Federal fish minister Loyola Hearn couldn't help but try some old-fashioned politicking. He took a swipe at a provincial cabinet minister - calling the guy an idiot - and accusing the Liberal member of parliament of being negative. As Hearn put it in a Telegram interview:
When discussing that region's issues, the outgoing federal Fisheries minister said the people there, especially in Goose Bay, have to learn to help themselves, which he said they haven't done at the polls.
"They have an idiot for a provincial member (of the House of Assembly) who just goes out there yelling and bawling (and) doesn't have a clue about what he's talking about. They sent a federal member to Ottawa
who's left no impression except to be negative and sarcastic," said Hearn, MP for St. John's South-Mount Pearl.
Okay, we can see that Hearn loathes his political opponents, especially those within his own party but what's this help themselves stuff?
Maybe some fear mongering that links voting and political pork.
Gee, it's not like voters in Newfoundland and Labrador haven't heard that stuff before.
-srbp-