John Ivison writes in his column today that, as I said yesterday (“Conservative Party resolution suggestion: Grab some cajones, jamtarts.”) the Conservatives “appear to have lost their mojo”.
Well yes, that’s another way of putting it.
My lament was more to do with the lack of stones needed to confront the traditional social issues and embrace them as conservatives should (in contradistinction to girlie-men), and would normally do. But they seem adrift in their effort to become Liberal Two.
But John Ivison’s take is that they’re missing huge opportunities to point out the abhorrent actions of liberals in many areas, and to in turn pump up their own rich (well, traditionally, anyway) moral values in contrast. In light of the latest Gomery Inquiry testimony nobody could disagree. The Conservatives are messing it up, big time.
Conservatives appear to have lost their mojo
Party’s failure to make the most of Gomery revelations is perplexing
The Conservative party is rapidly acquiring a reputation for never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity. On the coattails of effectively endorsing the government’s budget and its position on ballistic missile defence, the Conservatives are now squandering the chance to link the latest revelations from the Gomery inquiry into the sponsorship scandal to the Liberal party.On Tuesday, it emerged that employees of Lafleur Communications, one of the Quebec advertising agencies at the heart of the scandal, were obliged to make donations to the Liberal party when asked to do so by their boss, Jean Lafleur. This was the first time it had been illustrated clearly how the long-suspected circular relationship between the advertising agencies and the Liberal party operated. The amounts were relatively trivial but the testimony suggested the Liberals handed over millions of dollars in taxpayers’ money and, in turn, received cash back in donations.
Lafleur’s son, Eric, revealed more questionable dealings with the federal government. He said yesterday that Jacques Corriveau, a friend of former prime minister Jean Chretien and a man owed $207,000 by the Liberal party for work carried out during the 1997 election, was paid a $60,000 annual retainer by his firm. Justice John Gomery asked directly if there was a link between the debt owed by the Liberal party and Corriveau’s hiring, to which Lafleur junior replied he was sure that was not the case.
Nevertheless, it is increasingly apparent there was an umbilical link between the Quebec agencies and the Liberals. For the Opposition, that should make it gold, but the Conservatives seem to think it’s fools’ gold.
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