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Originally Posted by Slava
Campaigns have a lot of people representing them at all levels. These people are largely untrained, and you get this kind of thing from time to time.
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No doubt the PC's had nothing to do with it, I imagine they are horrified that their message has been completely derailed. Apparently they had some big announcement today that has been cancelled due to this. The idiot tweeter just did some big damage to her own cause.
Whether you think it is a nothing issue or not it has portrayed a mean streak in the PC campaign and sympathy for Smith. Redford is seen apologizing for the 2nd or 3rd straight day. It's also hurt Redfords claim that they will run a clean campaign.
Now one of the PC's ex caucus members has opened up a new can of worms.
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/busin...046/story.html
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Richard Marz, who stepped down last week as Tory MLA for Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, told CTV News that if backbenchers have to pay back committee money, cabinet ministers should have to refund the 30-per-cent raises they got in lieu of committee pay in 2008.
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The attack from Marz comes just one day after Redford publicly apologized for failing to act sooner to address public anger over the $1,000 a month MLAs received for being on a committee that hasn’t met since 2008.
Responding to Marz’s allegations Friday in Leduc, Redford seemed surprised and said only that the 2008 salary hike was “made some time ago.
“In terms of whether or not those two are connected, I can’t say that they are or aren’t,” Redford said. “I don’t know why he would have that perspective.”
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Oh to be a fly on the wall in that campaign bus today.