mike watkins dot ca : Emerson arrogance

Emerson arrogance

No doubt following the advice of his very experienced communications (“spin”) team, Emerson has suddenly become more visible in local and national media, now featured in stories other than his unseemly disregard for democracy. Its clear that the backroom boys are trying to change the channel, by portraying their boss as a man of action, in an attempt to distance him from his self-made controversy.

Sadly for the spin guys, their boss goes off script so frequently that their efforts are never going to work. Emerson, reacting to the ever louder demands by his constituents that he act honourably and seek a real mandate from the people in an immediate by-election:

I don’t care. David Emerson

Apparently Dr. Jekyll has left the building, leaving Mr. Hyde alone at centre stage again. Good try guys, but you’ve got to keep David away from the secret potion!