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Betsy, I know that you're a Christian. I'm not. Nevertheless, I wish you a good New Year.

I actually knew her. She was not a malignant person. It is human nature to want to believe something that reinforces our bias. She believed the rumour and felt it important to "protect" the community, but did not verify the rumour. You only have to read this forum to see all the slander directed at politicians such as Sheer, Trudeau, Goodale, Svend Robinson etc. In this particular instance, the NDP'er apologized to the Tory candidate in person and publicly. The lesson is, it is acceptable to disagree with a person's politics but don't make it a personal attack. Politics, like in sport, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, it is how play the game.

Lol. Of course, you know that wishing ill of others will automatically boomerang on you at some point?

Thank you for a great post. Politics has taken on a corosive tone. I was canvassing for a Conservative candidate in the early eighties when a voter said she wouldn't vote for him because he owned the local pornographic theatre. I went back to the campaign headquarters and reported what I heard. It turned out the candidate was one of a group that was buying the theatre to turn it into a community theatre with classic movies, and live theatre. The source of the rumour was an NDP activist who heard a snippet of the story and wanted to believe he was Saskatoon.s "Porn King." She did end up apologizing and the Conservative won but it shows why really good people are reluctant to run.

Trump is sounding even more deranged in his latest tweets, attacking Republican leaders in congress, as well as the supreme court, FBI and justice department for not supporting him in overthrowing the constitution. “If a Democrat Presidential Candidate had an Election Rigged & Stolen, with proof of such acts at a level never seen before, the Democrat Senators would consider it an act of war, and fight to the death. Mitch & the Republicans do NOTHING, just want to let it pass. NO FIGHT!” On the Supreme Court, which on Dec. 11 rejected a major challenge to the presidential election brought by Texas, Mr. Trump tweeted: “The U.S. Supreme Court has been totally incompetent and weak on the massive Election Fraud that took place in the 2020 Presidential Election. We have absolute PROOF, but they don’t want to see it - No “standing”, they say. If we have corrupt elections, we have no country!” On the Justice Department, which has not found widespread voter fraud, he wrote: “The ‘Justice’ Department and the FBI have done nothing about the 2020 Presidential Election Voter Fraud, the biggest SCAM in our nation’s history, despite overwhelming evidence. They should be ashamed. History will remember. Never give up. See everyone in D.C. on January 6th.” https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/dec/26/trump-tweet-rant-rips-congress-senate-republicas-s/?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral

Morons in the media think Jill Biden should be surgeon general.