Oh Bernie, Bernie, Bernie
As a long-time believer that Bernard Lord is an idiot, I had a good laugh this weekend reading his strange accusations after Tanker Malley walked half-way across the floor to sit as an independent, leaving the government in a minority situation. (Is it just me, or does there seem to be a lot of this going around?)
Anyway, with no shred of proof, Lord goes to the media with a list of apparent demands that Malley made to keep him in the party. They included more money for his constituency office, money to hire a "special assistant", which I think means "girlfriend" in Mirimichi, and appoint a buddy of his to be a provincial court judge.
I don't know Malley from Noah, so I won't deny that these requests were made, but Lord, get this, offering no proof whatsoever that these demands were actually made, no note, no signature, no audio tape, nothing, he tells reporters the name of the lawyer.
Now, lawyers tend to be a litigious lot, and those that work in capital cities, even small ones like Fredericton, hell maybe even moreso in small ones, know how to get stuff done within the confines of government. I suspect we'll see some sort of abject apology from Bernard Lord before the week is out. He probably won't sound quite as bad as he did during the question period after presenting his first throne speech, when I think he actually cried, but he will apologize.
It is with great glee that I remember those halcyon days when the federal Tories came begging for Lord to run nationally as their leader.
Anyway, with no shred of proof, Lord goes to the media with a list of apparent demands that Malley made to keep him in the party. They included more money for his constituency office, money to hire a "special assistant", which I think means "girlfriend" in Mirimichi, and appoint a buddy of his to be a provincial court judge.
I don't know Malley from Noah, so I won't deny that these requests were made, but Lord, get this, offering no proof whatsoever that these demands were actually made, no note, no signature, no audio tape, nothing, he tells reporters the name of the lawyer.
Now, lawyers tend to be a litigious lot, and those that work in capital cities, even small ones like Fredericton, hell maybe even moreso in small ones, know how to get stuff done within the confines of government. I suspect we'll see some sort of abject apology from Bernard Lord before the week is out. He probably won't sound quite as bad as he did during the question period after presenting his first throne speech, when I think he actually cried, but he will apologize.
It is with great glee that I remember those halcyon days when the federal Tories came begging for Lord to run nationally as their leader.
'As It Happens' is running an interview with the lawyer in question - sounds like you're right, I see a lawsuit coming....
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Anonymous |
Mon Feb 20, 06:43:00 PM
This issue is really atarting to heat up here.Lord has made a lot of claims about O'Malleys behavior that even he admits he has no proof of. O'Malley hasn't been seen since he made his initial announcement and Allaby is publicly talking about suing the premier. If you saw Lord's press conference it was pretty evident that he was in full panic damage control mode. Outside of the legislature it's been obvious that the conservatives can't survive the next election and now O'malleys bailing has forced them to the realization that they'll need new jobs very soon. Incidentlly Shawn Graham, the liberal leader has already been talking to New England Governors about energy deals because everyone but Lord knows he'll be running the province soon. Canada's Ozarks are getting exciting at last folks
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Anonymous |
Tue Feb 21, 01:19:00 PM
Well from the news today - Malley's come out swinging and Lord's taking a page from the Stephen Harper book of leadership - When the going gets tough, the tough bunker down and send Jody Carr out to take the flak. I wonder, has it dawned on Bernie that to get anything done now, he's gonna have to kiss the independents' asses?
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Tue Feb 21, 04:31:00 PM