Former premier Roger Grimes makes some solid observations in the Tuesday Telegram about the idea of building Muskrat Falls on its own, as the latest iteration of the Lower Churchill goes.
“It makes ... absolutely no sense to finance the smaller part of the project that, of and by itself, can’t make any money,” he said.
What’s way more interesting in the current context, though, can be found in the comments section.
Just note the number of comments, likely all Conservative partisans, attacking Grimes personally for having the temerity to offer an opinion. Notice how many of them appeared before 8:00 AM. That is some serious anger-management issues going on there, people.
As you read the comments – if you can stomach them – remember that this is polling month. As usual, people in the province are being treated both to an orchestrated series of happy-news announcements. But what makes this month stand out is the connection to the assaults by the Fan Club.
The Fanboys.
The Greek Chorus.
The Pitcher Plants.
The last time this crew deployed in such an organised and indignant manner was when some people dared to notice that the Premier had heart surgery. Their anger is aimed, not surprisingly at Liberals and if reporters step into the line of fire the media will be added to the list.
Anger - and we are talking some major-league bile here - aimed at liberals and the news media.
Sounds just a wee bit familiar.
Dontcha think?
It gives a whole new meaning to the term anger management. The real question, though, is will the strategy that worked before continue to work just as well the next time.
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