The “homophobe” thing was wearing a little thin I guess. So now it’s onto “rampant sexist pigs!”
At least they didn’t go with “Bloody Awful Human-Haters!”
Word on the street is that tomorrow, conservatives will be “Really Really Big Fat Meaniepants!”
Belinda Stronach says some of the personal attacks mounted against her for defecting to the federal Liberals are a disgrace and a new low in Canadian politics.
“It’s very interesting to me, in moments like this, how partisan people become,” Stronach said Sunday in a television interview.
“There were a lot of negative comments made, and I find that disgraceful, quite frankly.”
Stronach, who ran unsuccessfully for the Tory leadership last year, abandoned the party last Tuesday week to sit in Prime Minister Paul Martin’s Liberal cabinet and prop up his government in a key budget vote.
She said she made the move out of concern that Conservative Leader Stephen Harper wasn’t doing enough to bring the party into the moderate mainstream and was too cosy with the separatist Bloc Quebecois.
But Stronach, now the human resources minister, was accused by Tory critics of selling out for her own political advantage – or worse.
Alberta MLA Tony Abbott said she was “whoring herself out for power,” while former Ontario cabinet minister Bob Runciman called her an “attractive dipstick.”
Both comments were widely condemned and were cited by the Liberals as evidence of what they claim is rampant sexism in Conservative ranks.
Rampant pantywaistism in liberal ranks, methinks.
But this juicy tidbit from the same story but oddly but ever-so-conveniently added to the end despite it having nothing whatever to do with the storyline, adds spice to the mix:
Conservative officials have pointed out that she jumped to the Liberals the day before a deadline set by her old party to pay $379,000 that they say she owes from her leadership campaign.
The Tories say campaign rules required all candidates to turn over part of the cash they raised in their leadership bids to help finance the party.
Stronach said Sunday she wants an independent arbitrator to review the matter to make sure the rules are being fairly applied. She won’t pay unless there is a review, she said, but if the arbitrator rules against her, “I’m very happy to live by that.”
Stronach, the heir to the Magna auto parts fortune, is said to have spent $5 million on her campaign, including $3 million out of her own pocket.
She finished second to Harper. Tony Clement, a former Ontario cabinet minister, placed third.
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