• Adscam Scandel,  Canada

    Paul Martin Blames Others for Government Woes

    Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin today in an interview with the Globe and Mail squarely placed the blame on:

    1. Bloc Québécois

    2. The Conservative Party

    3. Ex-sponsorship boss Chuck Guite, and ad executives Jean Brault and Paul Coffin among many

    for the crisis that threatens to divide Canada and bring down the federal government.

    The piece continues:

    Prime Minister Paul Martin acknowledged yesterday the sponsorship scandal has boosted support for separation in Quebec, but suggested that Mr. Justice John Gomery’s report will exonerate the federalist cause.

    And Mr. Martin suggested that the Conservatives will face a backlash if they help the Bloc Québécois “accomplish their agenda” by defeating his government now, before Judge Gomery can identify the guilty parties.

    In an interview with The Globe and Mail, the Prime Minister said he believes testimony at the Gomery inquiry is one reason 54 per cent of Quebeckers say they support sovereignty, according to a Leger Marketing poll this week.

    “I think that there is a relationship,” Mr. Martin said.

    “I am very convinced that if Judge Gomery is allowed to report and basically targets those people who engaged in unacceptable activities, that Quebeckers will see very quickly that these were not federalists, these were simply people who acted for themselves.”

    Mr. Martin said the Conservatives will turn federalists off if they work with the Bloc.

    Mr. Prime Minister stop the lame excuses and conspiracy theories.

    Resign now and call for new elections!

  • Federal Judiciary,  Politics

    Support the Filibuster? NOT

    These folks from MoveOn.org really need to get a life.

    The Ventura County Star has the story here:

    “It ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

    So said Ventura resident Tamara Coe about the filibuster process as she stood outside the county Government Center on Wednesday with more than 30 other protesters angered over Senate Republicans’ plans to change the rules involving judicial nominations.

    The Ventura event was part of a nationwide protest organized by the political action committee MoveOn PAC, part of the liberal group MoveOn.org. Demonstrations also were held in Los Angeles, Orange County, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo…

    Just give the Presidential judicial nominees an up or down vote!

  • Politics

    California Governor Endorses The Minutmen on Border

    During the same drive home yesterday afternoon Flap listened to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on the John and Ken Show (KFI Radio 640 AM, Los Angeles) heap praise on the Minutemen at the California Border Project.

    The Los Angeles Times has the story here.

    The San Diego Union has the story here.

    The San Francisco Chronicle has the story here.

    The Governator will take some heat for these remarks but it is time for him to step up to the plate on how illegal immigration is draining California dry.

    Now he needs to work on the President to develop a sensible immigration and border security policy.

    Update:

    The Washington Post weighs in here.

    Update #2

    xrlq says the latest may assuage any RINO (Republican in Name Only) concerns that some real party stalwarts may have about the Governor.