Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Brian Pallister: Entitled to his entitlements

From Brian Pallister's web page:

"After years of the Liberal government's wasteful spending, it's time that we take the chequebook out of Paul Martin's hands. Under the leadership of Stephen Harper, our Conservative Government will put our country ahead of our party. It will be a principled government rooted in Conservative values, a government worthy of the country we serve."

And now from the Brandon Sun on January 31st:

"Portage-Lisgar MP Brian Pallister will have some extra, taxpayer-funded help with him when he stops in western Manitoba next week to suss out how much support is out there for him to become the next leader of the provincial Progressive Conservative party."

That's right. The federal taxpayer is paying part of the tab for Mr Pallister's consultation to decide if he will run for the Provincial Conservative leadership.

The article continues:

“I’m not going to apologize for having my assistant with me,” Pallister said in an interview yesterday.“People can take issue with it all they want, but it’s not the truth. The truth is (running for the leadership) is an issue that impacts my ability to work as a member of parliament.”

You know, it took the Liberals almost thirteen years to develop these kinds of cajones.

It took the Tories only less than thirteen days.

Wow. Yet another do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do-Tory.

1 comment:

Edward Hollett said...

The correct word is not Tory.

The correct word is Connie.

Its derivation should be obvious, given Pallister.

Just knowing how much Connies hate being called Connies is enough to make anyone use it all the time.