Dion stumbles over sponsorship file

[hiti]

Ah well.... too bad for the Steve supporters here that it is the Liberal party who has the last say in who they accept as members, not the leader of the party. In this case, Stephane Dion.

And one must remember that with Gomery and the RCMP all over the sponsorship program, if there were any evidence, anything at all, Marc-Yvan Cote would have been charged and would be in jail.

I see that the bossman, the Tory Chuck Guite is in jail.

[tml12]

Martin made the right choice in consideration of the public. Allowing them back in looks hideous and will cost votes, regardless of whether or not it's morally correct.

Completely agreed.

[Wilber]

Wait a second here. Where does it say that a person with a criminal record cannot become a member of a political party? Does a person with a criminal record lose the right to vote?

No, but it certainly says something about the party which accepts him.

[Ricki Bobbi]

Ah well.... too bad for the Steve supporters here that it is the Liberal party who has the last say in who they accept as members, not the leader of the party. In this case, Stephane Dion.

Ahh, but thankfully those same members chose a leader with such a politically tin ear.

*Steve supporters* do you feel like a big man using such ignorant terminology.

[August1991]

Wait a second here. Where does it say that a person with a criminal record cannot become a member of a political party? Does a person with a criminal record lose the right to vote?

No, but it certainly says something about the party which accepts him.

Can the Conservatives, NDP or BQ say for certain that none of its members have a criminal record? Do they do a background check when processing applications?

To my knowledge, Cote has never even been charged by the police.

In strictly "legal" terms, Dion's comment is sensible. But even in political terms, the Tories can try to raise Adscam II but I think it will have the same effect as Liberal attempts to say "scary, scary" Harper. (Unless of course there is a new scintillating sponsorship fact that comes to light - another restaurant table envelope for example.)

And how many threads do we need on this topic?

[geoffrey]

A crime of defrauding the taxpaying public is a little different than a speeding ticket August.

[Wilber]

Can the Conservatives, NDP or BQ say for certain that none of its members have a criminal record? Do they do a background check when processing applications?

To my knowledge, Cote has never even been charged by the police.

In strictly "legal" terms, Dion's comment is sensible. But even in political terms, the Tories can try to raise Adscam II but I think it will have the same effect as Liberal attempts to say "scary, scary" Harper. (Unless of course there is a new scintillating sponsorship fact that comes to light - another restaurant table envelope for example.)

And how many threads do we need on this topic?

I doubt that they can but what has that to do with someone who has testified that he received $120,000 in $100 bills to be used in the election campaigns of 21 Liberals and never even asked where they came from?

Any party can be blind sided by a members previous history, this is about what you do after the fact.

Just because the Crown decided they could not make a criminal case against him does not prove innocence any more than it proves guilt. Legal case or not, there is definitely an ethical question. Cote doesn't seem to have an ethical problem with this and you can't blame someone if they question the ethics of the party and leader who would welcome him back.

Is receiving $120K in hundreds to finance election campaigns without questioning its source an acceptable and ethical practice in the Liberal Party of Canada?

[Who's Doing What?]

I noticed your new signature...I remember that (you should tell him he could work for a future Liberal government...I am sure $300,000 of our tax dollars is fair pay for that work )

Something tells me he is too *unmotivated* to put in the time required volunteering for the Liberal Party of Canada to earn his place in the lineup for feeding at the taxapyer-funded trough prior to the next Liberal Federal Electiion victory. (Hopefully many, many, many years in the future.)

You think you are so smart calling me a liberal and suggesting I work for the liberals but the last laugh is on you. It was Brian Mulroney who recieved $300,000 for apparently sending a brochure to Karlheinz Schreiber. So it would actually be your beloved Conservative Party of Canada that I would be looking to to find a job like that. But anyway, your uninformed babbling is enough for a laugh. Please continue to make a fool of yourself for my ammusement I won't stop you.