In fact, Bond Papers raised some fairly consistent questions about the Harperites and some of the claims on their own political effectiveness made by one of the cabinet ministers soon to be efforded.
Now Dr. Bondolo may have been wrong about how short some people's memories were, but the Equalization forecast and how other provinces viewed the offshore deals? Bang on!
Oddly enough and despite all the public evidence that problems were looming on the federal political horizon, others did encourage Newfoundlanders and Labradorians to vote for Stephen Harper's merry band of reverse leprechauns.
Like this one, or for that matter the Big One.
Frankly, the people in Newfoundland and Labrador most-pissed by the Harper administration right now are those who voted for them, encouraged others to vote for them or invented bizarre political theories to promote the Harper cause only to find out that the theories were nonsense.
They should be ticked off.
They were caught flat by the Connie performance and these former Harper supporters ignored solid evidence in order to make their pitches.
For example, Premier Danny Williams says he is astonished at Norm Doyle's behaviour. Had he read Bond Papers, then he'd have seen an account of Doyle's voting history in the Commons. There's nothing in it that suggests he will buck the party line. Had the Premier read Bond, he would have seen all along the numerous questions with the Conservatives' positions.
Heck, he might not have claimed there was a loan guarantee on the Lower Churchill from Harper when there obviously wasn't one.
Wishful thinking. Maybe Derek Green will put it in a report and then it will be accepted.
Because, ya know, it's not like these Harper Connies haven't said one thing and then done another right in front of our eyes.
Like say on custodial management, something they abandoned during the campaign.
Or "federal presence" which Loyola Hearn abandoned a couple of days after polling day.
So while you are wondering what will happen next in the Equalization racket, just ask yourself a simple question:
For all the concern about public safety offshore and in the air raised by Connies and their provincial cousins in the last federal election, is there any marine or aviation forecasting being done at Gander?
Ya might just want to think about that next time someone suggests who you should vote for.
-srbp-