I know I have been a hard case when it comes to the CBC. Their unbearable political correctness, their blatant political bias, and their vicious anti-Americanism are their defining news qualities. However, Rex Murphy is like a silk ribbon who ties up that sack of @#$%. Speaking with almost Shakespearean eloquence, he punctures their social and political spin. May 4 he again swiftly dismantled the Liberals' sly innuendo about the Auditor-General's competence. Corrupt politicians followed shady bureaucrats and ad men in the sponsorship probe, each one trying to plant the seed of doubt about Fraser's audit. At no time did Paul Martin seriously back her reputation. Well, Rex did, and with his rapier wit, he shamed them all. In a humourous aside, he even claimed she surpassed Don Cherry in the public's affections. Having watched many of the star witnesses try to wriggle away from their malfeasance, and being helped by Liberal members (e.g. Marlene Jennings) of the committee trying to nitpick the Auditor-General's condemnations, Murphy figured Fraser came out on top.
The news editors must have read his commentary; because they included an expose of Gagliano's trip to Italy to launch a new mint coin. However dubious that launch appears, it pointed out the absurd expenses he and his coterie racked up. They billed for two weeks expenses; yet only performed two days work--if that. One member of the entourage was only a personal friend of Gagliano. It is this kind of in-your-face-arrogance that drives Rex crazy. Nobody at the Mint thought of challenging this Louis X!V extravagance. It is symptomatic of how the Liberals have been operating on your dime for the last ten years. It is time to drain the swamp in the next election. Small wonder Martin dithers about dropping the writ. Maybe Canadians will forget the multiple scandals -- HRDC, gun control, Shawinigate, 40,000 villainous deportees who have escaped their sentences, etc. -- or, horror of horrors, new scandals will just keep surfacing weekly. The man has a real problem.
