For those Canadians who would love to see the once mighty Liberal Party of Canada relegated to the dustbin of history, it just doesn't get any better. actually it could get better next December if the Liberals rally around and elect Pizza Joe Volpe as the party's next leader. Unfortunately, that's not very likely.
Joe made the boring race in which it was difficult to remember who all the candidates were interesting after it was revealed that he had received $108,000 in campaign contributions from 20 present and former executives of the generic drug manufacturer, apotex Inc. and their families. What made these donations not your ordinary run-of-the-mill political contributions was the fact that some of the $5400 maximum contributions were made by children, including 11-year-old twins.
Volpe went on the offensive, threatening to sue anyone who hinted that these kiddie contributions were illegal and taking steps to have a satirical website that included testimonials from 4-year-olds removed from cyberspace. Then, in typical Liberal duplicity, Volpe refunded all of the money that he received from those who, while making contributions because they actually believed that he was the best candidate to lead the party and the country, hadn't quite made it through puberty.
all of this paled in comparison to what happened next. after attempting to finance his leadership bid from the bank accounts of babes, Volpe announced that he was raising the standard of ethics in the campaign and warned the other candidates that they must meet his standards or "bow out of the race".
Unlike some of the other candidates; Gerard Kennedy, Michael Ignatieff, Martha Friendly and Bob Rae, Joe Volpe, a.k.a. Pizza Joe, a.k.a. apo Joe was part of what will go down as the most corrupt government in Canadian history. Now on top of taking cash from kiddies, he's setting himself up as the standard bearer of ethics to whom the other ten candidates are to be measured. What gall!
The Liberals are known for their arrogance which seems to have risen exponentially since Jean Chrétien assumed power in 1993. Sure Chrétien was arrogant, but if anyone has a right to be arrogant it is the little guy from Shawinigan. Had he not left office, he would still be winning back to back majority governments. Chrétien was succeeded by Paul Martin Jr., whose only qualification for the job appeared to be that he had the right to govern because he was the son of Paul Martin Sr. His arrogance exceeded that of Chrétien's when he pronounced that anyone who disagreed with him (that is, C/conservatives) was un-Canadian.
The sponsorship scandal could never have happened were it not for the arrogance of the governing Liberals whose motto was revealed by David Dingwall, former president of the Canadian Mint — "I'm entitled to my entitlements".
But when it comes to sheer arrogance, Chrétien, Martin and Dingwall are mere pikers compared to Joe Volpe. He takes money from children and then holds himself out to be the ethical standard to which all candidates must be measured by.
Canadians have at least one thing to be grateful to Pizza Joe for. In these times, when we hear little else than what Canadian institutions and buildings were (or are) potential targets for Islamic extremists, Joe Volpe is providing some much needed comic relief in what would otherwise be a boring race held in trying times.
Many people are spending time working for and donating money to the Conservative Party to ensure that Stephen Harper wins a majority in the next election. What they should be doing is taking out Liberal Party memberships and putting their time and effort into making Joe Volpe the next leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. They couldn't ask for a better or easier opponent.
as long as infants and toddlers don't get the vote.
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