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Warren Kinsella, interestingly enough
nails it.First, Mr. Kinsella tells us that, back in the halcyon days (e.g. a plaid-shirted 1996), Gordon Campbell was the master of a big, beautiful centrist tent where everyone could live in peace and harmony:
…In 2001, he (Campbell) was massively successful, winning an astonishing 77 of 79 seats in the legislature in Victoria.
Back when I was helping him out, Campbell was always welcoming of new recruits, whatever their political pedigree.
“I don’t care if you’re a federal Liberal, or federal Conservative, or a Reformer, or from Mars,” he’d say. “But you come in our door, you are a B.C. Liberal. Leave your fights outside.”
And, mostly, B.C. Liberals did…
Of course, nothing there about how anybody uppity was told to
F*ck Off in caucus or
taken out behind the barn and spit upon if they dared to poke a finger into the skin of the bubble hidden beneath the faux tent where the real corporatist Straussian privatizers of everything lived (and still live?). And Mr. Kinsella also does not mention the Politburo-like stacking of everything with non-elected quislings that did any and all things required for cult-like conversion to P3’s that was backed by an all powerful Bureau of Information that cowed a compliant media at every turn.
Regardless, when the people finally did what Mr. Campbell’s sycophants would not, Mr. Kinsella concludes that they were ‘asinine’ when they decided to rip a massive hole in the big, faux, Straussian tent of the Campbell/Clark Government’s corporate backers to first release, and then vanquish, the flying HST Surrender-Monkeys:
…To her credit, new B.C. Grit Leader Christy Clark had been climbing back in public opinion polling, and she seemed to be escaping the province’s asinine decision to withdraw from an HST accord with the federal government, too….
Oh, and then there is the following, which apparently demonstrates Mr. Campbell’s bonafides as a great leader:
… Eventually, Campbell resigned, and now leads Canada’s High Commission in Britain…
To wit:
Incredibly, that means controversial NDP Leader Adrian Dix — who, last time he was anywhere near the premier’s office, was forced to resign as a top aide to disgraced B.C. Premier Glen Clark for back-dating a memo about casino licences — will be premier.
And, mostly, he will have John Cummins’ ego to thank for it. The party that gave B.C. Hydro-gate, Bingo-gate and destroyed economic growth in the province will be back.
Political expediency.
It’s not just for Fed-Libs anymore.
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Of course, those British Columbians who have been paying attention since 1996, know that the pretzelian-triangulation practiced by the BC Liberal party that hides true intentions is the real issue here (and is what British Columbians of all ideological stripes were sick of when they rose up against the HST).
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