Driven by Power, not Principle

I hereby take back any nice thing I have ever said about James Moore.

2006–12-02 (CP) MONTREAL—A gaggle of beaming Conservative operatives waited mere minutes after Bob Rae was knocked out of the Liberal leadership race before boasting about the role they played in the former Ontario premier’s defeat.

Just seconds after Rae was knocked out, a prominent Tory MP wandering the convention floor pulled out a handful of buttons mocking Rae and winked mischievously.

“There’s a reason we handed out so many of these,’’ said B.C. [Conservative] MP James Moore, pointing to buttons that ridiculed Rae’s track record as Ontario premier.

“They (Liberals) don’t know how to play poker… The NDP is also feeling happy right now.’’

Harper Conservatives care much more about power than principle. Dirty tricks becoming of Karl Rove and the dirtiest U.S. Republicans are to be emulated, if Harper is your boss. Damn democracy, full speed ahead.

That’s NOT the Canadian way.