Jed Clampett, the old Beverly Hillbilly, who discovered oil on his land and moved to Beverly Hills, may have the most accurate assessment of all. Explaining to cousin
Jethro, old Jed made the comment, "A politician is lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut".
Its one thing to try and pull a fast one on the opposition party or maybe on the unsuspecting voters, but to try and slide one by your own party, well does it get any lower than that.
NDP Leadership candidate Dwain Lingenfelter has now apoligized for what he said was the work of an "overexuberant" volunteer who had done a mass sign-up of new NDP members, in most cases without their desire, consent or in some cases, they didn't even know about it.
Overexuberant ? I'll say. One person signed up over 1100 members and no-one in the Lingenfelter camp knew about it? No-one in the NDP questioned this?
So many questions. So few answers. Who collected the money? Where was it sent to?
The NDP must be doing pretty well if $10,000 can slide around and no-one notices it.
Where would the membership cards be sent to? Did they get sent out to 1100 different addresses or to one address? If they went to one address shouldn't someone have spotted that?
Yens Pederson, another leadership hopeful, says Lingenfelter should resign.
Lingenfelter backer, Judy Junor, was quick to call a radio talk show and slam Pederson. Junor asks the question, Does Pederson think he is the last moral man standing?
Well Judy the way the NDP is going, maybe he is. At any rate wouldn't you expect something better from the man most think will win the NDP leadership race and I don't know about you, but I would expect a lot more from the man who wants to be Premier of the province.
The NDP was quick to critize Brad Wall for allowing his teen-age daughter to drive without a licence on a grid road while learning. Somehow I think that pales a little to this attempt to steal away the campaign.
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