Blue Like You
Conservative musings - formerly Joanne’s Journey
Tail wagging the dog
Friday, November 16th, 2007Karlheinz Schreiber is pulling out all the stops in a desperate bid to remain in Canada - Schreiber refuses to talk if he’s extradited (Globe) H/T National Newswatch:
And in a telephone interview yesterday, Mr. Schreiber warned that if he’s sent back to Germany, the inquiry won’t hear from him.“Not one f*cking word would I say,” Mr. Schreiber said from the Toronto West Detention Centre. “Not one word,” he repeated.
“Why would I care about the country any more? … Why would I care any longer?”
Nice.
So this is the character of the man who is Stephane Dion’s new best friend - the man who has rescued Dion from the abyss of weakness, fear and inaction and turned the stoplight on Brian Mulroney, and Schreiber’s own selfish interests. (And yet poor Stephane still manages to look ridiculous).
Obviously Schreiber does not care about our country. He is trying to save his own neck, and in the process he is hogging the spotlight to the exclusion of other issues that matter to Canadians.
Chantal Hebert methodically lists the reasons why the Mulroney inquiry won’t be a repeat of the Gomery probe, and yet the Liberals salivate at the prospects. Meanwhile, the NDP is hoping for a double salvo.
All this circus is really doing is allowing the Liberal leader some time to regain his composure and try to find his missing backbone.
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Related: Lorne Gunter - Mulroney’s arrogance is costing the Conservatives - Post.
Also, excellent Post article by L. Ian Macdonald, who is a frequent guest on MDL - He’s only just begun to fight:
…It’s a classic case of he said, he said…
And this part is interesting:
…Journalists have no claim of privilege before a royal commission. They cannot hide behind their anonymous sources. Moreover, since the passage of the Accountability Act, the CBC is subject to Access to Information demands. This means Canadians may finally discover how much the CBC has spent on this story over the last 12 years…
And that may end up being one of the few reasons to pursue the inquiry.
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Update: Thanks to reader Ruth for finding this one! Bigger fish to fry by Licia Corbella:
If Brian Mulroney were a Liberal, would there be a public inquiry into his private business dealings?
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Evening update: L. Ian Macdonald on MDL - Schreiber is using blackmail; who is running the country? I’ll try to put up a link or exact quote later.
MDL link available here (at right). Mr Macdonald’s exact quote was “I thought it was black mail, Mike and I wondered who’s running this country…?”
I must agree.
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Saturday Update - Tony’s Viewpoint: Why Karlheinz Schreiber should be extradited back to Germany.
Globe - Tories say they may allow Schreiber’s extradition.
Post editorial - Kick Schreiber out:
To which we say: Don’t let the cell door hit your backside on the way out. Let’s kick him out. Now.
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