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Originally Posted by Tinordi
Who was the last active serving federal politician to die in office?
Answer that question and you'll get why we're having a state funeral.
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Its a nutty, over-the-top gesture that's probably a bit of politicking by the Prime Minister versus genuine empathy or sympathy.
On the other hand, I thought Christie Blatchford's column was dead-on (pun) . . . . but it's one of those "don't speak ill of the dead" kind of moments so the blowback across her windshield is also no surprise.
The whole thing, from Layton's sorry letter with a fist coming out of the dirt to control the agenda beyond the grave through to the PM's call for a state funeral to throw another shovel full on him to keep him six feet under to Blatchford calling the whole thing out . . . . has a rather greasy, unsavoury feel to it.
Fortunately, its easy to ignore. We'll see what happens next week in the world when this is all ancient history.
Bah!! Humbug!!!
Cowperson