Transport minister Takhar photographed by 'peeping Tory'
Gotta love the spinmeisters down at the Star…
What an amazing ability they have to apply just the right amount of twist to a headline…and voila! What should by all rights be an expose on more Liberal sleaze is turned around to suggest that its the conservatives who are engaged in unseemly behaviour.
In this latest case, Transport Minister Harinder Takhar was photographed visiting a company that has supposedly been placed in a “blind trust” (“blind” as in he is not supposed to have any dealings with it….um, despite the fact that his wife is CEO)...I guess “blind trust” is one of those loose terms bandied about in government, like “ethics” and “morals” – really has no meaning, but it sounds nice, and gives everyone a warm and fuzzy….
But does the Star shout out to the world that a Liberal Minster was caught red-handed dropping his dark glasses and cane whilst having a peek into his “blind trust”? Nope. The headline makes it sound like the Tories are a bunch of unsavory types, what with them being “peeping tories”…sneaking around, lurking in the bushes…jumping up and yelling “boo” at some poor, unsuspecting innocent Liberal…
Once again, the real story seems to have fallen by the wayside...(see my earlier post about the infamous Grewal tapes)
What an amazing ability they have to apply just the right amount of twist to a headline…and voila! What should by all rights be an expose on more Liberal sleaze is turned around to suggest that its the conservatives who are engaged in unseemly behaviour.
In this latest case, Transport Minister Harinder Takhar was photographed visiting a company that has supposedly been placed in a “blind trust” (“blind” as in he is not supposed to have any dealings with it….um, despite the fact that his wife is CEO)...I guess “blind trust” is one of those loose terms bandied about in government, like “ethics” and “morals” – really has no meaning, but it sounds nice, and gives everyone a warm and fuzzy….
But does the Star shout out to the world that a Liberal Minster was caught red-handed dropping his dark glasses and cane whilst having a peek into his “blind trust”? Nope. The headline makes it sound like the Tories are a bunch of unsavory types, what with them being “peeping tories”…sneaking around, lurking in the bushes…jumping up and yelling “boo” at some poor, unsuspecting innocent Liberal…
Once again, the real story seems to have fallen by the wayside...(see my earlier post about the infamous Grewal tapes)
posted by Steve at
4:33 PM
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So the Tories are lurking around in unmarked sedans spying on people and leaking their 'findings' to the papers....what else is new. It's easier than trying to develop a party platform - at least one that wasn't pre-packaged for them by the Christian Conservative Coalition Against Equal Human Rights. C'mon. The Liberal party's 'corruption' is nothing compared to the glory years of the Big Chin. Give us all a break. The Star turned down the Tory 'offer' of the surveillance results because the paper believes more strongly in integrity and fairness than the Globe(right wing organ that it is). And if it wasn't peeping, then what was it?
Typical conservative apologetic vitriol. My god, you must hate Canada.
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