It couldn't happen to a nicer group of people. Tim Harper reports that the battle for the Conservative nomination in Oakville North-Burlington has become toxic:
Amidst a flurry of charges and countercharges involving membership fraud, intimidation and character assassination, the party took the extraordinary step of delaying a planned nomination showdown set for Saturday in the newly created but now suddenly infamous riding of Oakville North-Burlington.
The struggle for the party nod pits sitting MP Eve Adams, who wants to move over from her existing riding to this comfortable enclave, against Natalia Lishchyna, a chiropractor who thought the nomination would be hers until the Adams bulldozer headed west.
The irony is rich:
On the eve of a planned Saturday vote, the gang that brought you the oxymoronically named Fair Elections Act was accusing each other of vote suppression, overspending and harassing and illegal phone calls and had launched formal complaints with the party, Elections Canada and the CRTC.
Party spokesperson Cory Hann said Thursday the vote was on hold until complaints were reviewed because the party “believes in the integrity of our nomination process."
Integrity. Was that not the byword behind Stephen Harper's ascension? Of course, there's the whole back story of the Adams-Dimitri Soudas romance. No, this has nothing to do with integrity. It merely offers proof once again that, when the going gets tough, the Harper Party eats its own.
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It's like a high school confidential.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFwom4D3i4g
The current batch of conservatives seem particularly vindictive and unforgiving when it comes to female MP's. A $16 glass of OJ gets Bev Oda the boot, but her male counterparts, not mentioning any names Tony Clement squander millions and get a promotion. Go figure.
Eve Adams is the poster child for today's Conservative party. She exemplifies the very best in modern conservatism. That she and Soudas fell into each other's arms was ordained.
From the very beginning, waterboy, women like Belinda Stronach were made to understand how things worked. Nothing has changed.
Point well taken, Anon. This is a blast from someone's adolescent past.
They tell you a lot about the kinds of people Harper attracts to his tent, Mound.
Modern conservatism is all about our darker angels.
Harper's list of degenerates, is as long as a football field. I do not believe those degenerates are attracted by Harper. These people are chosen by Harper, for specific purpose's.
Some of Harper's degenerates are in prison, others are on their way. Speaking of the brig? How did Bruce Carson escape his jail term? The story I heard was, Carson has cancer. Can all inmates be excused, if they have cancer?
The cancer story is news to me, Anon. Carson has been disbarred. For a lawyer, that's a pretty severe punishment.
Owen, totally off topic but I believe this speaks to your strong views on inequality.
http://www.alternet.org/economy/bloodiest-thing-world-has-seen-david-cay-johnston-inequalitys-looming-disaster?paging=off¤t_page=1#bookmark
Thanks for the link, Mound. After forty years of conservative rhetoric, we no longer believe that government can do anything about big problems -- like inequality and climate change.
It's the Big Lie written large.
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