Toronto Star | 16Apr2010 | Orest Slepokura
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters/article/796132--the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving
The gift that keeps on giving
Re: RCMP’s Guergis
probe: ‘Drugs and stock fraud,’ April 15, 2010, Toronto Star
The Liberals and Conservatives are tied in the latest polling, thanks
to the Guergis-Jaffer story. For parliamentary opposition parties, it’s
the gift that keeps on giving. Note to opposition party leaders: When
an opponent is entangled in the agonizing process of self-destruction,
simply remain a safe distance away and allow the process to continue.
Memo to the Conservative leadership: Learn the lesson of how the Reagan
White House weathered and survived the Iran-Contra Scandal. They
managed to uncouple the ongoing scandal in the public mind from matters
pertaining to day-to-day governance. Iran-Contra was thus reduced to an
orbiting satellite that was not allowed to become their whole world.
Orest Slepokura, Strathmore, Alta.
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Toronto Sun | 16Apr2010 | Orest Slepokura
The Guergis gift
The Liberals and Conservatives are tied in the latest polling, thanks
to the Helena Guergis-Rahim Jaffer story. For Parliament’s opposition
parties, it’s the gift that keeps on giving. Note to opposition party
leaders: When an opponent is entangled in the agonizing process of
self-destruction, simply remain a safe distance away and allow the
process to continue. The Tory leadership should remember the lesson of
how the Reagan White House weathered and survived the Iran-Contra
Scandal. They managed to uncouple the ongoing scandal in the public
mind from matters pertaining to day-to-day governance.
Orest Slepokura, Strathmore, Alta.
(In this case, do you
mean matters of importance versus matters of gossip?)