE WORKING MAN
#5)=CUT BENIFITS
#6)=GIVE TO THE WEALTHY
#7)=RUN THE LARGEST DEFICITS IN HISTORY

[SidDithers]

24. If you had a parliamentary system...

Bush would be forced to answer questions from opposition members almost daily.

Think about how much fun CSPAN viewing would be.

Sid

[HEyHEY]

6. HA! They've caught Harper on tape!

They have Harper on tape saying he knew about the deal!

Arrest him!

[RC]

7. He talked his way out of it...

No one's admitting to it as a bribe and Cadman's wife is now the conservative rep in Surrey North...so she ain't talking!

[HEyHEY]

8. Uh, she's been talking all day

He didn't talk his way out of it. He was SLAMMED in question period today and humiliated. Cadman's wife has all day been saying this deal was offered. Plus, now they've caught Harper on tape talking about it. Watch the news.

[RC]

9. I was just posting what my Canadian friend told me.

Must have got her information from a bad source.

[HEyHEY]

10. Ah, okay

Well, nope.. total opposite. You can trust me. I won't say where I work, but let's just say a guy three feet away from me is speaking to Jody Cadman as I write this.

[RC]

11. I sent her your response.

You can bet I will be reading the Canadian news tomorrow. Harper has gotta go for a lot of reasons.

[arthritisR_US]

16. In trying to hide their misdeeds in this affair the Cons are

simply throwing his widow under the bus. The Cons answer to it all is that Chuck Cadman was an honourable man and he said that no bribe was proffered and to question such "facts" is to dishonour an honourable man. That is their mantra and they use it ad naseum to obfuscate any inquiries into this matter.

[The Backlash Cometh]

12. Are those polar bears okay?

[ironflange]

13. i remember being surprised as hell when cadman sided with the grits

so now we know why
he must have been plenty pissed with harper

thats pretty low
trying to bribe a dying man

i sure have to admire his morals

[lonestarnot]

14. I Love It !

[tuvor]

15. Here's the audio of Harper admitting official representatives spoke to Cadman

Scroll down to the bottom for the video montage.

"I know that, uh, there were discussions, uh...This is not for publication?"

http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=120819&Itemid=594

[KT2000]

17. Heard this on the news

today. This story is incredible! Trying to bribe a man dying of cancer is one for the books. I was glad to hear that the MP did not go for it. These are the quiet heroes who give us hope.

[ironflange]

18. heres what i would like to know

which insurance company would be crazy enough to insure a man the whole country knew was a goner

for a million clams to boot

[TrogL]

19. The Liberals don't dare call an election

...or they would have done so already. They've had plenty of opportunities - two in the last week.

(Full disclosure: I'm literally a Card Carrying Liberal)

Dionne has been a total embarassement as a leader. It's time for him to step aside for someone with a clearly articulated view of Canada. I have no idea who that might be unless Anne McLellan comes out of retirement.

[HEyHEY]

20. Ken Dryden!

ANyway, the libs won't call one until this bastard of a story festers for the cons.

[Laelth]

21. Good news from our neighbor to the North.

We've finally got some good news down here, too.

Let's have a brew, eh?

:toast:

-Laelth

[Canuckistanian]

22. Yeah, offered him $1M to vote with them

But of course, they called it a "life insurance policy". They knew he was going to die.

His daughter is telling the details right now.

So basically, he had to make a choice between his principles and a cool million for his family.

He stuck with his principles.