XPost: can.politics   
   From: Harry@tweaknews.eu   
      
   On 3/7/2015 7:20 PM, M.I.Wakefield wrote:   
   > Bingogate:  Dave Stupich pled guilty to fraud involving over $1 million,   
   > and running an illegal lottery.   
   >   
   > Casinogate:  The Conflict of Interest Commissioner found that the   
   > Premier had violated the province's conflict of interest laws.  The   
   > Premier resigned, but was acquitted of breach of trust charges.   
   >   
   > Fast Ferries:  Almost $500 million pissed away for nothing.   
   >   
   > That amounts to crime, corruption and incompetence, which is more than   
   > "catchy little phrases".   
      
      
   No, that's just your perverted little version of events.   
   Clark was acquitted of all the allegations flung at him by the   
   Conservative/Liberals.   
      
   The fast ferries went overbudget, but were badly needed by the coastal   
   communities.   
   It was the Conservative Liberals that sold them all for a pittance, then   
   raised the ferry rates to record levels.   
      
   And Dave Stupich was a single person, not *the NDP*.  The honourable -   
   and I mean that in the strongest terms - Premier of the province at the   
   time, Mike Harcourt, took the bullet for Stupich and resigned as   
   Premier.  Not because he did anything wrong himself, but because he   
   believed in the theory that 'the buck stops here' and it happened under   
   his watch.   
      
   Personally, I think the NDP had better learn to operate a little LESS   
   honourably in a time when the Harper Conservatives and the federal   
   Liberals don't consider 'honour' a very high priority in winning   
   elections and forming government.   
      
   Stick with sticking it to the Ontario Liberals, 'Wakefield'.  You're   
   clearly out of your depth on British Columbia's political history.   
      
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