Regarding Mr. Thompson…My longterm experience reading him has been pretty weird, because I always find something new such that now, finally, ‘gonzo’ is the least/most superficial aspect of all of it.

Most recently, when I read the letters volumes, I think…Holy Doodles!…On top of it all, this guy was the world’s first blogger…..(before the internet, of course)

if it was about the people of bc we would still have bc rail,
we would have a house that sat and debated
and yes christy would be electable

Here’s the website of the Burgundy Club. http://burgundyluncheonclub.com

It’s a good idea. I’ve long thought their should be such a thing on the broad left/middle.

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Unfortunately, Falcon was not that good a pupil – he wouldn’t resign in disgrace like Campbell did and continues to this day, stating one lie after another in a desperate attempt at trying to cover up the sabotage that the BC Liberals have d one.

Thanks

Campbell’s strategy was straightforward: dirk party leader Wilson by smearing his marital indiscretions with another Liberal MLA all over the press, then return political discourse to the ideologically polarized state so tiresomely familiar to British Columbians. Ironically, much of the Liberals’ electoral success came directly from Wilson’s criticism of polarization during the party leaders’ televised debate; by the time the next election rolled around, however, Campbell had usurped the leadership and twisted Wilson’s centrist vision to the point the party’s name had become a complete misnomer eventually qualified as “BC” Liberal to distinguish it from real liberals. Campbell did have, though, a perfectly polarizing counterpart in the new NDP Premier Glen Clark.

To Campbell’s bitter frustration, the BC Liberals lost to Clark’s NDP, even though they got a larger share of the popular vote, so he was impressed by Kevin Falcon’s retaliatory enthusiasm to initiate a Recall campaign in each recently won NDP riding, later encouraging him to run and eventually promoting him to cabinet. Falcon, most loyal of Campbell’s ministers, staunchly held out against the Anti-HST forces to the very last, even after his leader had fallen. Like a pupil defending the teachings of a beloved master, Falcon went on to contest the vacated leadership. He must have felt a twinge of bitter frustration over his defeat, certainly, but always having been a good student, he must have also asked what would his master have done in the same situation.

Pray tell…

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