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Originally Posted by llama64
Bought into the belief in a "liberal media" then? /sigh
The Liberals are rife with idiocy this season and it has gained plenty of coverage. The NDP also gained lots of coverage for the guy who got naked in front of children. You cannot possibly argue that the Conservatives are going to get more coverage simply because Richardson is a Conservative.
He said something unfounded, and politically stupid. It speaks to a certain arrogance that abound in our local Conservative MP's. They can screw up because they know us Calgarians will just vote them back in because we don't actually vote for our specific candidate, but we vote for the party. That's their platform this year... "Vote for Harper".
It's an attitude that I distrust and do not support. Any media outlet is fully justified in raking this man over the coals.
Richardson is my MP. I used to have a fairly high regard for him being that he was an old school PC rather then these new neo-conservative types. But he just lost my faith that he can do his job properly.
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Don't get me wrong, I don't condone what he said...
I won't condemn him over one comment, either. We've all made stupid (even insensitive) comments from time to time. Usually it was something that just came out wrong and we had to stumble around trying to re-explain it.
I have no clue what this guy's history has been like (with regards to comments like this). If he's like Rob Anders and just shoots his mouth off all the time, then yeah he deserves what he gets... but if he's a good person and does a good job and he just tripped over his words one time, are we better off firing him over that?
Sometimes it best to take one in the chin and make the decision that is best for the big picture, than it is to just knee-jerk everyone into the same black and white decision process.
(I haven't really bought into any type of belief in the media - other than the fact that they will print whatever sells the most papers.)
Edit: You're probably not going to like hearing this, but...
Attacking him for what he said by using the argument that "All local Conservatives are on power trips, so he must be too." is kinda the same type of comment that he made in the first place.