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Devils'Advocate · 03-11-2011, 10:59 AM

Conservative supporters hold the Sponsorship Scandal up as some kind of holy grail.

Issue:
Harper refusing media access to government
Conservative supporter response:
Sponsorship scandal

Issue:
Toothless Government Integrity Commissioner
Conservative supporter response:
Sponsorship scandal

Issue:
Conservatives misuse taxpayer funds for partisan ads
Conservative supporter response:
Sponsorship scandal

The odd thing is that the $100M that was siphoned to friends of the Liberals in Quebec, is tiny compared to past scandals of the Mulroney era and others within the Chretien era. Paul Martin was an absolute idiot. Political animals like Chretien and Harper knew how to sweep these things under the rug. Paul Martin aired his dirty laundry in the Gomery commission thinking that it would clear him of any wrong doing. Which it certainly did. But the daily barage of coverage tainted his party so that we are almost a decade later and people are still repeating the mantra of "Sponsorship Scandal".

03-11-2011, 10:59 AM	#63
Devils'Advocate #1 Goaltender Join Date: Jul 2005 Exp:	Conservative supporters hold the Sponsorship Scandal up as some kind of holy grail. Issue: Harper refusing media access to government Conservative supporter response: Sponsorship scandal Issue: Toothless Government Integrity Commissioner Conservative supporter response: Sponsorship scandal Issue: Conservatives misuse taxpayer funds for partisan ads Conservative supporter response: Sponsorship scandal The odd thing is that the $100M that was siphoned to friends of the Liberals in Quebec, is tiny compared to past scandals of the Mulroney era and others within the Chretien era. Paul Martin was an absolute idiot. Political animals like Chretien and Harper knew how to sweep these things under the rug. Paul Martin aired his dirty laundry in the Gomery commission thinking that it would clear him of any wrong doing. Which it certainly did. But the daily barage of coverage tainted his party so that we are almost a decade later and people are still repeating the mantra of "Sponsorship Scandal".