Seems the Tory Senate leader doesn't quite see it Steve's way, at least not any longer. Senator Claude Carignon now says he'll seek a consensus solution from the Tory caucus on Monday morning.
Carignan told Radio-Canada's television political program Les Coulisses du pouvoir that there is the potential to change sanctions that would be levelled against senators Pamela Wallin, Mike Duffy and Patrick Brazeau if the motion is approved.
He suggested there was merit to what Wallin and Brazeau said as they defended themselves in speeches to their colleagues over the past week.
Carignan said he believed Brazeau did not interpret financial administration documents properly, and that in his case there was an "element of good faith."
Carignan said Wallin "made an impassioned plea, a good plea" against the sanctions, but added that Duffy "chose to settle political scores rather than answer to the accusations."
What Claude is really saying is that Wallin and Brazeau aren't worth the bother and the blowback that could come the Tories' way from suspension. Duffy, on the other hand, he's an ongoing threat to the Oily Throne. It's still the guillotine for Harper's "most valuable" senator.
Do you see Carignan's logical disconnect? Wallin was the biggest piggy at the trough but it's Duffy, the one senator singled out for special treatment, hustled inside the PMO for an under-the-table handout, the senator whose audit report was then laundered - the shining beacon of the rampant corruption of the prime minister, the PMO and the Tory leadership in the Senate - he's the one who'll be singled out for a little more special treatment - suspension. And no, Claude, no one will see through that.
4 comments:
The key to the "kingdom" is in the hands of Mr. N. Wright.
At the time of departure from PMO he was praised by his supporters to have THE "integrity."
We shall see what Mr. Wright is going to do with the front man.
A..non
The question of what Wright will do is foremost on the minds of Duffy and Harper. It's one thing to peddle bullshit for public consumption, another entirely to have to explain yourself under oath with your own e-mails in some prosecutor's hands.
No matter what channel Harper tries to tune to he gets the same damning program! Attempts at distraction and diversion have not swayed Canadians from openly questioning the integrity of the PMO. The Conservatives realize now that no matter what they do they cannot control this situation, so they are looking for a graceful way out now.
As one commenter mentioned, Elliott, a recent poll found 79% of respondents believed Harper knew all about this all along.
When you do the math that means at least half of Harper's Conservative base must believe their prime minister is an outright liar.
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