The Mulroney Impeachment Proceedings – Part I

Its been mildly entertaining to watch the Canadian counterpart to BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome): MDS (Mulroney Derangement Syndrome) on full display by various members of the Canadian media. Andrew Coyne, in his latest foam flecked blog post, waxes histrionic as he loads his Herman Melville harpoon to confront his chin whale:

To be told that Schreiber is a liar and a perjurer does nothing to explain why Mulroney took cash from Schreiber after he left office, or any of the rest of the story. It is, for the most part, beside the point. To be sure, it would be interesting to know whether they agreed to do business together before or after Mulroney stepped down as prime minister. But the relationship between them is troubling either way. It’s troubling even if you accept Mulroney’s version on every issue on which they disagree. All Mulroney needed to do was explain his side of it.

And that is really the nub of it. Reread that first sentence: “To be told that Schreiber is a liar and a perjurer.” Blowing over that issue, is why the Mulroney Impeachment Proceedings will continue to be a media driven farce. But, of course, that won’t prevent various commentators from having a whale of a time screaming about it. Its a sign of the Times New Roman, I suppose.