A Liberal Ruffian
December 26, 2005 · By kaqchikel
I have been gone for less than a day and I come back to the news that a Liberal blog in Ontario, written by a top Paul Martin advisor, Mike Klander, compared a female NDP candidate of Asian extraction to a dog. No, seriously! I am not making this up. So much for the prediction that things were going to get ugly in the second half of the campaign, eh! Somebody forgot to pass the word on to Klander.
The NDP candidate, Olivia Chow, happens to be married to Jack Layton, the leader of the NDP. If that is an attitude representative of Liberal brass, no wonder the Liberals think that the country would come apart without the protection of the Charter of Rights.
Chow is NDP candidate in Trinity Spadina, running against Liberal incumbent Tony Ianno. The Liberal Blog writer is also member of the Liberal riding association for Ianno.
Klander’s blog has been taken down, but records of the postings and screen shots do survive. What a ruffian.
Update: Ianno defeated Chow in the 2004 election by a margin of 1.5% Klander may have just elected Chow. Olivia should send him a advance thank- you note.
Upperdate: Stephen Taylor has got more here.
Up-upperdate: Canoe has now picked the story.
Crossposted from Civitatensis.ca
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